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Unique new bike, with photos!

Old 04-29-07, 06:11 PM
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Unique new bike, with photos!

Thanks to BF member nobrainer440 for alerting me to this wonderful bike.
It's made in Switzerland. It comes as shown with a chocolate frame and nougat fork.
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Old 04-29-07, 06:13 PM
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hey, they make great candy, can you hook me up?
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I don't think it's really a Toblerone. The Toblerone name was sold to a company that is selling cheap Far East chocolate using the Toblerone name.
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You have to ride it in sub freezing temperatures I assume. Sheesh, and we though carbon fiber was bad.
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It's a joke, he photoshoped Toblerone onto a BD bike.
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Originally Posted by wrote4luck
It's a joke, he photoshoped Toblerone onto a BD bike.
Really???
I thought he went to Willy Wonka's Factory to have it made!

Way to burst my bubble. I was just going to ask him to order one for me!
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Originally Posted by wrote4luck
It's a joke, he photoshoped Toblerone onto a BD bike.

Say it ain't so.
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Old 04-29-07, 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by wrote4luck
It's a joke, he photoshoped Toblerone onto a BD bike.
And here I thought the Oompa Loompa's were forming a TdF team
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Old 04-29-07, 06:35 PM
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What's up with the left shifter?
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But the downtube isn't triangular.
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Originally Posted by Siu Blue Wind
But the downtube isn't triangular.
Good eye. You know your chocolate.
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Ya know it.
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Please dont outsmart the censor. That is a very expensive censor and every time one of you guys outsmart it it makes someone at the home office feel bad. We dont wanna do that. So dont cleverly disguise bad words.
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chocolate shill!!!!!
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In the words of ferggie: "T-t-t-t-tasty tasty"
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Originally Posted by Doctor Who
What's up with the left shifter?
It's an adaptive thing. Check my blog, or search for my posts on BF to read more about this bike and adaptations than you ever wanted to know.

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It's a joke, he photoshoped Toblerone onto a BD bike.
This image may be photoshoped, but it is no joke. You don't know bliss untill you are sweeping through turns on a nugat fork. And when I get hungry, I just nibble the top tube. It's a bike! It's an energy bar! It's BOTH!!!

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But the downtube isn't triangular.
Ahhh, we're working on that.
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anyone else wondering what is keeping that bike standing?
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It's not. He pushed it in front of him and took a pic just before it crashed to the ground.
Take that OCP
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I'm sure if the Toblerone stickers can be PS'd in... than a stand can be PS'd out.... just a thought.

Peace.
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Did you buy it from www.chocolate-direct.com?

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re badges Hersheys...
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Yeah, I just think of that every time I see the motobecane logo, because they look so similar.
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What size frame is that?
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Originally Posted by ElJamoquio
What size frame is that?
52cm. I'm not sure what the fat or sugar content is.
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Originally Posted by jsharr
chocolate shill!!!!!
truely, and everbody knows Vanilla makes a better bike.
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How stiff is that frame in a summer day?
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