Originally Posted by
Casbah
Paint it pepto bismol pink with lime green polkadots. Oh, and don't forget to hang fringe from the handlebars. And get a big white seat and smear it with a little bit of red paint. I don't think anybody would steal it then. Only problem is you'd be too embarrassed to ride it too.
Oh I donno... I used to ride an old rusted girls frame bike to college... some 5 miles either way. This wasn't a sleeper, there was nothing fancy on the bike... it was a POS. The only thing was I had taken apart all the moving pieces, cleaned and lubed them well and then put it back together... without cleaning any of the outside. I also put on decent platform pedals. Thing rode OK, looked like it had been left in the dirt. I didn't even have to lock it... could park it anywhere and it stayed.
I sold it for a 6 pack when I graduated. I didn't ride it to college every day... on some days I took the long (40 mile) route and rode the good bike, which I U-locked every time.