Bikes you love (to look at)
03-13-16, 10:34 AM
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This was such a pretty bike. Had been taken good care of by the original owner, paint was perfect. I just added the new saddle, cables, housing & bar tape, tires & tubes, bearing service, and laced a modern hub to the rear rim for 10 speeds. 85's had the burnished seat stay caps, hand painted lug lining and anodized finish on the components. Also took a 28 size tire, which was a plus. Alas, too large for me...
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03-13-16, 10:36 AM
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I love looking at each of my bikes. Aesthetics are an important aspect to riding - for me they lift my spirit higher but that being said I have one this bike that won't get ridden very much. Reserved for the best of days:
Hobbs ready for Cino by NBend, on Flickr
Hobbs ready for Cino by NBend, on Flickr
03-13-16, 10:50 AM
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........ to be continued
Sometimes a bike is lovely to look-at for its' complete-ness as well as beauty.
First things first.
Then some simple beauty - perhaps aged like myself and many things especial.
And perhaps some colorful adornment.
to make it Special
....... to be continued... hopefully soon.
First things first.
Then some simple beauty - perhaps aged like myself and many things especial.
And perhaps some colorful adornment.
to make it Special
....... to be continued... hopefully soon.
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04-19-16, 06:57 PM
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04-22-16, 05:35 PM
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My 1970's Peugeot, got it in '75 at college. Not sure which model. Frame and fork only original parts. Sugino Mighty crank, Suntour Cyclone front & rear deraillers, Shimano 105 brakes, SR Royal stem, handlebars & seatpost, Schwalbe tires, Interloc 5 sp freewheel, Serfas seat, Weinmann 27 x 1 alloy clinchers, Shimano SPD-R540 pedals & Zefal Competition pump. I like to ride it as much as my other bikes.
04-23-16, 12:34 AM
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well I've never ridden this one. I do like to look at it from time to time. It's the most energy an money I have ever put into a restoration.
one day I'll shorten the rear brake cable and take better photos.
but for pure looks I love my marinoni pista, one day I'll have it painted
Also I used to love looking at this bike I built for my ex, rarely was it ridden.
one day I'll shorten the rear brake cable and take better photos.
but for pure looks I love my marinoni pista, one day I'll have it painted
Also I used to love looking at this bike I built for my ex, rarely was it ridden.
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04-23-16, 06:18 AM
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There are a number of awesome bikes shown on this thread! I will do a variation on the OP's request by saying this is a bike that I enjoy looking at and riding. I should be bothered by all the scratchs, chips and failing decals but it somehow is very attractive to me and I just can't get over it! There are others bikes that are near perfection that are just gorgeous, I just can't get there from here.
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1983 Colnago Superissimo, on Flickr[/IMG]
I don't ride it as much but should take it out again. I have been spending most of my time on the Pinarello while working on the Bottecchia.
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1983 Colnago Superissimo, on Flickr[/IMG]I don't ride it as much but should take it out again. I have been spending most of my time on the Pinarello while working on the Bottecchia.
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04-23-16, 06:36 AM
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04-23-16, 08:38 AM
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There was someone who stumbled on a turquoise Jack Taylor- quite a supremely awesome looking bike... I can't seem to find pix of it- but my goodness that was a beautiful bike.
Speaking of... a glorious blue fillet brazed Jack Taylor I just found on the intArwebz.
Speaking of... a glorious blue fillet brazed Jack Taylor I just found on the intArwebz.
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05-12-16, 06:19 PM
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Sometimes a bike is lovely to look-at for its' complete-ness as well as beauty.
First things first.
Then some simple beauty - perhaps aged like myself and many things especial.
And perhaps some colorful adornment.
to make it Special
....... to be continued... hopefully soon.
First things first.
Then some simple beauty - perhaps aged like myself and many things especial.
And perhaps some colorful adornment.
to make it Special
....... to be continued... hopefully soon.
But it has already been fitted with cyclocross knobbies (and modeled by a fellow forumite)
Thanks to those who helped, both ideas and a wrench or two. No harlequin handlebar tape job for me.
edit = saddle tilt in side view has been adjusted = photo before first ride.
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05-12-16, 06:34 PM
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I don't even know what it is but it's french and it's beautiful. Sorry it's not mine.
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05-12-16, 06:47 PM
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Yes, I've had a few of these. I loved looking at them but wasn't riding them enough, so I sold them. I've replaced them with others I don't ride enough.
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05-13-16, 12:50 PM
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@northbend Wowwwwwwwwww. That blue tape is perfect -speaking of aesthetics!! This one is going in the wallpaper folder! :0
05-13-16, 01:28 PM
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Neither are mine but I find them appealing..
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05-13-16, 01:34 PM
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The Hobbs is a stunner, always love seeing pics of it whenever they pop up here.
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This one is getting the axe soon, at least for a while. Was fun to build, fun to ride, fun to look at (for me at least). It makes a great pickup truck, problem is I don't really need a truck atm. The drivetrain, wheels and a couple odds 'n ends are moving over to something a bit smaller and much lighter. They may find their way back at some point...
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This one is getting the axe soon, at least for a while. Was fun to build, fun to ride, fun to look at (for me at least). It makes a great pickup truck, problem is I don't really need a truck atm. The drivetrain, wheels and a couple odds 'n ends are moving over to something a bit smaller and much lighter. They may find their way back at some point...
05-13-16, 03:25 PM
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Sometimes a bike is lovely to look-at for its' complete-ness as well as beauty.
First things first.
Then some simple beauty - perhaps aged like myself and many things especial.
And perhaps some colorful adornment.
to make it Special
....... to be continued... hopefully soon.
First things first.
Then some simple beauty - perhaps aged like myself and many things especial.
And perhaps some colorful adornment.
to make it Special
....... to be continued... hopefully soon.
Even after my recent builds, Still my favorite eye candy. Beautiful day for the whirring sound of inch pitch and a block chain
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05-13-16, 03:59 PM
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I do ride my bikes, although none of any one as much as it deserves, and I love staring at them.
As for one I'd rather stare at than ride, I finally saw a Confente in the flesh at Eroica California last month (it won Best of Show or whatever they called the award at the Councours). Absolutely stunningly beautiful. The reason I would never ride it is (1) I don't own it and (2) even if I did, I could never see risking damaging a bike that any number of collectors would pay stupid amounts of money plus throwing in their spouse and at least three of their kids to own. I don't have anywhere near enough coin that I'd be willing to risk having to make good on that putting the first scratch on it.
As for one I'd rather stare at than ride, I finally saw a Confente in the flesh at Eroica California last month (it won Best of Show or whatever they called the award at the Councours). Absolutely stunningly beautiful. The reason I would never ride it is (1) I don't own it and (2) even if I did, I could never see risking damaging a bike that any number of collectors would pay stupid amounts of money plus throwing in their spouse and at least three of their kids to own. I don't have anywhere near enough coin that I'd be willing to risk having to make good on that putting the first scratch on it.
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05-16-16, 02:57 AM
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As one that fits the criteria of the thread, my '86 Schwinn Peloton fit the bill. It was gorgeous, but wasn't my favorite ride and paint ages not so gracefully, so I couldn't bring myself to keep it for a long time .
09-18-16, 12:26 AM
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my latest purchase for daily commuting .... with full Campy Chorus groupset ...
old, but fast .... need to change the saddle to a black Brooks Cambium C17 Carved, and change the handlebar tape to black.... also need better tyres, wheels, and matching water bottles:
old, but fast .... need to change the saddle to a black Brooks Cambium C17 Carved, and change the handlebar tape to black.... also need better tyres, wheels, and matching water bottles:
09-18-16, 06:48 AM
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This is just a 57-year-old Austrian, fairly rare in North America, with plain gauge 531 tubing and a 13-year-old CyclArt paint job, but it got a lot of admiring glances, and even a photoshoot, at yesterday's classic 1910s to 1950s wooden-bodied or wood-trimmed car meet.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
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