Think Pink! Bikes
08-02-11 | 07:40 AM
#76
Lotus Monomaniac
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,032
Likes: 4
From: Pennsylvania
08-02-11 | 08:19 AM
#77
Fat Guy on a Little Bike
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 15,946
Likes: 371
From: Philadelphia, PA
Bikes: Two wheeled ones
I bid $650, which I thought would win it. It didn't. It went for around 750-800ish. It was in PERFECT condition as well 
I have a couple of nice bikes, and I generally can afford to be patient and particular on price. My general strategy is to decide what I'm willing to pay, bid it and if I don't get it, life goes on. I usually don't get it because I'm pretty careful about what I'm willing to go in on a bike for, and there's ALWAYS another cool bike down the road. The two that keep haunting me are the Lotus and this amazing Tom Kellog built Ross that I came in second on.
My memory of the actual pricing was apparently off...here's a thread about it (with a photo of the bike):
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php/670114-Incredible-Lotus-with-Dura-Ace-Ax-Group
I have a couple of nice bikes, and I generally can afford to be patient and particular on price. My general strategy is to decide what I'm willing to pay, bid it and if I don't get it, life goes on. I usually don't get it because I'm pretty careful about what I'm willing to go in on a bike for, and there's ALWAYS another cool bike down the road. The two that keep haunting me are the Lotus and this amazing Tom Kellog built Ross that I came in second on.
My memory of the actual pricing was apparently off...here's a thread about it (with a photo of the bike):
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php/670114-Incredible-Lotus-with-Dura-Ace-Ax-Group
Last edited by KonAaron Snake; 08-02-11 at 08:26 AM.
08-02-11 | 11:07 AM
#79
aka: Dr. Cannondale
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 8,683
Likes: 6,390
Formerly BBM's Dancelli frame in MAX tubing, now built up Doc-style & in my stable. Ultegra 6500, DA DT shifters, Open Pro rims on Ultegra hubs & Pro 3's. Not pictured, but now sporting an FSA 50t big ring for what I call a "kinda compact".
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Last edited by rccardr; 08-02-11 at 07:09 PM.
) with 24 x 26 wheels.
08-03-11 | 07:56 AM
#83
Senior Member
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 1,794
Likes: 83
From: Sendai, Japan: Tohoku region (Northern Honshu))
Bikes: Vitus 979, Simplon 4-Star, Woodrup, Gazelle AB, Dawes Atlantis
My daughter's hand-braised, racing Mercier done as an urban SS. They really were pink. And pink was Mercier's racing colors. The other pic shows one of the great champions of the period who consistently rode for Mercier — forget his name — on his pink machine.
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Vitus 979, Simplon 4 Star, Gazelle Champion Mondial, Woodrup Giro, Dawes Atlantis
Vitus 979, Simplon 4 Star, Gazelle Champion Mondial, Woodrup Giro, Dawes Atlantis
08-03-11 | 01:00 PM
#89
Senior Member
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 256
Likes: 1
From: New Orleans, LA, USA
Bikes: '59 Raleigh Lenton, '86 Peugeot PSN-10 Triathalon, '84 Peugeot PGN-10, 8? Peugeot UE-18, Peugeot NS-540, '86 Giant Iguana (Xtracycle), Holdsworth Gemini tandem, Surly Cross Check fixie, '86 Centurion MV Ironman
I'm in... still working on getting it together so no current pics but new it looked like this:
08-03-11 | 11:30 PM
#95
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 1,763
Likes: 3
From: Toronto
Bikes: Pinarello Veneto, Pinarello Montello, Bianchi Celeste
You may have seen this bike previously in the miami vice thread, or the Steve bauer Boreas thread, but now you get a chance to see it in the PINK bike thread:
08-04-11 | 01:12 AM
#96
Senior Member
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 909
Likes: 1
From: Los Angeles
Bikes: Casati, Look, Torelli, Ridley, and a bunch of steel bikes from the 80s and the 90s..
I have never seen one, but Steve Bauer is one of my all time sprinter. Wish he would have won the Olympic and Roubaix.
I wonder why they put the cable guides on the bottom right hand side of the top tube?
I wonder why they put the cable guides on the bottom right hand side of the top tube?
08-04-11 | 08:33 AM
#97
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 1,763
Likes: 3
From: Toronto
Bikes: Pinarello Veneto, Pinarello Montello, Bianchi Celeste
you know what, i always like it when they do under top tube cable routing, it just makes the bike look smoother to me.
08-04-11 | 12:18 PM
#99
Bianchi Goddess
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 28,962
Likes: 4,229
From: Shady Pines Retirement Fort Wayne, In
Bikes: Too many to list here check my signature.
Great socks!!
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“One morning you wake up, the girl is gone, the bikes are gone, all that's left behind is a pair of old tires and a tube of tubular glue, all squeezed out"
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08-04-11 | 12:25 PM
#100
Bianchi Goddess
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 28,962
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From: Shady Pines Retirement Fort Wayne, In
Bikes: Too many to list here check my signature.
is this close enough to pink?
the color is listed as Sizzling Peach
the color is listed as Sizzling Peach
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“One morning you wake up, the girl is gone, the bikes are gone, all that's left behind is a pair of old tires and a tube of tubular glue, all squeezed out"
Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk
“One morning you wake up, the girl is gone, the bikes are gone, all that's left behind is a pair of old tires and a tube of tubular glue, all squeezed out"
Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk