What is your Fetish ?
12-27-10, 12:32 PM
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"barn fresh" bikes. I sort of hate the cliche but old origional untouched bikes get me going, whether it's a curly Hetchins or a ladies Freespirit. if it's been in the attic for a generation or two and has the original tires, I dig it.
Though I don't really want them. I really only want riders. Usually the things that I like about untouched antiques are what need to be replaced to make them ridable. I really like to look, though.
Porn stars are the same way. I really like to look but it's impossible to have a stable relationship with one.
Though I don't really want them. I really only want riders. Usually the things that I like about untouched antiques are what need to be replaced to make them ridable. I really like to look, though.
Porn stars are the same way. I really like to look but it's impossible to have a stable relationship with one.
12-27-10, 12:48 PM
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Capped brass oilers, can't help myself.
12-27-10, 12:49 PM
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"barn fresh" bikes. I sort of hate the cliche but old origional untouched bikes get me going, whether it's a curly Hetchins or a ladies Freespirit. if it's been in the attic for a generation or two and has the original tires, I dig it.
Though I don't really want them. I really only want riders. Usually the things that I like about untouched antiques are what need to be replaced to make them ridable. I really like to look, though.
Porn stars are the same way. I really like to look but it's impossible to have a stable relationship with one.
Though I don't really want them. I really only want riders. Usually the things that I like about untouched antiques are what need to be replaced to make them ridable. I really like to look, though.
Porn stars are the same way. I really like to look but it's impossible to have a stable relationship with one.
12-27-10, 02:10 PM
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headbadges - i love checking out different headbadges - just starting to get into collcting them
but really - even though i am new to the hobby in general i could look at bikes - escpecially cv bikes - all day
fav thing has been to hit my flea market and walk around and just check out old crappy bikes - cause theyre the best kind
edit:as u can see from my sig - old and crappy is what i buy and ride as well
ps - great topic
but really - even though i am new to the hobby in general i could look at bikes - escpecially cv bikes - all day
fav thing has been to hit my flea market and walk around and just check out old crappy bikes - cause theyre the best kind
edit:as u can see from my sig - old and crappy is what i buy and ride as well
ps - great topic
12-27-10, 03:56 PM
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OMG I love this thread. Most people turn up their noses at my fetish. But if we all liked the same thing.......well you know it would really suck.
I Love Fade Paint! There I said it, and I'm glad its off my chest. Look down on me if you must but leave the fade paint frames for me. Always looking for 1988 Schwinns!
"Give me color, or let me walk".
I Love Fade Paint! There I said it, and I'm glad its off my chest. Look down on me if you must but leave the fade paint frames for me. Always looking for 1988 Schwinns!
"Give me color, or let me walk".
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I'm happy to say that I own more Steel then Carbon. My Stable! ---> https://flic.kr/s/aHsmVZBep7
I'm happy to say that I own more Steel then Carbon. My Stable! ---> https://flic.kr/s/aHsmVZBep7
12-27-10, 04:26 PM
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I found a fellow pedal fetishist with a nice collection of photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/1070387...th/5177580724/
Caption: Roger Piel Pedals - 50's
Edit: Just noticed the author of the album uses the username "spoke sniffer". Apropos, eh? If he owns all the items in his photo albums, then wow! https://www.flickr.com/photos/10703870@N06/sets/
Caption: Roger Piel Pedals - 50's
Edit: Just noticed the author of the album uses the username "spoke sniffer". Apropos, eh? If he owns all the items in his photo albums, then wow! https://www.flickr.com/photos/10703870@N06/sets/
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12-27-10, 04:27 PM
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Anything which is hand-carved, or hand-painted. This makes the bike a true one of a kind work of art. Also, anything chrome.
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12-27-10, 04:34 PM
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+1 on headbadges. While they're not really a huge fetish of mine, a nice one can keep me staring for a while.
I know a friend who's obsessed w/internal cable routing. Another friend is a big fan of proportional frames - i.e. 58 or so, since they tend to have a good piece of headtube showing. Good luglining and color schemes do it for me. Black/gold, yellow/baby blue/white, silver and red, red and white, etc etc etc. Oh, and maybe tubing decals. You know, ones that say SLX, SL, MAX, 531, True Temper OX/RC1, Tange 1, etc...
This thread is all sorts of euphemistic win.
I know a friend who's obsessed w/internal cable routing. Another friend is a big fan of proportional frames - i.e. 58 or so, since they tend to have a good piece of headtube showing. Good luglining and color schemes do it for me. Black/gold, yellow/baby blue/white, silver and red, red and white, etc etc etc. Oh, and maybe tubing decals. You know, ones that say SLX, SL, MAX, 531, True Temper OX/RC1, Tange 1, etc...
This thread is all sorts of euphemistic win.
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12-27-10, 04:40 PM
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Saddles - some day I'll get one with the huge hammered copper rivets. 
Many things come in a relatively close 2nd place.
Many things come in a relatively close 2nd place.
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12-27-10, 05:31 PM
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Great thread. I like well aged bike parts. The combination of use, oxidation and chemicals has an effect that seems to be unique with each part. The handlebar and stem on this Golden Arrow has subtle hues of brass, nickle and copper where layers have plating have worn away. It's stunning in my book.
IMG_3853 by barnstormerbikes, on Flickr
IMG_3853 by barnstormerbikes, on Flickr
12-27-10, 05:33 PM
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I always lust after those rubber covers for your shift levers...
12-27-10, 05:41 PM
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12-27-10, 05:41 PM
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i like me some headsets, and i'm developing issues with rear derailers. I'm scared that ig-hubs will becoma a problem in the future.
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12-27-10, 06:08 PM
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1. Abnormally large frames. Partly because I usually ride a 61cm, and partly because I really like long headtubes for some reason.
2. Chrome bikes, polished bikes, and anything un-painted.
Cudak88 posted this in the Blatant Show Off Thread.
3. Front and rear fenders that aren't being used.
4. Polished, hammered fenders.
From Eco Velo:
2. Chrome bikes, polished bikes, and anything un-painted.
Cudak88 posted this in the Blatant Show Off Thread.
3. Front and rear fenders that aren't being used.
4. Polished, hammered fenders.
From Eco Velo:
12-27-10, 06:12 PM
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Accessories for the bike ... been that way ever since I was a kid .... generator light sets, odometers, bells, frame pumps, saddle bags, panniers, water bottle cages, tool kits, patch kits, racks...
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12-27-10, 06:17 PM
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gents, Veloria and BG put up with a lot being some of the only women on this forum, take it easy on the innuendo and dirty comments.
12-27-10, 06:19 PM
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mavic/simplex downtube shifters and quill pedals with christophe toe clips and straps
12-27-10, 06:29 PM
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I'm with Neal on the leather. Seats should be leather, and I've started wrapping/stitching some of the bars on my bikes in leather. I've even gone to the trouble of making my own toe clip leathers, and adding leather and supports to non-bike bags to make them fit and function.
