1985 garage queens
 

Just some cool old bikes I thought I would share with the forum. Just a 1985 Miyata three ten with a 105 group and a 1985 Takara medalion with a shimano 600 group.http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=211877http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=211878http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=211879http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=211880http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=211881

Nice bike, but the garage queen reference kind of creeps me out, especially in this day and age....

wut?

+1.

Nice bikes, we need better pictures.

Garage queen is a established technical term, I'm not sure how it can be misconstrued.

totally lost on the misconstruing of "garage queen," unless you've been watching too much CSI. garage queen = something that only goes out for cars and coffee, sunday rides on the promenade, etc.

I have a Takara but I think it is Medalist. Decent bike

don't worry robbietunes... you're not alone. i get it.

i'm imagining some hairy guy lurking in the garage behind the toolchest, wearing earrings, pantyhose and a hat like hermoine gingold wore in "The Music Man". with WAY too much lipstick...

I think the term was derived from "Hanger Queen". During WW2, It was the term fliers and mechanics used to describe aiplanes that made too many extended visits to the airplane hangers for repairs that continually kept them from action.
Now collectors use similar terms for their vehicles that do not get too much use on the roads and are mostly just for show and display.

Chombi

My Garage Queen
 

Here is my garage queen. :D
http://www.pbase.com/chrisb/image/95106027

My 1985 "Garage Queen" ... Trek 520 ... still looks like a 2 month old bike (I just have to get around to replacing that brake lever hood!)

Kind of like thinking of it in terms of Gomer Pyle's cousin if he got into the habit of wearing a dress to work on a regular basis (he was supposed to work in a garage).

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3652/...a7183c3cb8.jpg