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rhm 08-11-11 01:31 PM


Originally Posted by CMC SanDiego (Post 13069256)

Originally Posted by -holiday76 (Post 13064043)
I do have a problem with this pledge. I don't think you should need to get rid of your LAST purchase to make room for a new one, just some purchase. I have no issues with the riding miles requirement.

I promised to get rid of 3 bikes when I got my last one. I am seriously overstocked. I agree that the most recent doesn't have to be the first one to go.

What, serious discussion of the subject at hand? What's wrong with this picture?

The focus on the last bike you bought is part of the point: ride it or sell it. When you buy a bike, stop thinking about buying bikes!

Zaphod Beeblebrox 08-11-11 01:40 PM


Originally Posted by rhm (Post 13069312)
When you buy a bike, stop thinking about buying bikes!

Hunh??

I'm sorry I just don't understand :lol:

Chombi 08-11-11 01:42 PM

I don't have a "bicycle aquisition" problem, but I might be starting on a "component aquisition" problem instead.
Is there a pledge to sign to fight against that?

Chombi

Zaphod Beeblebrox 08-11-11 02:08 PM

no. components take up less space so you're good to go ;)

Italuminium 08-11-11 02:35 PM


Originally Posted by Chombi (Post 13069383)
I don't have a "bicycle aquisition" problem, but I might be starting on a "component aquisition" problem instead.
Is there a pledge to sign to fight against that?

Chombi

It's no problem until a "money" problem forces it to be. That, or an angry significant other.

Amesja 08-11-11 02:38 PM

When you have 2x more wheels hanging in your garage than you have on your running bikes, and much more than half of them don't even FIT your running bikes then you might suffer from WAS (Wheel Acquisition Syndrome.)

bikemore 08-11-11 02:39 PM


Originally Posted by RFC (Post 13065236)
And sewer lids.

You should be careful about the sewer lids. A bit of illegal trade in them!
http://www.universalhub.com/2011/fir...ed-now-antique

KonAaron Snake 08-11-11 02:47 PM

Any folks who want to pass up the next $100 Cinelli SC, Hetchins, etc. because you signed a pledge, please contact me as I have not bound myself to any arbitrary rules :)

Amesja 08-11-11 02:51 PM


Originally Posted by bikemore (Post 13069674)
You should be careful about the sewer lids. A bit of illegal trade in them!
http://www.universalhub.com/2011/fir...ed-now-antique

As an electrician who has done his fair share of vault/feeder work the thought of having a big heavy metal disc at home that I've labored to remove and replace many thousands of times interests me not in the least bit.

People are strange.

Chombi 08-11-11 03:46 PM


Originally Posted by Amesja (Post 13069730)
As an electrician who has done his fair share of vault/feeder work the thought of having a big heavy metal disc at home that I've labored to remove and replace many thousands of times interests me not in the least bit.

People are strange.

But...but.........I heard that they make such nice coffee tables if welded on top of an anvil!:rolleyes::D

Chombi

tugrul 08-11-11 03:56 PM

Four pages and not a single photo of a bike?

Aside from the one that got in the shot of the bricks.

Amesja 08-11-11 04:09 PM


Originally Posted by Chombi (Post 13069961)
But...but.........I heard that they make such nice coffee tables if welded on top of an anvil!:rolleyes::D

Chombi

Well, it'd be theft-proof. One would need a fork-lift to steal it (or even move the darn thing.)

bigbossman 08-11-11 04:23 PM


Originally Posted by tugrul (Post 13070017)
Four pages and not a single photo of a bike?

Here's a model hierarchy for Peugeot's:

http://www.crestock.com/images/17100...1712081-xs.jpg

cycleheimer 08-11-11 04:33 PM

Count me in on this pledge, but if i come across a $20 Rene Herse touring bike at a garage sale ... I am reneging on my pledge!

rootboy 08-11-11 05:16 PM


Originally Posted by tugrul (Post 13070017)
Four pages and not a single photo of a bike?

settle for a pic of an anvil?
http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/...0SC/Anvil1.jpg

Drillium Dude 08-11-11 05:50 PM


Originally Posted by Zaphod Beeblebrox (Post 13069520)
no. components take up less space so you're good to go ;)

Really?

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6002/...4d4cd3c2_b.jpg

There's lot's more in the garage "taking up less space", too :)

DD

Zaphod Beeblebrox 08-11-11 07:05 PM


Originally Posted by Drillium Dude (Post 13070400)
Really?

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6002/...4d4cd3c2_b.jpg

There's lot's more in the garage "taking up less space", too :)

DD

lol, but if each one of those was a bike you'd be up to your eyeballs! comparatively less space.

rekmeyata 08-11-11 07:16 PM


Originally Posted by bigbossman (Post 13068290)
I believe you misspelled "Peugeot".

Twice.

I don't about that Peugeot, but the Schwinn Varsity was a super heavy tank at about 50 pounds.

There use to be a custom bike builder who had a bike line he named Anvil.

rhm 08-11-11 07:19 PM


Originally Posted by rekmeyata (Post 13070765)
There use to be a custom bike builder who had a bike line he named Anvil.

Oh, now I get it!

I have one of those. The entry level model from the Velox Cycle Co (Alvin Drysdale) in NYC was called the Alvin. I thought it was because of the builder's name, but now I see it was really an anagram for anvil. Cool.

khatfull 08-11-11 07:21 PM

I refuse to take this pledge. There, I said it.

catmandew52 08-11-11 07:27 PM

Anvils are not named Schwinn. They are named Huffy!

Ludites Unite!

Velognome 08-11-11 07:40 PM

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rekmeyata 08-11-11 07:42 PM


Originally Posted by rhm (Post 13070787)
Oh, now I get it!

I have one of those. The entry level model from the Velox Cycle Co (Alvin Drysdale) in NYC was called the Alvin. I thought it was because of the builder's name, but now I see it was really an anagram for anvil. Cool.

No, I was referring to this: http://www.anvilbikes.com/soon.html I guess he's still in business.

ClydesterD 08-11-11 08:55 PM

I'm overstocked on bikes---I won't deny it. I've admitted it to my wife, but told her that the problem is that I need to ride them all often enough and long enough to decide which to sell and which to keep. I've not yet told her that may take several years.

rekmeyata 08-11-11 09:06 PM


Originally Posted by ClydesterD (Post 13071170)
I'm overstocked on bikes---I won't deny it. I've admitted it to my wife, but told her that the problem is that I need to ride them all often enough and long enough to decide which to sell and which to keep. I've not yet told her that may take several years.

What? I just keep them all regardless if I don't ride them long and often enough. I'm hoping my grandson will grow to be about 6' or so and I can give him one...of course he's only about 3' tall so I guess it's going to be a few years before I find out he'll get to 6' or so.


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