Least Bling You Own
01-07-12, 07:57 PM
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Least Bling You Own
Which is the bike with a frame not even a mother could love? Which is the one you don't need to worry about locking up? Which is the bike that you use while hauling trash to an ex's house?
Mine:
Mine:
01-07-12, 08:17 PM
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This sad thing (yes, I'm serious - look at that paint...):
Even took really crappy pics of it
DD
Even took really crappy pics of it
DD
01-07-12, 08:28 PM
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You gonna eat that?
Varsity gold!
Looks better than when I found it (at the city dump):
Looks better than when I found it (at the city dump):
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01-07-12, 08:41 PM
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Steel is real, baby!
Least bling, huh? I'm torn between two:
And this one:
But I'd NEVER not lock one up if I had to leave it unattended.
And this one:
But I'd NEVER not lock one up if I had to leave it unattended.
01-07-12, 08:52 PM
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Either this:
Or this Viner with decals on vacation:
I suspect we'll find even our beaters have a bit of bling. I've a UO8 that fits the bill too.
Or this Viner with decals on vacation:
I suspect we'll find even our beaters have a bit of bling. I've a UO8 that fits the bill too.
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01-07-12, 09:05 PM
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I have a walmart bike...but no pictures. I made it into a ghetto single speed and rode it through a winter. Its truly a turd.
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01-07-12, 09:09 PM
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01-07-12, 09:26 PM
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You know, I was in Walmart the other day and I looked at the bikes. So many of them had bling elements, like the Mongoose denial (?) a polished aluminum singlespeed with a curved seat tube, or the aptly named "Thruster" (a true screw job of a bicycle). I mean, bling, even ugly bling, sells and is an entirely seperate concept from quality. They don't have to be at the same price point.
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01-07-12, 09:32 PM
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This.
It still gets locked up, though. We've been through a lot together and I think I'd be heart broken if it got nicked.
It still gets locked up, though. We've been through a lot together and I think I'd be heart broken if it got nicked.
01-07-12, 09:45 PM
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Yup. I'm just about to finish building up this late 70's Soma frame into a fixed gear beater. I consider the rust to be camouflage.
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01-07-12, 09:55 PM
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My AO8 coaster bike...
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Golly where to start? Well there was last winter's commuter;
Now there's this year's commuter;
Now there's this year's commuter;
01-07-12, 10:29 PM
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Although it looks okay in the pictures, it need substantial work. In its present condition, it is not rideable. I'm still undecided in what to do with it.
01-07-12, 10:58 PM
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HUH!? That is heaving with bling. (Maybe I'm weird!)
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You feel like you might need a tetanus booster after riding it.
01-08-12, 01:03 AM
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Really, IMHO, you have consistently so undervalued that bike, which, IMHO, is one of the best you have.
01-08-12, 01:38 AM
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Obviously, bling is in the eye of the beholder. You guys aren't trying hard enough, some of these are way too pretty still.
01-08-12, 02:46 AM
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Steel is real, baby!
Eventually, some day, I'd like to put a drop bar on it, as I'm not overly fond of flat bars. But I don't know if there's one that will work with that stem plus I'd have to put on some sort of brifters... or bar con's (but I'm not a huge fan of bar con's, although they would be much less exspensive!)
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01-08-12, 05:50 AM
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That cheap-o front dérailleur is a great example...it's a dollar part, but it worked better than the xt one I tried with this drive train.
