Out of the box thinking
11-09-09, 08:09 AM
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Out of the box thinking
I told myself I really need to get the contents out of this bike box that Fed Ex delivered.
It's real purdy!
Build chronicles to follow.
What a way to start the come back.
It's real purdy!
Build chronicles to follow.
What a way to start the come back.
11-09-09, 08:47 AM
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We need at least a starting picture!!!!!!!!!!!!! And not of just the damn box. 
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11-09-09, 08:57 AM
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Stop teasing!
(It's that ACME jet bike you wanted......yes?)
(It's that ACME jet bike you wanted......yes?)
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11-09-09, 09:46 AM
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This mornings progress, not much but it will do.
Baby is very excited for me.
Baby is very excited for me.
11-09-09, 09:51 AM
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Nice bike. I love the geometry and look of bikes from that era. The stems are especially elegant. You putting brifters, or down-tube shifters on that thing?
11-09-09, 10:02 AM
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The big decision is to go with white or black saddle, cables, and tape. I have a black Cinelli stem and set of bars if I do that.
11-09-09, 10:15 AM
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Is that a mastiff watching? Great dogs. There's one lying at my feet as I type this.
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11-09-09, 12:40 PM
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I'd be very tempted to go with white tape with that paint job, but I also know that lighter colors tend to get that "dirty-greasy hands" look after a short while. You have to try the white at least once, if for no other reason than to see what it looks like. Maybe a nice chrome-plated Italian racing fork from the period...
11-09-09, 08:06 PM
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That's ususally as close to either my wife or me as she can get. A regular cover hog, she is.I'd be very tempted to go with white tape with that paint job, but I also know that lighter colors tend to get that "dirty-greasy hands" look after a short while. You have to try the white at least once, if for no other reason than to see what it looks like. Maybe a nice chrome-plated Italian racing fork from the period...
I'm probably gonna go with white for the initial build, but the white saddle I have is kind of reserved for the multi colored Italian frame that is behind the white frame in the bottom right hand side of the first two pics. I can always get another white saddle, but at some point the madness must be tamed, lol.
11-09-09, 08:06 PM
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With your color scheme, I would be inclined toward white bar tape and saddle.
Friday morning could work out if the lungs will co-operate. (relapse from doing too much too soon)
Friday morning could work out if the lungs will co-operate. (relapse from doing too much too soon)
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11-09-09, 08:10 PM
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I should be down to just cables, bar wrap, and chain at the most by then.
I need to return the loaner crutches as well. They served me well, but we are having relationship problems at this point in our life
11-09-09, 08:30 PM
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Nice bike!
now i gotta wipe the droll off the keyboard.
now i gotta wipe the droll off the keyboard.
11-09-09, 08:33 PM
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I would like white, but I know that doesn't look good for long.
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11-09-09, 08:43 PM
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Thanks BP! It was a deal too good to pass up. My part of the trade was stuff on hand and postage/shipping for my stuff, which was very reasonable. This leaves me with $19 out of pocket for the postage on the stuff I traded, which I had decided I wasn't going to use even though it was nice stuff.
I will get much more use out of this than the stuff I had sitting around here waiting to get used, lol.
I will get much more use out of this than the stuff I had sitting around here waiting to get used, lol.
11-09-09, 09:29 PM
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The bike and the doggie look great, TX! Glad to hear you are getting rid of the crutches. I'd go with red handlebar tape but I really like red.
11-09-09, 11:26 PM
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I thought about red, but decided it would be overkill. I'm now torn between ultra sleek and suave red and white or the more sinister red and black, lol.
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Black rhymes with grease.
I took some fenders out of a box yesterday for my commuter, and hope to be taking my Rivendell tourer out of the box in a couple of weeks. I took a lot of fenders off bikes when I was a kid, but who would have ever thought about adding them just for comfort.
I took some fenders out of a box yesterday for my commuter, and hope to be taking my Rivendell tourer out of the box in a couple of weeks. I took a lot of fenders off bikes when I was a kid, but who would have ever thought about adding them just for comfort.
