Do you ride it or just have it to be pretty?
06-10-03, 03:26 PM
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I try my hardest to keep my "pretty" bike clean. However, the scratches that are there are like scars. I earned everyone of them the hard way (literally).
06-10-03, 03:38 PM
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I have chips, scratches, dents, half broken deraileurs (they still work and I refuse to give my money away), my seat is partially torn from a crash and my chainstay looks like a beaver ate it. I love my bike thats why I treat it so well. 
Only 1 yewar old and it is alreayd fully grown up
Only 1 yewar old and it is alreayd fully grown up
06-10-03, 04:12 PM
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my bike is a frankenstien anyway, scratchs are of no concern. I just let half a dozen or so guys at work try it out only one put it on its side. the others where close but i wasnt worried. this thing just hast to last untill i loose enough weight and can save enough money to get my first real recumbent. that bike will be another story. even though it will be just a stepping stone to the even more expensive one that i want. i have to prove to myself as well as the wife that ill ride it enough to make it a good investment...
06-10-03, 04:31 PM
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If I were mostly worried about how other people thought it looked, I probably wouldn't ride something 7 1/2 feet long.
06-10-03, 09:30 PM
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...and covered with blood(cherries and my own) usually spring through fall
...and covered with blood(cherries and my own) usually spring through fall
Why do I get the feeling I'm going to regret asking that? I thought you would have learned to leave the tomcats behind when you ride by now!
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06-11-03, 04:02 AM
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I don't like getting scratches on my new Scapin or my '87 Paramount or my MTB. Just like I don't like getting scratches on my car. And its my money, so if I want to spend it on the trickest gear that is my business. Even though I only ride about 4,500 miles a year, I still enjoy doing so and that is also my business. Even if it included sitting around at the bicycle watering-holes and looking good (which I don't - and couldn't look good if I wanted to - ask my wife).
06-11-03, 04:27 AM
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I beat up my bikes as much as my jeep. Don't give two hoots about scratches, just working, smooth components.
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06-11-03, 08:29 AM
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Bikes are made to be ridden, but you don't have to beat the living crap out of them. I feel if you take care of them they will take care of you.
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06-11-03, 09:35 AM
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I guess I don't worry about scratches very much, I guess because 1. I always have a backup bike if one breaks, and 2. I like working on bikes to begin with, and painting them is even more fun.
06-11-03, 09:56 AM
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I am pretty enough for both me and my bike, so no ever notices whether or not my bike is pretty or not.
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06-11-03, 11:06 AM
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Originally posted by KevinG
I am pretty enough for both me and my bike, so no ever notices whether or not my bike is pretty or not.
I am pretty enough for both me and my bike, so no ever notices whether or not my bike is pretty or not.
06-11-03, 11:10 AM
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You tell me...
I took my bike in to the shop for a tune up. The mechanics know me by name 'cause I'm always breaking something...and they bust me because it's never clean (the drive train is though!), dented and dinged like crazy.
So my response:
"Unlike some foofie boys...I don't sleep with my bike..I RIDE my bike!"
I took my bike in to the shop for a tune up. The mechanics know me by name 'cause I'm always breaking something...and they bust me because it's never clean (the drive train is though!), dented and dinged like crazy.
So my response:
"Unlike some foofie boys...I don't sleep with my bike..I RIDE my bike!"
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Originally posted by The Toninator
dude you ride?
dude you ride?
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06-11-03, 11:27 AM
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Originally posted by jcivic00
Allright, I wanna know who out there just has a bike to ride and who has one to be pretty. I look through countless posts about "I got a scratch onthe bike whaqt do I do???!!!" I mean really now.
Allright, I wanna know who out there just has a bike to ride and who has one to be pretty. I look through countless posts about "I got a scratch onthe bike whaqt do I do???!!!" I mean really now.
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06-11-03, 11:19 PM
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I ride a bike to ride a bike not to have it sit and look pretty. But I like bikes that look nice and would only ride one that does. I like mine, but I also like most lugged steel bikes such as Colnago Master X-lite, Cinelli Super Corsca, Tommasini Tecno, Waterford with stainless lugs etc. Would I ride any one of those bikes? Sure and without any fear over getting it scratched. I have an excellent condition 67 Ford Galaxy 500 convertable, do I worry about it getting scratched or dented in a wreck? No. because the love of driving that car outweighs the disappointment of having it wrecked; the same is true for the bike. In fact, I would be more disappointed if I did not drive or ride it due to fear of damage!!
Did that make any sense at all?
Did that make any sense at all?
06-12-03, 04:51 AM
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Pretty bikes are meant to be ridden. Car and Driver mag had a recent article who has an F-40 Ferrari. He drives it every day around town.
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06-12-03, 05:34 AM
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I've got an old Pinarello Montello with Campy C-Record that once restored will be my sunny Sunday afternoon bike but my other bikes I ride every day. Naturally if you commute your bike will get scratched and dirty, I clean my main rider every week and keep it perfectly tuned.
