Can a bike be too pretty to actually ride?
02-22-21, 01:33 PM
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Even the mother of the ugliest baby thinks he/she looks beautiful.
So...Because you obviously care what SOME people (the ones who agree with you) think (or you would not have started this thread) I dare you post a photo in the latest hot or not thread in the Road forum. I double dawg dare you.
So...Because you obviously care what SOME people (the ones who agree with you) think (or you would not have started this thread) I dare you post a photo in the latest hot or not thread in the Road forum. I double dawg dare you.
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02-22-21, 09:05 PM
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Thats a seat cushion. To each his or her own, i personally do not find the OPs bike attractive because i dont like the color and to me the build isnt to my liking, but thats just me. I prefer triple black, grey, silver, or green or blue.
02-22-21, 09:16 PM
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02-22-21, 09:36 PM
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@thehammerdog - if it rides as well as you think it looks - you will appreciate it more with honest patina.
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02-22-21, 10:44 PM
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Since I ride mine on the road and on muddy dirt tracks, I usually ask; Is the bike too dirty to ride? (2021 Bianchi Infinito)
OP don’t let me borrow your nice bike.
OP don’t let me borrow your nice bike.
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02-23-21, 12:34 PM
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funny thing is....its my gravel bike the wheelset has my ritcheys go as big as 35's.... it flies down the trails.
02-23-21, 01:03 PM
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Too pretty to ride? Really.
All grown up and nowhere to go.
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All grown up and nowhere to go.
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02-23-21, 01:09 PM
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02-23-21, 01:26 PM
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When I finally got my big fat titanium hard tail fat bike with a lot of silver black and red done I thought it was to pretty to ride.. My Harley riding neighbor straightened me out though. He said "Wow, that bike is totally bad ass but you will get more respect if its totally caked with in mud on the back of your pickup truck. Git yur ass out there and ride it!" Four years later its still sharp but I don't like what mud does to it and at my age, there is no one telling me to stay out of the mud so there is little incentive to go play in it.
02-24-21, 12:41 AM
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Too nice to ride. Almost.
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My wife's custom built touring bike frame. She thinks it beautiful,
but not too beautiful to ride. That is her bike packed behind the maroon bike with the yellow pannier. As we watched the deck hands load the bikes on the ferry, she said, "it is just a tool. Her computer showed 25,000 miles on it last summer.
but not too beautiful to ride. That is her bike packed behind the maroon bike with the yellow pannier. As we watched the deck hands load the bikes on the ferry, she said, "it is just a tool. Her computer showed 25,000 miles on it last summer.
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03-01-21, 12:08 PM
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I had a co-worker who was a surfer, and he would bang a new surfboard against the corner of the house just so he wouldn't have to worry about the first ding.
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I just began riding my brand new bike in between snow storms up here in Massachusetts, and it initially WAS hard to ride it in the streets where I knew mud and road salt would be splashing everywhere.
My efforts to install fenders turned into a 3-weekend task, that caused me much frustration, but all of that angst melted away in the bliss of riding my Quick 4 :-)
My efforts to install fenders turned into a 3-weekend task, that caused me much frustration, but all of that angst melted away in the bliss of riding my Quick 4 :-)
03-01-21, 12:51 PM
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No such thing!
If you own it you have to ride it.😁
If you own it you have to ride it.😁
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03-03-21, 07:09 PM
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Trailer Queens
At car shows, its either a driver or a trailer queen.
Did you buy it to ride or hang on the wall?
Did you buy it to ride or hang on the wall?
03-04-21, 07:17 AM
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Nothing with black components it too pretty to ride.
The bike does look great, but not precious.
The bike does look great, but not precious.
03-04-21, 07:28 AM
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The flip-side to this thread are the people who collect Leica cameras. A beat-up old Leica with lots of scratches, paint wearing off and peeling leatherette on the body gets them weak in the knees, smitten by the camera's beauty!
I don't think it matters if the camera actually works or not; these are collectors, not users.
I don't think it matters if the camera actually works or not; these are collectors, not users.
03-04-21, 07:43 AM
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It's pretty, but... the brakes ruin it for me. Also:
- what frame is that? (I suspect "not a Bianchi", from the seatstays and top tube cable guides...)
- the cable guides on the downtube are on upside-down.
- what frame is that? (I suspect "not a Bianchi", from the seatstays and top tube cable guides...)
- the cable guides on the downtube are on upside-down.
03-04-21, 07:48 AM
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it is in fact a lovely Bianchi mega tube titanium from the 90's lots of stamped bianchi id's on frame.
u silly goose
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03-04-21, 08:07 AM
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A bicycle is a transportation tool whether for work, sport, or recreation. If it is not a true collector's museum piece, it deserves at least an occasional stroll down Main Street.
03-04-21, 09:16 AM
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I think this could be a deeper question....whichever makes you the happiest 
(corny I know)....but if you get more enjoyment starring at the clean, mint condition, barely a scratch bike hung on the wall - do that. If you feel you would be happier riding it and enjoying the feel of riding a thing of beauty - do that.
(corny I know)....but if you get more enjoyment starring at the clean, mint condition, barely a scratch bike hung on the wall - do that. If you feel you would be happier riding it and enjoying the feel of riding a thing of beauty - do that.
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