What gives your bike character?
04-15-08, 01:05 PM
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slot machine
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Sitckers, scratches, flux capacitor, worn paint, and all the other things that come from riding.
04-15-08, 01:22 PM
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04-15-08, 01:26 PM
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04-15-08, 01:33 PM
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Bicycle Repair Man !!!
All my bikes are ancient... like me.
1973 Phillips folder - fixed. It needs a leather saddle
1962 Peugeot - fixed
1940 CCM - coaster
1973 Phillips folder - fixed. It needs a leather saddle
1962 Peugeot - fixed
1940 CCM - coaster
04-15-08, 01:35 PM
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Tarck Bikes! Yeah!
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04-15-08, 01:40 PM
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thanks! as with all off-the-shelf bikes, its a constant work-in-progress. i might swap out the bullhorns for a set of north road bars to mess around town on, and keep the bullhorns for the occasional day when i take a longer ride or when its windy.
04-15-08, 03:50 PM
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Pre-1967 151BCD Sugino Mighty Competiton Cranks
They came to me already kind of beat up and with signs that someone 20 years ago painted them blue, so I don't mind using them every day in all conditions.
04-15-08, 04:27 PM
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> nothing about my bike is more satisfying than the fact that i built the wheels from scratch
So those deep v's are, like, old refridgerator doors or something?
So those deep v's are, like, old refridgerator doors or something?
04-15-08, 04:35 PM
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Um, it's a mtn bike frame with 700C wheels that I built myself, road cranks, lights, an 80's Zefal MTB rear fender held on by a snowboard leash and a CX fork. It's pretty unique. I get lots of "WTF?" looks on road rides.
04-15-08, 04:46 PM
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nothing gives any of my bikes character. 
well, except for the Bianchi, they're all black. but that's not character.
the eyeball and dinosaur bell on the mountain bike might be considered character:
well, except for the Bianchi, they're all black. but that's not character.
the eyeball and dinosaur bell on the mountain bike might be considered character:
04-15-08, 05:12 PM
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You tell me.
04-15-08, 05:14 PM
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I run pogs from early 90's in my rear spokes on my beater. Everyone gets a kick out of the good 'ol pog days...right?