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Old 11-30-08 | 12:32 AM
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green cranks? dimension straps on top of all that?
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Old 11-30-08 | 06:48 AM
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Old 11-30-08 | 07:04 AM
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Problem with white bikes outside of a studio or glamor shot, is that the tires, components and frame quickly get dirty with black or dark green grime in any sort of less than ideal conditions. Riding them on a track is great, but dusty, dirty, rainy or well used car grease coated, dirt and grime encrusted roads change that sexy white look into a really disgustingly detailed show of filth.
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Old 11-30-08 | 12:56 PM
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an excuse to post my bike
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Old 11-30-08 | 01:17 PM
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I am building up this Ciocc right now; I love white bikes too.

drool.
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Old 11-30-08 | 01:34 PM
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Very trendy parts. I am not feeling it though, esp with the green cranks and hubs. I thought a bareknuckle would look good with really deep rims but now am rethinking that. For the almost $3000 grand the seller wants I would likely build a very different bike (custom frame with less bling components for sure).
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Old 11-30-08 | 01:48 PM
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best white bike evar:

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Old 11-30-08 | 08:42 PM
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paul cranksets are jackass, as are powdercoated pistas, but yeah, i liked that bike too the first time i saw it
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Old 11-30-08 | 09:01 PM
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I'm definitely out on the all white bike, components, tires etc. Bad voodoo.

The white framesets with chrome components are clean and classy though.
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Old 12-01-08 | 05:54 AM
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It strikes me as bad juju to ride around on a ghost bike
Over in the C & V, a guy thinks he was sold a ghost bike.
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Old 12-01-08 | 05:59 AM
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Doesn't stay white for long; needs a bath after every ride.
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Old 12-01-08 | 01:08 PM
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Not as nice as some of the ones here, but heres my new bike

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Old 12-01-08 | 01:10 PM
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paul cranksets are jackass, as are powdercoated pistas, but yeah, i liked that bike too the first time i saw it
it's a fuji track
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Old 12-01-08 | 07:05 PM
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if I get killed while on my bike I hope nobody makes one of those tacky ghost bike memorials for me
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Old 12-01-08 | 07:38 PM
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I would never own a white bike.
I would never wear a pair of white pants.
White is for dandies.
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Old 12-02-08 | 10:27 PM
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Dropped my road bike off at the powdercoater yesterday and decided to go with gloss white. If it's ugly, I'm blaming you all.
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Old 12-02-08 | 10:37 PM
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Around here we even grant white bikes to cyclists who earned the Darwin Award by their cycling.
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Old 12-02-08 | 10:54 PM
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This is what my dream bike would look like, with a few minor changes. Simple, clean, and sexy.



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Old 12-02-08 | 10:59 PM
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white plain frame = yes
white everything = nay

imo
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Old 12-02-08 | 11:36 PM
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Originally Posted by dougland89
^did you put tape on a smaller seatpost to make it fit?
I'm not sure what's going on there. It's not my bike, it was tested on FGG and that's where I saw it.
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Old 12-03-08 | 12:52 AM
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Tape on the seat post is to mark the location of saddle height, or to check if your seat post is sliding into the seat tube.

As far as "BAD JUJU" having an all white bike? C'mon, we're not in the 15th century anymore!
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Old 12-04-08 | 03:15 PM
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my snow killer, doing what it was intended to.

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Old 12-04-08 | 04:08 PM
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be locked up outside?
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Old 12-04-08 | 04:22 PM
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distract thieves from the bikes behind it?
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Old 12-04-08 | 05:08 PM
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be locked up outside?
precisely.
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