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good thing you wouldn't ride it without a heartbeat... because then you would be dead.... If Zombies had the balance to ride bikes we would all be dead as well; lack of speed across open ground has historically been the greatest weakness of the zombie.

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Originally Posted by Shiznaz

Do you alert the authors of the Zombie Survival Guide?... It may be a necessary addition.

I think I need to make myself a new avatar... a zombie riding a bike sounds like the ticket

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Originally Posted by Shiznaz

I think I need to make myself a new avatar... a zombie riding a bike sounds like the ticket

i dunno, we're getting the new breed of zombies now -- the dawn of the dead remake, 28 days later....

Thylacine-- i thought about it for awhile, and i really think you NAILED that color. It looks awesome. It probably looks even better in person. Now, about your name -- is warwick gresswell a psuedonym? It sounds straight outta porn -- 28 Lays Later, starring Mandy McHugeKnockers and Warwick Gresswell

if the thylacine is a marsupial, shouldn't the bikes come with a little pouch on the frame somewhere. Like those Kangaroo shoes with the useless pocket that kicked ass in the 80's.
It could be called...um..I dunno..a stash pocket?!?

tim

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Originally Posted by TimArchy

Pie carrier?

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Originally Posted by TimArchy

LMAO! That's GOLD, Tim. A Thylacine Stash pocket. Brilliant! Maybe I can buy some roo scrote pouches and attach one under the seat?

Thylacines did actually have a pouch, believe it or not. I chose the name because I wanted something Aussie but not cheesy, and the myth of the Thylacine is pretty sweet. Are they really extinct? Did they really bit the heads off sheep? That sorta thing. :)

Guilty as charged, my name is Warwick Gresswell. I'm flattered that you think I'm a porn star, but really, the only moustache I've ever had is made by Nitto.

As for the colour, I frikken like it. It sits there right in everyones uncomfort zone - not pink, not purple, not grey.....omg my head is gunna explode kinda colour.

Its not a standard colour, but its interesting, and thematic. Thumbs up. The personalization with the stripes and logo-ing is a great idea--If I had the bucks, I'd spend hours painting/customizing fixes for all of my friends/neighbors/co-workers. Great job, looks great!

It's so very....blah.

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Originally Posted by Thylacine

More pix here

btw. why dont you have proper pictures of the titanium bike? I would love to see it.

So whats up with that bottom bracket cup?

It kinda reminds me of taupe. There's not much you can say about it, good or bad- it's just taupe.

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Originally Posted by hammye

So whats up with that bottom bracket cup?

it's an eccentric bottom bracket so you can tension the chain with vertical dropouts.

Can't tell if it's Silly Putty or used Double Bubble. One of those colors that would have to grow on me!

It's hot if it's going fast enough. Super hot if the rider is smoking everyone around. Ugly if ridden slowly.

Looks like yogurt or baby poop after stewd lamb baby food.

Very 70's looking pastel.

I think it should be required that anyone who rides this bike has to wear zubaz.

Ahh....Thanks for pushing back the fronts of ignorance a litte bit. I had no idea.

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Originally Posted by SSenorPedro

Guys - the stripes are from the Thylacine, a now-extinct critter from Oz. See pic and read below....

The Tasmanian tiger, or Thylacine, a marsupial carnivore which was wiped out of existence in the early 1930s.

The Thylacine, like other marsupials, had a pouch in which it carried its young. Although it was a distant relative of the Opossum, it also had canine and feline features and is also related to the Tasmanian Devil. Other names for the Thylacine include: Dog Faced Dasyurus, Kangaroo wolf, Pouched wolf, Zebra wolf, Hyena wolf, and Wolf or Hyena Opossum.

The Thylacine fed on smaller animals, and did most of its hunting at dusk. Even though it had powerful jaws which could rip apart flesh and bone, this animal was no match against the increasing Dingo population that had been brought in by the Aborigines, so they were forced off the Mainland and ultimately wound up on the Island of Tasmania.

Farmers who lived on the island did not appreciate the introduction of this new predator which posed a threat to their livestock, so a bounty was put on the animals, leading to the near extermination of the species.

Although the Thylacine was now virtually extinct, It remained an enemy in the eyes of the settlers, who continued exterminating the animal until 1933. It wasn't until three years later that the Thylacine was declared an endangered species, but by then it was too late, the Thylacine was virtually extinct.

Since then, there have been thousands of reported sightings of the Thylacine, but there never is enough conclusive evidence to prove the possible existence of a Thylacine population.

Don't they have Google in VA?

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Originally Posted by Thylacine

Don't they have Google in VA?

Blacksburg is out in the hills. Not many computers out that way. Well, maybe one or two at the quaint community college. What's it called again? VPISU?

low saturation colours rock.

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sparky