Yup, as you can tell from my auction bike (see initial post), I use my
machines. They get most of their wear from my leaning them up and
locking them against things, usually in haste.
You can also tell that I must be greedy, because I've no bids with
three days to go. But she does have to go.
Che
I bought my Hillborne to be my "weekend" bike, well aware of Grant's
words that it would quickly become my everyday bike. Too true. Two
summers ago, I had the chance to ride from the Bay Area up to the
Oregon/Washington border and back, and my Ultimate Touring Bike (Thorn
with Rohloff hub) was st
I bought my Atlantis because it's a touring bike. I'd already done
enough traveling to know it wasn't going to be possible to keep it
pristine. Between packing & re-assembling, AMTRAK, FedEx, airlines,
etc., a travel bike will get scratched (at the very least). The
Atlantis color is pretty good
I know where my Quickbeam has marks, and how I put them there. Same
for the Bontrager. The painful ones are the ones that happened in the
garage because I was careless, not the chips and dings of use. I care,
but the idea of bagging my bikes in UV plastic so they're collector's
items... makes me it
Before I bought my Atlantis, I had narrowed the field to 2-3 bikes. I
wanted a bike for my daily commute to replace my sturdy Giant hybrid,
but also to use it for touring. The only negative that I could come
up with for the Atlantis was that it was such a beautiful bike, it
would be a shame for i
I have been thinking about this a lot lately as my Sam begins to show some
dings and scratches -
I take awesome care of it, and pay attention when I set it up against
things, etc etc, but it's a bike, and i love riding it, and it has some
scratches on it, and i even love the scratches!
I got
I'm in that camp, Jim. My Sam is my "nice" bike, LHT is my commuter.
I think it's great that between Surly, Soma and a few others the world is
full of really good $400 bike frames
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For practical purposes, nobody NEEDS an expensive bike. I've often thought I
could collect a small number of old Schwinn Travelers or the like - a couple to
ride, and others for parts - and keep my bicycling expenses to near-zero. On
the other hand, there is plenty of middle ground between the S
Received. I keep a tube/brush thingy of automobile touch-up paint
next to whatever bikes "parking spot" in our living room, and just
slather it on when I see bare metal. I really should get my
eyeglasses prescription checked. I had a mind to someday get it
blasted and repainted, but it really is
Actually, I think you've summarized my own bike-ownership philosophy
nicely. I ride a bike every day, for transportation (no car), so it's
a tool. While I appreciate purdy lugs and nice paint jobs, it would
probably be wasteful for me personally, because I would take that
expensive frame and make i
Bob, Just reread your origianl post and my response. If that is your
bike and you did the touch up paint then you did a marvelous job...but
I think there is room for improvement.
Rob
On Nov 14, 8:59 pm, rob markwardt wrote:
> I'm in the ride it, don't sweat the scratches camp...BUT...that Trek
I'm in the ride it, don't sweat the scratches camp...BUT...that Trek
could use a serious makeover. An hour with some steel wool, goof off,
and matching (or close) touch up paint and that bike would look fine.
It looks like somebody let a 6 year with finger paint cover up the
chips.
On Nov 13, 10:
On Nov 14, 2011, at 9:32 PM, cyclotourist wrote:
> I bought a new to me Rivendell custom, and clumsily smacked the top tube with
> a floor pump as I lifted it over the bike.
>
> D'oh!
>
> It helps me keep things in perspective...
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/2361652997/
Nice
I learned a good lesson on my Reynolds 531 db frame, made by Falcon,
branded Merkyx, a long time ago, parking it on a good steel pole. I dropped
it while locking it to the pole, right in the middle, in the thin part of
the db top tube, and put a nice little ding in it. I rode it until the left
fork
I bought a new to me Rivendell custom, and clumsily smacked the top tube
with a floor pump as I lifted it over the bike.
D'oh!
It helps me keep things in perspective...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/2361652997/
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 6:36 PM, benzzoy wrote:
> On Nov 14, 7:21 am,
On Nov 14, 7:21 am, Tim McNamara wrote:
>
> Time for some individual philosophy: it's a bike not a holy relic. Way too
> many people buy a nice custom bike, the bike
> of their dreams, and then don't ride it. To me few things in cycling are
> sadder than a 10 year old custom bike that still
>
Good bikes look better with age
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robsargent/3371199870/in/faves-43029278@N07/#/photos/robsargent/3371199870/in/faves-43029278@N07/lightbox/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/collectvelo/4428254190/in/faves-43029278@N07/#/photos/collectvelo/4428254190/in/faves-43029278@N07/l
You can convert the TREK to 650B and put fatter rubber on it of course.
Like Bill, my '95 Road was pretty chipped and dinged. I took the plunge and
shipped it off to Airglow Painting back in June. I will say that they are
WAY behind on the quoted delivery schedule (6 - 7 weeks, from 6/16). The
last
I've been riding my Riv Road since 1995. It still looks good from a
distance, but it has never been repainted and has more chips and
scratches in the paint than I can count. If that's all that keeps you
from owning the bike you really want (i.e finances are not a barrier)
then get over the fear o
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