Bikes! - Page 43

xoxoxoBruce · 10-03-2015, 09:23 PM

But for the people riding bikes they paid two grand or more for, it's cheap insurance. Plus after dark, people don't know you're riding an expensive bike. This will give them a hint you're not hoi polloi.

Gravdigr · 10-04-2015, 10:51 AM

For $2000(

), I'll buy a car and drive by the bicyclist.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-05-2015, 12:29 PM

Chicago was loaded with bike shops, back in the day.

glatt · 10-05-2015, 12:33 PM

Wonder how old that is? The bike on the right looks fairly modern, until you see it has fenders and no front derailleur. Must be a 3 speed. 1950s?

xoxoxoBruce · 10-05-2015, 01:09 PM

If the NCU on the sign is the National Cyclist's Union, that lasted from 1883 till about 1955, but that's a British group.

Well I'll be damned, when I found that picture it said it was Chicago... it ain't.
It's in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, which makes sense for the NCU and the CTC is a British cycling charity. But still no date.

Gravdigr · 10-05-2015, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Wonder how old that is?...1950s?

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

...But still no date.

As usual, the devil is in the details...

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classicman · 10-06-2015, 08:57 PM

MY cousin bought her last bike for over $8000. I know I know.

Gravdigr · 10-07-2015, 01:00 PM

What does it do?

Lamplighter · 10-07-2015, 02:49 PM

... anything it wants to do... at any time

classicman · 10-08-2015, 02:11 PM

For starters Grav - It weighs like 2 oz. Its insane.

Gravdigr · 10-08-2015, 02:36 PM

Does she ride for fitness? If she's a racer, I can understand light. Most people ride for fitness, which makes a light bike sort of ironical. A heavier bike would make one fitter, quicker.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-08-2015, 07:07 PM

Having to carry a 25 lb lock and chain negates the weight savings.

lumberjim · 10-08-2015, 10:18 PM

At $8k, it better have lojack. All carbon fiber I reckon... How much are the bikes they ride in the Olympics?

xoxoxoBruce · 10-08-2015, 11:55 PM

If you don't want the $200 LEDS, there's always this.

classicman · 10-09-2015, 10:56 AM

Yes, she rides competitively and for long treks - 25 or 50 miles is nothing for her.

10-03-2015, 09:23 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	But for the people riding bikes they paid two grand or more for, it's cheap insurance. Plus after dark, people don't know you're riding an expensive bike. This will give them a hint you're not hoi polloi. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-04-2015, 10:51 AM	#2
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	For $2000(), I'll buy a car and drive by the bicyclist. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-05-2015, 12:29 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Chicago was loaded with bike shops, back in the day. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-05-2015, 01:09 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If the NCU on the sign is the National Cyclist's Union, that lasted from 1883 till about 1955, but that's a British group. Well I'll be damned, when I found that picture it said it was Chicago... it ain't. It's in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, which makes sense for the NCU and the CTC is a British cycling charity. But still no date. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-06-2015, 08:57 PM	#7
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	MY cousin bought her last bike for over $8000. I know I know. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-05-2015, 12:33 PM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Wonder how old that is? The bike on the right looks fairly modern, until you see it has fenders and no front derailleur. Must be a 3 speed. 1950s?

10-07-2015, 01:00 PM	#8
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	What does it do? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-07-2015, 02:49 PM	#9
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	... anything it wants to do... at any time

10-08-2015, 02:11 PM	#10
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	For starters Grav - It weighs like 2 oz. Its insane. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-08-2015, 02:36 PM	#11
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Does she ride for fitness? If she's a racer, I can understand light. Most people ride for fitness, which makes a light bike sort of ironical. A heavier bike would make one fitter, quicker. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-08-2015, 07:07 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Having to carry a 25 lb lock and chain negates the weight savings. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-08-2015, 10:18 PM	#13
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	At $8k, it better have lojack. All carbon fiber I reckon... How much are the bikes they ride in the Olympics? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-08-2015, 11:55 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If you don't want the $200 LEDS, there's always this. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-09-2015, 10:56 AM	#15
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Yes, she rides competitively and for long treks - 25 or 50 miles is nothing for her. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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