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.
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
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 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
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
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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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
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'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
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
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/
On Nov 14, 7:21 am, Tim McNamara tim...@bitstream.net 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
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
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'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,
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 robmar...@hotmail.com wrote:
I'm in the ride it, don't sweat the scratches
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
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
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