Oh. My. Gosh... Merlin fully engraved Cyrene
Make sure you check out the close-ups of the bottom bracket, etc, and click on the link to download the high-res image (inserting it here made if freaking huge).
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08-26-2007, 04:30 PM #1
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Bike porn: Knotted, have a towel ready for the drool...
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08-26-2007, 05:30 PM #2
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Drooooooool.....
OMG!!!!!!
sigh!
Well, that's one way to deal with ti's trouble holding paint...
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08-26-2007, 06:23 PM #3
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wow! Engraved!
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08-26-2007, 07:03 PM #4
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08-26-2007, 07:41 PM #5
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(I'm almost ashamed to admit how many times I've come back to this thread to look at those pictures.
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08-27-2007, 07:04 AM #6
listen to the bees
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We all have different tastes. Though I can admire the work involved, that engraved bike is not something I would want at all. It reminds me of one of those gaudy embossed Western style horse saddles meant for parades or something.
Just not my style.
I like plainer lugs on steel bikes, too. I've seen really fancy lugs with curly Q shapes that I find just too fussy and frilly.
I have a couple of beautiful banjos with very elaborate mother of pearl engravings. When I play them people always comment on them. When I play my plain banjos I feel a bit more comfortable, like I am connected with them, and I think people listen to my playing more instead of ogling my banjo.
I can admire all the hard work though. I do wonder though whether that tubing was actually human hand engraved, or machine engraved using a template that automatically follows a pre-programmed design pattern.Lisa
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