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  1. #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Deanna
    Phew, it was a Vanilla. They're already on my bike lust list. I was afraid you were going to post a new one I'd have to lust after. Here's another one for you, from the top of my lust list...

    http://www.columbinecycle.com/our_bicycles.html
    Some of that custom lugwork is just gaudy, IMO. My lust list will include Vanilla, but not Columbine. Some of us need to keep our lust lists small.
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    Nice...40th birthday is 15 months away...I better hurry up and put in my order!

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    no i didn't need another bike to lust over, but thanks anyhow. i'll add another to my list.

    the Columbine ones look like you should put them on a pedistal and not ride them. i'd be afraid of ruining it on a fall.

    i've been lusting over the cross bike from voodoo. its the bright colors that gets me every time.
    Last edited by chickwhorips; 08-18-2006 at 02:52 PM.
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    I love the Vanilla Bicycles. I also love oggling these bikes.
    http://www.competitivecyclist.com/za...ND&BRAND.ID=14

    Oh so many beautiful bikes.
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    If you want gaudy, check out Brian Baylis' bikes. Some of his are simply over the top.

    Here's one that I saw in person, way too high on the frou-frou scale for my taste.

    http://www.classicrendezvous.com/USA...n_Hellenic.htm

    (to be fair, he also makes lovely, elegant bikes too)

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    Jobob, there's someone who works across the st from me in Oakland with a Rivendel Saluki (sp?) that they ride to work. It's two tone cream and lavender, brown Brooks saddle, mustache handlebars....

    "oh yeah, this is just my commuter"

    It's all I can do to stop from drooling over it ;-)
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    Quote Originally Posted by DebW
    Some of that custom lugwork is just gaudy, IMO. My lust list will include Vanilla, but not Columbine. Some of us need to keep our lust lists small.
    Oh, but you get to design your own...make it as gaudy or simple as you like.

    JoBob--I did not need to see the Baylis bikes. Very nice.
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    Sure are a lot of Brooks saddles on those pretty bikes...
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    Quote Originally Posted by KnottedYet
    Sure are a lot of Brooks saddles on those pretty bikes...
    Are you trying to say that you only look at the saddles and not the lugs? I didn't notice the saddles (but then again, I missed all the pics that needed java).

    Deanna, I figures the lugs were custom too. I just need a criterion to keep the lust list small.
    Oil is good, grease is better.

    2007 Peter Mooney w/S&S couplers/Terry Butterfly
    1993 Bridgestone MB-3/Avocet O2 Air 40W
    1980 Columbus Frame with 1970 Campy parts
    1954 Raleigh 3-speed/Brooks B72

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    Oh, I looked at the lugs, too. But I have close-ups of the lugs on the Waterford to keep me warm and cozy at night...
    "If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson

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    Living in Portland, I get to see a lot of lovely Vanillas. They had an exhibit of local frame builders at City Hall, and he was there. Someday...

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    This is the framebuilder's wife and daughter, BTW.


 

 

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