Aperte mala cm est mulier, tum demum est bona. -- Syrus, Maxims
(When a woman is openly bad, she is at last good.)
Edepol nunc nos tempus est malas peioris fieri. -- Plautus, Miles Gloriosus
(Now is the time for bad girls to become worse still.)
This is from the builder that I'd really like to buy from (Dave Kirk). I don't own it yet, however. Does that count?
http://kirkframeworks.com/photogallery5.htm
Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Continue to learn. Appreciate your friends. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.
--Mary Anne Radmacher
I know. I got a quote on a paint job, but since the bike doesn't really fit me, I think I am going to leave it as is, and probably sell it in the spring. That way, if someone wants to hang on to that "classic" early 90s paint job until it becomes cool and retro, I won't have ruined an antique!OMG.... I LOL'ed when I saw that paint job. It's so bad it's good!
(It's a pretty nice bike, ugly decals notwithstanding, with Shimano 600/Ultegra components and really neat wheels, and everything works fine except the rear derailleur needs a new pulley. I can't bring myself to strip it down and make it a single speed.)
serious case of lug envy going on here.................
Lugs from the Bleriot and lugs from my Freddie that was made for me many many years ago. Lugs from my Serrota that I recently sold. I am a lug lover.
So many pretty bikes!!! Here are some pics of three of my bikes: first pic is the seat cluster lugwork on My Bianchi Super Grizzly MTB. Unknown what make of lugs. Second pic is headtube lugswork on my Gitane Tour De France. The lugs are Bocama, the chrome fork crown is Wagner. Third pic is the lovely lugwork on my Falcon. I'm still trying to find out who made these lugs.
Cheers,
Sherry.
All vintage, all the time.
Falcon Black Diamond
Gitane Tour de France
Kuwahara Sierra Grande MTB
Bianchi Super Grizzly MTB
Do Ex- bikes count?
Here are a few that we no longer have.
First up is DH's '73 Condor. He shipped it to his brother in VT so he could start riding again. It's been gathering dust up there, and DH wants it back!
Second up is my '95 Bianchi Eros. I sold it in '05 to finance my commuter. But I really miss it (dent in the toptube notwithstanding).
And, shhhhh, don't yell, I threw in new school - "roll o' dimes" welds on my Seven because they are just too pretty to ignore.
Ti is fly, but yeah...steel is real.
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The closeups shots are from the Rivendell site, but that's the same bike I have, the other shot is my actual bike, a lugged steel blue Rivendell Rambouillet.
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Lisa
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