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Old 07-18-11, 10:55 AM
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Old 07-18-11, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Doohickie
Nope. Tires are fine. He's riding over a platform that has some give to it, somewhere between a piece of plywood and a trampoline. And don't go all snobby on him; he puts more miles on his bike in a week than you would in a good month.
Sweet....
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Old 08-01-11, 09:35 PM
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Bridgestone XO-1. Handsome Bike.
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Old 08-02-11, 12:49 PM
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Don't have pictures, but the other day I noticed both a nice Rivendell and a beautiful looking Gazelle at my BART stop, just parked at the bike racks. There's a nice looking older Nishiki too, though I don't know model info on any of them.
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Old 08-02-11, 01:20 PM
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No pics for me either, but late Saturday afternoon as our band was playing a public outdoor concert in Gardner, MA someone rode into the audience are on a white w/blue Raleigh Gran Sport. I spoke to her during the break and she said it was a '75. Still had the Stronglight crank, GB stem, Weinmann centerpulls, but newer derailleurs.
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Old 08-02-11, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by djkashuba
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Bridgestone XO-1. Handsome Bike.
"Handsome", like this?:
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Old 08-02-11, 01:35 PM
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Tied up at a bike rack in the Crystal City area of Arlington, VA.

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Old 08-02-11, 02:11 PM
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Saw this in town a while ago. It does deserve better cable work and I suppose mudguard adjustment, but it's especially interesting to me, as I'm cleaning up my own DBS Internazionale these days.


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Old 08-02-11, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by gaucho777
Seen on the Berkeley streets this morning.
Nice, super classy! What are the cranks on that thing?
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I wish this thread were a sticky.

These bikes are total opposites and I think display the role of the owner/builder. One is a fairly ho-hum bike that was done beautifully (some will no doubt disagree about the rack paint, but I like it). The other was a special bike and has become ho-hum.

Spotted this a few days ago - maybe nothing that special, but I thought it was a nice build that deserved recognition.









On the flip side - I walked by this today, and threw up a little in my mouth.





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Witcomb - Fixed. (Sacramento CA USA)


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Old 10-16-11, 11:52 AM
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WHOA NELLY!



Track bikes aren't my thing, but if I wanted one, this would make my list. Fork isn't original.
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Old 11-10-11, 08:12 PM
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One of the Raliegh Technium 531s I didn't think existed

This one blows my mind. A Raleigh Sprite that looks like it was built yesterday. I've seen this thing all around town and it looks even better than the pictures. I don't get how its stayed so nice.
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Another nice Raleigh. Patina'd Raleigh.



Kind of a clone of the Fuji. I've been noticing these REI bikes lately because some of them were really nicely equipped. To say I'd love to find one at a garage sale for cheap with the tri-color STI would not be exaggerating.

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Fixied but pretty to me nevertheless




Not in the wild technically but this Paramount makes me yearn everytime I go to my LBS. The restoration job from Waterford's pretty spectacular. So shiny. Hard to do justice to the finish.

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This one's pretty interesting. Amateur team bike possibly by Puch converted to townie of sorts.




Nice to see a Dura-Ace derailleur with some use on it!
Remnants of what looks like a 531special decal

I'm not posting the kickstand.
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Friend of mine brought this for me to see the other night. I didn't know about them. Campy wine-opener.

Kind of fugly decals and stem on the bike but for some reason the green color, brooks, and horizontal top-tube called out to me.
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Originally Posted by Oregon Southpaw
Friend of mine brought this for me to see the other night. I didn't know about them. Campy wine-opener.

Kind of fugly decals and stem on the bike but for some reason the green color, brooks, and horizontal top-tube called out to me.
Calls out to me as well.

I'd love to have a Hampsten.
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I've been seeing some crazy stuff out lately, but haven't been able to photo it. I'll either be with people, won't have my phone, or be in a rush. I missed photoing a Merckx and BEAUTIFUL Bob Jackson last week.

This might be a bit less beautiful, but I really like what I saw, especially the saddle. Any guesses to marquee?











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I think that the Witcomb is a single speed. The rear wheel is way off center.
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Originally Posted by Oregon Southpaw

Nice to see a Dura-Ace derailleur with some use on it!
It's a beautiful thing.
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My 1972 Schwinn Suburban at work.

It made it into Cyclingnews last week,

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