nlerner

I work on a college campus in Boston and often find myself biking to nearby colleges for various events, meetings, etc. Most of what I see locked to bike racks are crappy mountain bikes or cheap alu Treks sold as townie cruisers. Once in a while, I see something interesting. Tonight that was a very tall Centurion:



What you have seen at the bike rack?

spockleta

I have seen some Torrots 313, beautiful machine

jlaw

Wow! Is the circus in town?

nlerner

This was in Cambridge, MA. Some consider that a circus town.

Lascauxcaveman 

I would think all your bike rack finds would belong on this thread: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...d-wild-32.html

JaccoW

Look we can't help it that most bikes were designed around tiny people okay?
*Mounts 66cm (26 inch) frame and rides off.*

Ged117 

At least during the warm months, there is a little bit of bicycle eye candy locked up around downtown Ottawa. I've seen a few Rivendell bikes, but otherwise you see mostly Norco, Trek, or Giant hybrids with disc brakes. Super boring. Perhaps the occasional Surly LHT.

Now, during the winter, it is almost exclusively old mountain bikes or bottom market ten-speeds, Canadian Tire specials from 1997, and the occasional artsy single speed with winter tires. The other day I spotted a Columbus frame Trek in winter mode, with fantastic patina. I'll try and get a photo next time.

C&V content includes three-speeds of every make and model, British and Canadian, in varying states of neglect. Mostly 1970s three-speed bicycles are everywhere, usually in turd brown or pea green, with the occasional neat Eaton's Glider in red, blue, or orange. It is rare to encounter a 50s model - a few months ago I saw a Humber Sports and in lovely shape - black paint of course. I didn't have my Raleigh, otherwise I would have taken a bro reunion picture of the two of them. I need to take more photos. There was a late '50s Canadian Raleigh Superbe parked at a downtown office building with a hub date of 1959 in a lovely red and white livery, and I tried to get a few photos, but a security officer was giving me the eye.

madpogue 

^^^^^^ +1; rack bike porn is highly seasonal here. Not so much this month, but the climing gym up the block from my office sports one or two C&V-ish MTBs/roadies on almost a daily basis. I seldom take the time to stop and shoot, but scrolling back through the pics on my walkabout camera, there's a pretty fresh GT Tequesta from about '92, a Miami-Vice-era Centurion LeMans in purple/white fade, and the occasional high-ish-end Schwinn from BITD. I should post a few in the "spotted" thread.

Murray Missile 

It would appear so........

nlerner

Here's what my bike looked like today at the bike rack after my morning meeting:



Mid 90s Jamis Exile MTB.

nlerner

Spotted this one today. Methinks the handling might be a bit wonky:

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repechage

It's for motorpacing.
To fit in the building elevator?

nlerner

Noticed this Specialized Allez at the bike rack on campus today. Is this one of those high-zoot ones?

jonwvara 

Whenever I see a huge frame like that, I wonder whether the rider is really tall, or an average-sized person who obtained it as a cheap or free bike, and doesn't realize that frames have "sizes."

Stuff like that happens. A friend of mine, many years ago, bought a nearly-new, middle-of-the-lineup Sekine--the tires still had whiskers on them--very cheaply from a work acquaintance who complained that the bike just didn't fit her. My friend visually compared the bike to the seller as they talked and thought that they looked like a pretty good match. Eventually, though, it became clear that the real issue was that the seller didn't realize that the seatpost could be adjusted up and down. My friend briefly considered enlightening her, but instead just paid for the bike and scrammed.