Show us your purple bikes for August
08-04-18, 11:31 AM
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Quite the wide range of purple so far.
early 90s mtb with modern components
early 90s mtb with modern components
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08-04-18, 02:21 PM
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I don't have a purple bike. My wife does though; it's her "everything" bike (she's a cyclomonogomist):
Sweet bottle cage courtesy of the Box o' Crap.
Sweet bottle cage courtesy of the Box o' Crap.
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08-04-18, 07:16 PM
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1995 Tecnos, recently converted to ten speed. It's hard to show in photos, but the lettering fades from lime green to silver.
08-05-18, 06:36 AM
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Vitus 992 with a mix of campy and ventos. Thanks to this thread I'm taking her out for a long neglected spin...:-)
spin.
spin.
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08-05-18, 07:17 AM
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^ WoW!!
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08-05-18, 08:42 AM
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08-05-18, 09:05 AM
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Double Wow !!! I love those colors, excuse me - colours and the head tube bling & crests. Beautiful !
08-05-18, 09:25 AM
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That Sun looks like a color combo the late Brian Baylis would go with.
I would not pair them but it works.
I would not pair them but it works.
08-05-18, 04:24 PM
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That Sun Cresta is gorgeous!
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08-07-18, 03:41 PM
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Bikes are okay, I guess.
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Forgot that we once had a purple bike, an early caliper-brake Trek 520 that I built for my then-girlfriend (now bride) back in the early '80s. Grape metallic with red panels applied by Marinoni (same trip we got her Chiorda MTB done in pink/turquoise) and built back up with mostly stock parts, plus silver ESGE fenders, Grab On grips and barcons, I have not been able to find a pic but might have a group photo somewhere.
08-07-18, 04:06 PM
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We have a winner! If I could choose one bike on BF it would be this one.
I'll post mine anyway...
3Rensho Super Record Export by alex ries, on Flickr
3Rensho Super Record Export by alex ries, on Flickr
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08-07-18, 09:34 PM
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Yum, purple bikes. I have a '96 Trek 7000 in flat metallic purple, and a Soma double cross in "Midnight Silver" (light flat metallic purple).
I am too lazy to go out to the garage and photo them, so look them up on Google, and admire them!
I am too lazy to go out to the garage and photo them, so look them up on Google, and admire them!
08-08-18, 11:27 AM
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Late-60's SEARS (edited, OOPS) 10-SPEED, sort of a poor-man's Super Course:
Mid-90's Ciocc, built with standard-diameter, ovalized MiniMax tubing, and is more of a purplish blue:
Mid-90's Ciocc, built with standard-diameter, ovalized MiniMax tubing, and is more of a purplish blue:
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08-08-18, 01:55 PM
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08-08-18, 02:08 PM
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Duh, meant SEARS, wish I could say that the spell-check wrote that for me.
Built by Steyr/Puch in Austria, I bought it for the color and axle wingnuts you could say, that plus my previous Steyr ownership.
Edited.
And haven't we all seen too many bikes called Schwinn in the classifieds, but that weren't?
Built by Steyr/Puch in Austria, I bought it for the color and axle wingnuts you could say, that plus my previous Steyr ownership.
Edited.
And haven't we all seen too many bikes called Schwinn in the classifieds, but that weren't?
08-18-18, 10:44 PM
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The morning commute.
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08-19-18, 09:50 AM
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I think this qualifies as purple, this will be a project for next winter
08-19-18, 05:54 PM
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The 1990 ish Bianchi Ibex I am using for the Clunker Challenge, I named him Barney. He may end up being a keeper and get the full spa treatment but for now he's a clunker
IMG_3715 by Ryan Surface, on Flickr
IMG_3715 by Ryan Surface, on Flickr
08-19-18, 06:59 PM
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08-19-18, 08:36 PM
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My '86 Veloce, custom made for me by John Stinsman in Allentown, PA. Paint fades from Dark Rose Metallic at the top to Light Rose Metallic at the bottom.