Covet

[dasgeh]

I thought we could use a thread to post about bike stuff we covet.

I’ll start:
http://faradaybikes.com/

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[KLizotte]

This company has some really cool color combinations:

https://www.missionbicycle.com/gallery

[dasgeh]

All of these bikes. All of them. I really need to go to Amsterdam… http://amsterdamcyclechic.wordpress.com/

And acc, here’s some inspiration for you: http://amsterdamcyclechic.wordpress.com/2013/05/24/3-bikes-that-made-me-smile/

[americancyclo]

@dasgeh 58104 wrote:

I love this forum…

But I’m confused — can a chain be single-speed specific? Will the chain not work with a derailleur? What will it do – walk away in disgust? Scoff? Run red lights in protest?

And if chains really can be anti-derailleur, would they work with an IGH?

Sheldon says:

• 1/8″ (0.125″, 3.18 mm) chain is used on most single-speed bicycles, and bicycles with internal gearing.
• 3/32″ (0.094″, 2.30 mm) chain is used on derailer equipped bicycles that have more than 3 cogs at the rear.

http://sheldonbrown.com/gloss_ch.html

[DismalScientist]

Sheldon also says that he likes to use a 3/32″ chain for single speed (one cog) use because of the beveling.
1/8″ chains are too wide for multiple cogs in back, but are fine for internal geared hubs because they only have one cog.

[NicDiesel]

I REALLY want Hassan’s Low//:

[KelOnWheels]

klizotte;58105 wrote:

this company has some really cool color combinations:

https://www.missionbicycle.com/gallery

MATTE CELESTE.

That is all.

[americancyclo]

@KelOnWheels 58136 wrote:

MATTE CELESTE.

I know it’s bicycle heresy, but I can’t get down with the Bianchi toothpaste. A chrome pista on the other hand, look out 2008, here I come!

[Bilsko]

@Bilsko 31748 wrote:

Yep. Covet confirmed. This one wins the entire covet thread for me, today.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]1725[/ATTACH]

Check.

[ShawnoftheDread]

Anyone else hate Bilsko? I know it’s not just me.

[Bilsko]

@ShawnoftheDread 58466 wrote:

Anyone else hate Bilsko? I know it’s not just me.

[Dirt]

@ShawnoftheDread 58466 wrote:

Anyone else hate Bilsko? I know it’s not just me.

No hate from me. Tons of appreciation of his new ride. I’m thinking that my Bleed has someone new to ride with.

[Dirt]

@Bilsko 58465 wrote:

Check.

Let’s go get it dirty.

[Bilsko]

@Dirt 58477 wrote:

Let’s go get it dirty.

I was going to ride it to work today, but then I saw that it’s supposed to rain this afternoon, which would mean my new bike would get dirty. I’m not doing this right, am I?

[Dirt]

@Bilsko 58489 wrote:

I was going to ride it to work today, but then I saw that it’s supposed to rain this afternoon. I’m not doing this right, am I?

It’s okay to want the first rides on a new bike to be somewhat pristine. I’m a firm believer that a new bike will never quite be the same after its first ride flogging in a rain storm. It is somewhat odd to think of a bicycle having a sense of virtue, or virginity. There is, however, something that you never can quite get back after riding a bike in rainy, muddy conditions… no matter how much you clean. I tend to think it IMPROVES a bike to ride it in such conditions… Please keep in mind that is a social statement about bicycles only….

My bikes each have a soul or identity…. they exist in my (well helmeted) brain. That soul or identity is made up of all the interesting places I’ve gone with that bike and all the wacked-out death march rides that we’ve gone on together. I’ve got a lot of bikes to choose from when I go to leave the house every morning. Anyone who has ridden with me a few times has heard me say, “DANG I’ve forgotten how much I love riding this bike!”. Part of that relates to the sieve-like nature of my brain. Most of it comes from the cumulative memories of my experiences with a particular bike coming back to me in the first few miles of a particular bike ride.

Rock and roll, sir!

[dcv]

@Bilsko 58489 wrote:

I was going to ride it to work today, but then I saw that it’s supposed to rain this afternoon, which would mean my new bike would get dirty. I’m not doing this right, am I?

1. I’m waiting with bated breath to see more pics – please post already
2. I like my CX bike dirty and go out of my way to find mud

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