Your latest bike purchase?

[ChristoB50]

Here we are!

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So many accessories demanding attention now…!

[mrhappy_onabike]

@ChristoB50 192396 wrote:

So many accessories demanding attention now…!

It definitely needs a little riding buddy.

[mrhappy_onabike]

Whoa! Look at me, Mister Jr. Executive!!

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[KWL]

@mrhappy_onabike 192405 wrote:

Whoa! Look at me, Mister Jr. Executive!!

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This place has really gone downhill.

[ChristoB50]

@ginacico 192390 wrote:

After your story about feeling the e-bike is basically overpowered for your abilities, my hunch is you’ll be riding this old-new bike a lot. Congrats, can’t wait to see it in person!

So today was the Bianchi’s inaugural commute, inaugural Coffee Club, and inaugural “extra riding home beyond commute route”…
Took PYT to Braddock Metro, over to Slater’s Lane, to MVT, to Crystal City connection to Waterpark, up to Long Bridge Park, back to Eads, 4MR, home.

All in all, pretty enjoyable, terrible saddle not withstanding! I was happy to find the steep hill at the Waterpark didn’t spank me.

However, as I was planning to circle Long Bridge Park, I got to the end of the long promenade to find the left-turn continuation now closed for construction. So I had to do a U-turn, onto the pea-gravel section… And, didn’t slow enough… and sadly, the bike slid right out from under me! Luckily I didn’t go down with it… somehow, I got a foot out of the toe-cage, caught myself with a little one-leg hopping squat, but the bike slipped out of my hand and the fork hit the gravel — so that near-mint, 27-years-in-storage purple paint job now has its first, all-too-soon road rash

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[Sunyata]

@ChristoB50 192412 wrote:

So today was the Bianchi’s inaugural commute, inaugural Coffee Club, and inaugural “extra riding home beyond commute route”…
Took PYT to Braddock Metro, over to Slater’s Lane, to MVT, to Crystal City connection to Waterpark, up to Long Bridge Park, back to Eads, 4MR, home.

All in all, pretty enjoyable, terrible saddle not withstanding! I was happy to find the steep hill at the Waterpark didn’t spank me.

However, as I was planning to circle Long Bridge Park, I got to the end of the long promenade to find the left-turn continuation now closed for construction. So I had to do a U-turn, onto the pea-gravel section… And, didn’t slow enough… and sadly, the bike slid right out from under me! Luckily I didn’t go down with it… somehow, I got a foot out of the toe-cage, caught myself with a little one-leg hopping squat, but the bike slipped out of my hand and the fork hit the gravel — so that near-mint, 27-years-in-storage purple paint job now has its first, all-too-soon road rash

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The bike is now officially yours! We always joke that the bike is never really yours until you crash it.

Head to your nearest drug store/Target and pick up some nail polish in the closest colour you can find. It will cover up the scratches nicely.

[ginacico]

@Sunyata 192414 wrote:

Head to your nearest drug store/Target and pick up some nail polish in the closest colour you can find. It will cover up the scratches nicely.

Or Testors model paint at a hobby store. Likely you can find an exact match.

[ChristoB50]

@Sunyata 192414 wrote:

The bike is now officially yours! We always joke that the bike is never really yours until you crash it.

Well, there was that one earlier crash; embarrassingly falling over sideways at a stop because my foot was stuck in the toe-cage, ~26 years ago on this very bike… But it apparently left no paint scars.

[KWL]

That purple looks really close to the color of my Bridgestone XO-1. A good match is Testors Boyd 52704 “Grape Pearl”.

[ChristoB50]

A happy outcome today… after visiting the hobby shop to search for Grape Pearl paint (no luck) I switched gears to outfitting the Bianchi with some accessories…
Some Ergon grips, a Mirrycle mirror which I love on my ebike, a new folding lock, new pedals (flats one side, clips the other), front & rear lights and a new saddle to try out.
Once I got all that in place at home, I decided to give the whole frame a wipe-down, and that’s when I discovered the scar on the fork was actually “on” the fork, not gouging through the paint, and it eventually all came off!
Next up, a rear rack, and perhaps some fenders if there’s clearance for them…

[huskerdont]

@ChristoB50 192452 wrote:

A happy outcome today… after visiting the hobby shop to search for Grape Pearl paint (no luck) I switched gears to outfitting the Bianchi with some accessories…
Some Ergon grips, a Mirrycle mirror which I love on my ebike, a new folding lock, new pedals (flats one side, clips the other), front & rear lights and a new saddle to try out.
Once I got all that in place at home, I decided to give the whole frame a wipe-down, and that’s when I discovered the scar on the fork was actually “on” the fork, not gouging through the paint, and it eventually all came off!
Next up, a rear rack, and perhaps some fenders if there’s clearance for them…

Though you don’t need it at the moment, clear fingernail polish is a good alternative when you can’t find the color or temporarily until you do. Keeps it from corroding at least. I always keep clear and black fingernail polish in the bike tool box.

[secstate]

Hex wrenches. Pretty ones.

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[ChristoB50]

Not really a purchase here… family gifted me a Spurcycle Bell for my 2nd bike… Guess I gotta get back to riding now?

[Smitty2k1]

Loading up on winter gear with Christmas presents and gift cards
– Thermal jersey
– Merino wool base layers
– Pearl Izumi AmFib tights
– Ski goggles

Had to return some lobster gloves that didn’t fit
Next purchase is going to be new shoes/boots once I find something good for commuting and fit my wide feet

[Boomer Cycles]

I had a #RaphaMoment and added a frame bag to Hi-Ho Silver while Coffeeneuring…

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