Bike obsession? me?

twofakie · Jun 3, 2012

Hi all, Check out this Blog, by my partner, about her daily life, its funny and she takes the piss out of me a lot : ) - The last post is about how (apparently) i am obsessed with my bicycle.
http://runofthewindmill.wordpress.com/

Pass it on to your misses as well, I bet they'll recognize the situation.

Cheers,
Pero

I've attached the the sacred centrepiece : )
Its a koga full pro 1981...in progress..

pondlife · Jun 6, 2012

Great!!
sounds a bit like our house
we have pink jobs, blue jobs and brown jobs

retro-rich · Jun 7, 2012

Nice bike

We've just came back from the Netherlands from a short break, apart from the millions of Dutch bikes everywhere, the few racers we saw were kogas, and a few Giant mtbs and hybrids. I take it koga is a popular make over there?

As I watched a young lady cycle past on a koga, the mrs said she new I was looking at the bike first :?

robgod · Jun 8, 2012

any close up pics?

twofakie · Jun 8, 2012

Thanks for your reactions guys!

retro-rich: Koga's got a good reputation in The Netherlands I think. For me its a nostalgic thing, as a kid my first racebike was a Koga, also as a kid I visited the Tour de France in 1981 when Peter Winnen won Alpe D'Huez on exactly that bike, thats why I wanted to build this one : )
You probably allready know that Koga is half Dutch, half Japanese...

I recognize that, look at the frame first, the girl on it after : )

robgod: The bike is almost finished now, need to get some handlebar tape, but cant decide, was thinking of white leather..bit pricey..maybe cork.
When its finished ill take a few more pics.

pondlife:

robgod · Jun 8, 2012

obviously its personal preference, but IMO, bars & saddle have to match and white cork tape is usually my first choice.

Although on your bike, a natural leather/tan colour would probably make it look really nice if you want to make it look even more old school.

Rob

twofakie · Jun 8, 2012

Yeah natural leather would also be cool...i think im going for white cork for now...can always change to leather later...Cheers

twain · Jun 8, 2012

i really like that, made me smile - the mrs would definitely relate to this. I wont be letting her read it though....it does nothing to support the argument for keeping up ones hobbies!

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