You Know You Bought a Good One When...
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GoldenEraMTB
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retrojon":3cbib7g5 said:
oh...
pardon me.
Nah, leave them on
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I would leave them on if it was my bike, and if they came off on their own after a ride or a wash etc then so be it.
Agency_Scum
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When you know the mechanic who P.D.I.ed it is not only a brilliant mechanic but is also your mate.
....and he knows his choccy Hobnob credit is going into overdrive!
....and he knows his choccy Hobnob credit is going into overdrive!
Yog Sothoth
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Boys boys boys! I may be new here but it upsets me to see the people I look up to getting all steely-eyed and clench-jawed, squaring up to each other over what is or isn't worth talking about.
I mean, this forum attracted me because it was called 'retrobike'. if it had been called 'retro superbike', I might have stayed away. You think a pristine Karakorum is a so-so bike? I think it's ace! And I genuinely love the paint job! 80s paint is fantastic, and I've just bought an AlpineStars Cro-Mega to demonstrate it, as my commuter bike. I'm even keeping the LX cantis and Farmer John's Nephews! Might get rid of the cup and cone bottom bracket though - a pain in the arse.
Not having money to burn, I like the fact that I can come on here with a half-retro, half-modern monstrosity, dripping in cheap anodised bits and, though you might not necessarily like or 'approve' of it, you won't rip me to shreds for it, other than in a good-humoured way.
An, er, that's it really. I'll post some pics of my Cro-Mega once I've sorted out the BB.
I mean, this forum attracted me because it was called 'retrobike'. if it had been called 'retro superbike', I might have stayed away. You think a pristine Karakorum is a so-so bike? I think it's ace! And I genuinely love the paint job! 80s paint is fantastic, and I've just bought an AlpineStars Cro-Mega to demonstrate it, as my commuter bike. I'm even keeping the LX cantis and Farmer John's Nephews! Might get rid of the cup and cone bottom bracket though - a pain in the arse.
Not having money to burn, I like the fact that I can come on here with a half-retro, half-modern monstrosity, dripping in cheap anodised bits and, though you might not necessarily like or 'approve' of it, you won't rip me to shreds for it, other than in a good-humoured way.
An, er, that's it really. I'll post some pics of my Cro-Mega once I've sorted out the BB.
Yog Sothoth":2mv164yy said:
Don't know why but that reminded me of 'Withnail and I'. I shall forever more visualise you as a naked Richard Griffiths, complete with eyeshadow astride your Cro-mega.
'..I think the carrot infinitely more fascinating than the geranium...'
Yog Sothoth
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Hmmm...not sure whether to take that as a compliment or not. Ah, wtf, thanks!
cherrybomb
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"We seem to have accidently gone on holiday"
(or something like that anyway!)
(or something like that anyway!)
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