Just bought a single speed road bike and need some inspiration to “bling” it up a bit. It all looks a little boring in black.

Wotizitt?

You show me yours first…

this is the worst, “look at my new bike” thread ever

show you mine, if you show me yours…

It’s so poor I wouldn’t feel it was worthy to post!

bringing the tread back on track

(Shameless plug – it’s for sale if anyone is interested. Fixie Inc Peacemaker, 52cm (small). Looking for £300ish, It cost north of a grand and it’s got some tartier bits on now).

awful pic, probably does the bike justice tho

nothing better than a new bike, go and take its photo (even if its just the serial number!)

finbar….anywhere near Essex?

Dawes SST by paulfulford, on Flickr

Best £200 I ever spent 🙂

finbar….anywhere near Essex?

Sheffield i’m afraid (that photo is in the fountain outside our train station) – i’d happily post it though…

only joking

I’ve got one of these with silver guards

no pics of mine cos it’s just a bike for riding to work on, not looking at 🙂

Looks a bit dfferent now. A move to hillier terrain saw me scampering for a cassette, rain saw me duck into the LBS full ‘guards, sweaty back had me onto Carradice for a seatpost bag, and rubbish roads got me reaching for balloonier tyres.

Sorry you won’t get much inspiration for blinging your boring black bike up from this 😀
(And yes i know the leaves need sweeping up!)

Not mine, but a mates.

That Singular is lovely.
My garden gate 🙂

My commuter:

On-one Il Pompino (My commuter) by brf, on Flickr

For Sale:

FS: SS Tri-Cross by brf, on Flickr

It was going to be a single speed, but I was just building it with parts I had lying about, so it turned into a Double speed!
I can only lock the rear mech as far as the 14 tooth which makes steep hills pretty hard.
Its more of winter bike, hence the reflective strips, which are black until light hits them. Need to get mudguards soon though.

Wohhhhhhh

Let me get this right – your bitsa has a Zipp 900 that you’ve put reflective strips on?

Yeah lightman could you explain wtf that bike is for please lol? 🙂

Need to get mudguards soon though.

I knew it was missing something .. Couldn’t quite put my finger on it 🙂

Haha, no!
Home made disc from an old screw on freewheel I had that was just gathering lots of dust 🙂
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Front wheel was a broken one I bought from ebay very cheaply, and fixed.

Bloody video wont work.

No bling just thing…

Front wheel was a broken one I bought from ebay very cheaply, and fixed.

Love the odd bar tape.

Footflaps how do they compare?

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Please excuse weird handle bar position, I’d had the weeride on, and was trying to get comfy!

Footflaps how do they compare?

I’ve barely ridden the Tri-cross, built it up on a whim, but never actually ridden it off road.

That has to be one of the best bikes i’ve seen on here in a while lightman!

I’d be very confused following it 🙂

For bling just add leopardskin

Here are mine:

Viking Citi-fix:

Trek 4th District

Steerer on the Trek needs cutting down and the Viking will shortly be for sale….

My old one

Got a Giant Bowery at the moment,however the only orignal bits are the frame,brake levers and back wheel everything else has been replaced/upgraded.

If you have a Black bike and want to introduce some colour,some decent coloured tyre (Vittoria or Schwalbe),coloured bar tape and saddle will make a big difference.