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[Closed] My new Pub-Bike... got a bit carried away.

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Why oh why do I set out to build a cheap, rubbishy run about that I can leave anywhere; I know I will never manage it.

Anyway, bought a cheap bike from the bay, changed a few bits about and had a visit to the powder coaters. Decals were were designed by me and made up for me by one of those ebay decal sellers.

Yes there is now a website as the decals would suggest but it is under construction at the moment and will only ever be a route for people to get hold of the decals and powder coaters contact details.

I may ride it, I may sell it, haven't decided yet. Have to see if I can get hold of that illusive Large Prophet frame.

What do you think?

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Posted : 03/06/2009 9:14 am
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lol 'hademade by men is sheds', classic!


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 9:17 am
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"Whiskey Chaser"

Ha ha ha! Nice.


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 9:18 am
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Where do you put the kebabs?


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 9:28 am
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That's more than 'getting a bit carried away'!


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 9:29 am
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What tyres for a Pub bike? :D.....looks a bit nice to leave outside I reckon!


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 9:30 am
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Ha ha...Thats great


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 9:31 am
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You could be onto something here!


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 9:32 am
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that is a ridiculously swish and, dare i say it, completely inappropriate pub bike 😆

nicely put together though, without a doubt! 🙂


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 9:33 am
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that looks better than my main bike


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 9:36 am
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Tyres will be replaced with 2.4 Mountain Kings later when they turn up.

Went through loads of names one evening for the Brand and bike name (I still like Skip Wrecks too instead of pub-bikes, maybe for the next one) but Pub-bikes had more scope and I wanted a picture of a pint as the headtube decal.

It is a bit too nice to leave outside the pub/crash on the way home when mullered... must try harder to build rubbish bikes but my vanity will always get in the way.

Forgot to say in the original post... Thanks very much to Hairychested for the x9 SL grip shift donation.


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 9:38 am
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it's not really for going to the pub on though is it ?


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 9:42 am
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Carrera Fury ATM frame? (actually quite good)

Roll the bars forward, too much backsweep at present.

I like it very much, but it'll get pinched the first time you leave it at the pub

[BTW. That wasn't an advert in disguise was it?]


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 9:43 am
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Buzz: It is exactly that, yes. I read the reviews and for what I paid for it...well, what can I say.

I thought that too with the bars, will address immediately

No, not an advert. As you will see from the website, this is not a company selling or promoting bikes or frames it was purely done to hide the true identity of the bike.

You may well see it on the Mendips later if you are up there?


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 9:48 am
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Love it. I want the beer decal for the back of my sat tube.. Pedantic website point, you mean "a v[b]ai[/b]n individual".


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 9:49 am
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Bigdummy - thanks, I will make the change.


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 9:53 am
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It does look nice but it seems odd to go to all that effort to make a so-called 'pub bike' which sort of goes against the whole point of a pub bike. Whatever makes you happy though. 😛


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 9:53 am
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my eye keeps being drawn to that small puddle beside the bike. What's gone on there?


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 9:56 am
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Spilt my beer


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 9:57 am
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Thats a bit more than a pub bike there dude - I reckon you could call it oh let me think hey try a mountain bike! 😉


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 10:02 am
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Given what you're actually doing, maybe Vein Bikes (deliberate misspelling) would be a better name than Pub Bikes?


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 10:07 am
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That does look class.

Large prophets do exist, but their a bugger to hunt down and locate!
Took me a good couple of months & WTD ad's on numerous forums (came by mine via an ebay auction).


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 10:23 am
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Puddle of dribble needs mopping up.

Otherwise, 10/10 🙂 will keep an eye out.


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 10:26 am
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That is a fine looking pub bike 😀


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 11:23 am
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damn! I the same idea - buy rat bikes off fleabay, do them up a touch and flog them on using www.pub-bikes.co.uk didn't do it though. My bad!

Bike looks really nice, what was the total cost?


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 11:34 am
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you sir, are a genius.


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 11:49 am
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Total cost was £250. That would be with the continental gravity tyres on (which are as new too) but I wanted to run the RRs I already had. Would hope to sell it, not here obviously, for £350 ish?


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 12:40 pm
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How much would a prophet frame with an rp23 shock be worth to you in large? In VGC btw


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 12:45 pm
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Ralph YGM


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 12:49 pm
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LOL nice bike.


 
Posted : 03/06/2009 12:50 pm