[Closed] Show me your Boutique Bikes...

The only one in the world:-

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Ooooooh, think I might have to post, oh yes. 😆

Thank god nick 😉

So do you want something that will ride really well that no one else has got, or do you just want something that no one else has got?

Innit though? Bent hybrid?

I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that, but that lynskey makes my collection of boutique(ish) munters look positively divine!

Did you ever get a mudgaurd to fit it Nick?

Check out this baby:

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c_g- I've not seen one of those before, is it a US import?

Nicknoxx - Member

The only one in the world:-

Thank god.

Dunno tazzy, maybe imported into the South from Northern climes. 😉

Check out those bar ends!

I have more niche bar ends!

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To both really, although I do get that the second one is attention seeking 😉

I've got some reggae mid 90's x-lite red anodised bar ends, matching red ano ringle bottle cage... oh yes.

ace I've still got some xlite bars and a seatpost as well, retrotastic

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my pride and joy, you don't see many of these about

Mid-life crisis bike:

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RealMan - Member

So do you want something that will ride really well that no one else has got, or do you just want something that no one else has got?

A bike that rides well and is not from spesh, trek, giant etc - I don't want something unique just a bit beyond the usual....

Didn't know till tonight botique ment ugly

After 3 hours and the best the STW massive can come up with is a pair of Ti lovelies and a p*ss take....things have changed - I must be getting old.

Reckon there's a sense of humour failure on here tonight. 🙄

c_g - you're probably right so that's me chastened

and i still can't get the smilies to work.

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheldona/3167646946/ ]Spot Brand[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/sheldona/ ]sheldonattwood[/url], on Flickr

Good pic there sheldon! But where is your IF? (iirc that is).

Which One CG 😉 Ones in the conservatory ready for tomorrow and the other is in the shed resting!

Here's a couple of mine for you.

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/stu-b/5040560393/ ]100_1059[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/stu-b/ ]singlespeedstu[/url], on Flickr

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/stu-b/4494206870/ ]2010_0405hangoverbimble0038[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/stu-b/ ]singlespeedstu[/url], on Flickr

Smiles - sense of humour restored.

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheldona/1653702759/ ]Je Suis Roast Boueff[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/sheldona/ ]sheldonattwood[/url], on Flickr

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheldona/3476405737/ ]The Spork[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/sheldona/ ]sheldonattwood[/url], on Flickr

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheldona/2730979745/ ]Maverick Durance[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/sheldona/ ]sheldonattwood[/url], on Flickr

sheldon - the one with 2 top tubes!

singlespeedstu - what are those? Love the daffs!

Look at the gurn on that fat****ers face in tollahs first picture. 😆

CG.

The first one's a Black Sheep High Roller with extra cures and the other one's a Jones spaceframe.

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My now bankrupt bike

I was farting Stu!! CG see above

I forgot this one, not sure whether its boutique though?? Its not mainstream!
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheldona/5128480539/ ]Roadrat[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/sheldona/ ]sheldonattwood[/url], on Flickr

Thanks chaps. 🙂

That is a really nice colour Amos but can't read the words, what is it?

ssstu - where is that workshop, did you do the design work or did they with geometry supplied by you? one photo but so many questions...

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hmmmm methinks it's time to sell all my bikes and start again 😕

hmmmm methinks it's time to sell all my bikes and start again

tazzymtb - Member

hmmmm methinks it's time to sell all my bikes and start again

'specially that mauve number up there - winks

They're in Fort Collins, Collarado.
I told James from Black Sheep what I wanted and we agreed how to go about it after a few different drawings and countless emails and phone calls.

CG it's a Titus El Guapo, it's an FSR link so essentially an over priced specialized, pretty though!

EDIT: Hang on just looked at the pic I posted and knowing the level of sarcasm on this forum are you taking the pi55? 😉

yeh but nothing rides as well as that ally wolfhound ripoff I've got or the "it burns my eyes" ellsworth.

I'm lookin for another sinister plus another sub 20lb racey hardtail is is being planned and I'm just not niche enough for a custom build.

back to nice geared marin I think,at least my beard and ron-hills will go with it 😆

I'm just not niche enough for a custom build.

yeh but nothing rides as well as that ally wolfhound ripoff I've got

Looks to me like "someone" tried to copy the Jones geo on that. 😉

oooo I've got joneshound and there's only 2 in existence, and it's got big wheels and funny tazshox forks and xtaren't brakes.....

does that make me boutique and niche or just a bodging queen 😉

You is a nichequeen.

I'm a dancing queen if that helps

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**walks in to the street wishing he hadn't started this**

LOL

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No need for a justification 😉

Does anyone actually have a normal front wheeled Jones anymore?

No need for a justification

yes there bloomin well is.

There is no way that piffling little pump on the truss fork would ever do the endomorph without an arm action more furious than a safari park chimp and you've got a blinkin crud catcher. EXPLAIN YOURSELF YOUNG MAN, OR GO TO SEE THE HEADTEACHER

Foes XCT 5
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Tollah I really like the towel radiator one

Who makes it and where can I get one?

it's a fabrication of an independent fabrication

Never had a puncture with the fat tyre in 11 months 😉 - I use it to adjust the pressure from trail to road use. Oh and it's a Larry, not an Endomorph - get it right 😉

Crudcatcher? Yep - no need to justify that either.

Crudcatcher? Yep - no way [s]need[/s] to justify that either.

corrected that for you

Ibis Mojo?

It was boutique when I bought it (first one in the country) but seem to be reasonably common now.

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Is this a 'who's got the silliest bike' thread? 😀 Cheeze there's some ridiculous contraptions...

Dunno about 'boutique', but you can only get these from one place in the UK, and it's designed by bloke in a shed in California, and if you type in 'Rock Lobster 853' into Google, one of the first images is of me!!!

Check pon dem skilz. Actually being ridden, not just propped up against something to be photographed...

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there's a guy at my place commutes on one of them

Can someone please define "boutique" and "mainstream" for me.

I would have thought that 'Boutique' is something you'd only find in limited outlets, or in very limited numbers. Whilst 'Mainstream' would be something you could buy in any bike shop.

Doesn't bloody matter though, does it? It's a flippin' bike, not some sort of magical Golden Fleece....

Can someone please define "boutique" and "mainstream" for me.

take a perfectly functional bike/frame from one of the large (but very good) bike manufacturers ie Trek, Spesh etc and multiply the cost by 2 or 3.

Then you have boutique

simples 😆

druidh - Member

Can someone please define "boutique" and "mainstream" for me.

that was kind of the point of asking in the first place

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THT 😀

CheesyBeanz - are you a [url= http://www.venganza.org/ ]Pastafarian[/url] then?

The Pastafarian belief of Heaven contains a beer volcano and a stripper factory. ...

D'you like peas?

lol , squeezy cheesy peas . now thats boutique

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhampshire/5140789044/ ]if ti deluxe lefty 29er[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mhampshire/ ]matt hampshire[/url], on Flickr

IF TI Lefty 29er singlespeed - no mary bars?

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Does this count? I ride it too 😆

[i]and it's designed by bloke in a shed in California[/i]

Given that Bontragers are now extinct, I'm still planning (one day!) to get 'that guy' - [url= http://www.rocklobstercycles.com/ ]Paul Sadoff[/url] - to build me a [url= http://www.firstflightbikes.com/2007_Nontrager.htm ]Nontrager[/url].

My new Santa Cruz Heckler on her maiden outing today.

Very, very pleased! 🙂

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IF TI Lefty 29er singlespeed - no mary bars?

Is a santa cruz a boutique bike?

Nah not any more

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Hope this counts! Not clean but definately used and a demonstration that boutique kit lasts well and does get a good hammering. Now over 5 years old and looking forward to more big trails in 2011!

Steve, nicolais are becoming more mainstrem now 🙁