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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 - MemberCan someone please define "boutique" and "mainstream" for me.
that was kind of the point of asking in the first place
boutique
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mainstream
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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. ...
sounds good to me .. but i do prefer beanz too spaghetti
D'you like peas?
lol , squeezy cheesy peas . now thats boutique
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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?
no titec j bars while i save up for some ti ones
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 🙁
there arnt that many sandersons around i no of 1 shop that stocks 1-2 frames all others in bristol have to order
Turner & Nicolai - not on the high street santa cruz is.
sofaking what are the first two? up against the gate and lying in the leaves
Although Turner are available from CRC & Merlin, technically MTB high-street, non?
As was said above by treemagnet..
Ibis Mojo?It was boutique when I bought it (first one in the country) but seem to be reasonably common now.
the same could be said for all manufacturers of really good bikes that last, are reliable and push the technology envelope and those that make frames that appeal to those who want something other than the norm...
sofaking what are the first two? up against the gate and lying in the leaves
phil wood piss off's
phil wood piss off's
Both fakes.
all my bike are fakes 😛
i get them from the same bloke stu and the tollah use on fleabay
I love Matt's bikes, always tasteful, never overdone, I would struggle with the justification personally, however Matt can probably get away with it 🙂
Does this count?
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Probably a collectors item very soon.
another one of a kind...
My TIXXIX
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