[Closed] So who has the "Blingiest" Bike on STW ?

Cynic Al to the forum, if you please....

adi66 - Member
but he Wife would kill me

im calling psycle to the forum, he never dissapoints

Depends on bling but Toons sports some fairly top end gear.

*tollah to the thread...*

Obviously there needs to be a minimum criteria of what constitutes bling. Any bike with sub X0 or sub XTR anything is imo not bling.

Wheres seven with his seven sevens ?

Niche ? Bling

If it aint custom framed made of ti thats been weaped from snow whites fair eye and draped in parts that money cant buy then it aint bling !

Waves @MartinS mine are all fakes 🙂

I'd put forward my '97 X-Lite Titanium Pro with the dual crown, dual stem rigid Trinmel Titanium forks, but it's more than a year old so I'll get laughed at 😉

*ponders a gold-plated Soul with jewel-encrusted head badge*

[url= http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bling ]Definitions of bling[/url] - No. 4 seems particularly apt.

Zaskar, that IS bling!

Niche ? Bling

This

Was a few years ago but Salsaboy's Ti Spot was probably about the blingest bike I've seen. I think perhaps only the brakes and the rims were easily come by parts, White Industries cranks present, Phil Wood hubs iirc, custom tuned Maverick SC32's, the lot basically. Not everyone's cup of tea, but it was his labour of love and probably the blingest Singlespeed I've ever seen anyway.

CaptainFlashheart - Member
Zaskar, that IS bling!

Thanks 🙂 .. Nowhere near as bling as a lot of modern kit, but a damn sight rarer!

It's not built how I want it yet, either... It'll soon have full M950 kit on it, a set of Middleburn RS3s and a smattering of original X-Lite anodised bits. I'm debating on whether to keep the 1st Generation Crossmax wheels or go with a set of good old British Hope Ti hubs laced to some nice Mavic Ceramics.. Seatpost and bars are the original X-Lite titanium ones too, so they're staying..

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Niche ? Bling

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Loving this... the forks are AWSUM!

ZaskarCarbon i like that 😀

Zaskar, I'd go Hope and ceramics. Full 950 is a given, of course!

Grips? Onza Ules, perhaps?
Saddle? Has to be a real Flite, shirley?

OK, so it's only a Raleigh RSP frame with some uber-bling forks, but.......Love it! 🙂

CaptainFlashheart - Member
Zaskar, I'd go Hope and ceramics. Full 950 is a given, of course!

Grips? Onza Ules, perhaps?
Saddle? Has to be a real Flite, shirley?

Love it!

Saddle will be by X Lite too - a nice (NOS) PSS1
Grips and bar ends are being replaced. I've got some X Lite stubbies to go on it.. Onza Ules are a good shout!
I think I'll go with the Hope wheels too.. the only decision to make then is which colour. And naturally I'd have to match up the bottle cage bolts and crank bolts too 😉

Oh, damn! Forgot the X-lite saddle! 😳 The right choice!

Sunsets would look lovely on that....Sunsets and purple, perhaps?
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ZaskarCarbon, if you struggle finding some M950 brake levers, give me a shout, I might be tempted to part with mine possibly...

Quality STW action. I'm guessing this is exactly the sort of thing the OP had in mind.

I know where there are 4 pairs of sunset rims, unbuilt and new 🙂

My ibis is probably well over £5000, my history will have it somewhere. Chris king wheels, fox sus + push, magura brakes, carbon bars, etc etc no xtr though, I kept breaking the carbon cages.
All built up over time though so doesn't really count

Ps zaskar, screw xlite you need extralite, esp saddle with the semi naked siren 🙂 again see my history for details

CFH...moi?

I don't have anything bling....or was it a joke?

Zaskar, can't believe I'm seeing this bike. It belonged to my mate who I haven't seen in years. I can still remember the day he brought it home and being so jealous! Brings back great memories. I now understand his most recent Facebook status "My babys gone". Enjoy!

arties - Member
Zaskar, can't believe I'm seeing this bike. It belonged to my mate who I haven't seen in years. I can still remember the day he brought it home and being so jealous! Brings back great memories. I now understand his most recent Facebook status "My babys gone". Enjoy!

I hope he treated it well!

titusrider - Member
Ps zaskar, screw xlite you need extralite, esp saddle with the semi naked siren again see my history for details

It's an X Lite bike - it HAS to have X Lite period-correct bits... It's the law 😉

Rare and Expensive stuff's what I wanna see 🙂

There's bling and there's bling...the most impressive bike is one that delivers the biggest grin to it's owner IMHO. 😉

Reckon my Top Fuel's pretty bling, in a different way though, being modern an' all. Need to refit the Power Cordz cables now it's drying out again.

adi66 - Member
Rare and Expensive stuff's what I wanna see

Well mine is certainly the former. When half of Retrobike have never even seen one in the flesh it has to be pretty scarce 😆

I'll be quiet now 😳

Sorry njee, but the Top Fuel is a frame design only it's mother could love - I'm sure it rides fine, but it has to be one of the ugliest designs on the planet.

Rare and Expensive stuff's what I wanna see

This one of mine is quite rare. Could be up for sale soon though for a lot less than it'd cost to get built and shipped to the UK. 😉

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Sorry njee, but the Top Fuel is a frame design only it's mother could love - I'm sure it rides fine, but it has to be one of the ugliest designs on the planet.

I dunno, reckon there's some comparable monstrosities on here already!

Psychle's Bow-Ti has to be in with a shout of the retro crown.

Why you getting rid of that stu?

I need room for another bike so this one's drawn the short straw.

let me know if it becomes available stu 🙂

You could take it away with you when you come over in a few weeks time. 😉

.............................trots off to investigate piggy bank 😛

I think my Niner when its complete will be pretty bling

Carbon Air 9 frame and fork
Enve rims on Tune hubs with custom graphics
Full Enve finishing kit
Brakeforce One brakes
Tune cranks
Di2 converted to MTB usage

did you see the r2-bikes post about BrakeForce One Brakes?

they think they are shit, no power, randomly broke and removed them from sale?

Er - nope! Thats a bit of a worry. its one of the things holding the build up at the moment so maybe a set of r1's instead then. Thanks for the heads-up

I used to have a pretty bling bike back in the day. the frame cracked was eventually rewelded under warranty then cracked twice more and ended up in the skip.

Niche / bling is a load of old trollops.

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