Thing is the whole niche hardtail thing is a bit "me too"...just do what you want rather than being influenced by the views of others.
and like you I'm not particularly interested in Orange 5s/Cotics/On Ones etc - I appreciate nice bikes, mine doesn't really 'fit' with the STW formula.
Don't you ride a Trek Fuel 😆
Thing is the whole niche hardtail thing is a bit "me too"...just do what you want rather than being influenced by the views of others.
🙁 I am confused now. If I really want a niche hardtail without having been influenced by the views of others... [i]Wait a minute, is this possible? Not being influenced by other views at all? And is it desirable? Or would it be actually quite sad?[/i] Oh! Sorry! Where were we? Ah yes, so assuming that I am totally not influenced and still want a niche hardtail but it's - as you say - currently a bit "me too" can I still have one or do I have to wait until it's less "me too"? And should I - for the time being - buy something really ordinary just to be not "me too"? Or is ordinary by definition "me too", too? 😕
Ah never mind 😉 let's have some more of what I'd generously call bike poarn:
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WTB Phoenix
yes, i understand, looks somewhat ordinary... but... I think it's got perfect proportions! And it "looks" as if it rides great! So I think it's tres jolie, indeed! 🙂
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Some more of my porn, even the colour conjures up images of 70s porn 😀
SWAWEEET!!! 😀
cool low-rider light and love the colour! looks like a [i]real[/i] colour, not metallic, is it?!
though a bit too lusciously tyred for my liking
Not metallic that colours all real baby 😀 and lets face it all porn has the lead character with at least 4" girth 😀
WTB Phoenix
/vic reeves
...strokes thighs...
/vic reeves
a steel jones made in Taiwan is as common as muck ringo and not even welded by a man with a beard in a shed.
We own the equivalent of a halfords special dear boy. 😀
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a steel jones made in Taiwan is as common as muck ringo and not even welded by a man with a beard in a shed.We own the equivalent of a halfords special dear boy.
😆
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Seeing as a couple of Dekerfs on this, here are mine ... they work for me 😕
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That saddle angle is well out of the approved range of +/- 3 degrees fom article 1.3.014 of the [s]space corps directives[/s] UCI big book of silly rules
not to be forgotten the voluptuous variety of bike poarn:
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those thighs!
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well... OK... maybe too OT but very... uhm... lascivious, isn't she?!
and in any case true Poarnstar name: Dutchess 
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bike poarn on the beach
and finally a retro-hipster's wet dream:
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Vanguard BISCOTTI Messenger Bike
ahhhhhh i actually like that 😕
This will be with me for a long time ... 🙂
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/23799372@N02/3473963165/in/photostream/ ]Kona Explosif 99 Rohloff[/url] on [url= http://www.flickr.com/ ]Flickr[/url]
My first dream come true ... will never sell it.
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/23799372@N02/2683795982/in/photostream ]Dekerf Implant 2k[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/23799372@N02/ ]chewkw[/url] on [url= http://www.flickr.com/ ]Flickr[/url]
Rohloff
This is supposed to be porn not the sort of fetish you should never admit to.
Hock,
What's the white frame? Not normally a fan of carbon, but yummy
[u]yummy white carbon frame:[/u]
hm, didn't know either, just got it from a blog, was labelled "custom" there, did some research, went from one blog to the other and the closest I could find in terms of origins is this here:
[url= http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2010/jan/2/BjornFrank.htm ]"(...) designed and baked the carbon frame (...) Frank, Middelburg (Holland)"[/url]
so home-baked?! 😯
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there are some clever beggers about. I love the simplicity.......
Imagine in a MTB styleeee
Liking that - a proper custom bike. Reminds me a bit of this - the ultimate custom bike (hence no apologies to the OP for taking the thread in a direction he doesn't like), with no adjustment of seat or handlebars possible - apologies for the poor quality piccy, the best I could find.
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That Biscotti is gorgeous!
That Dekerf is gopping.
Everybody need to look over at the classified tab - to see Solariders sale. That is true bike porn!
A bit presumptuous aracer to think you know what I like is it not? Why don't you just add a picture of a nice bike instead of being cheeky at the same time? That's all I've been asking for from this thread all along.
Madam, would you like some whine with that?
I know, darkside and all that, but.......
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And not a great picture, it was 6.00am after all, but Custom Desalvo Ti crosser, its lovely.
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could you not put the shiney red saddle and bar tape on the same bike 😉
Could have done, but the red saddle is pretty tired now and I wanted the carbonio SLR on the Moots. And as they say you don't look at the mantelpiece when you are stoking the fire ! 8)
A bit presumptuous aracer to think you know what I like is it not? Why don't you just add a picture of a nice bike instead of being cheeky at the same time?
Here you go then - this one's mine
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Cool. I'm not that into road bikes so can you tell me a bit more about it? Must be scary light! Never heard of Hotta either.
a google search for 'hotta' returns some unexpected, nsfw, results.
Made my a bloke in Sussex, painted by me in er..Sussex..
My fave bike
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15 years old now - was banned by the UCI in 2000, hence why you don't see bikes like that around any more. The white one I pictured above was due to be used by Graeme Obree at the '96 Olympics, though AFAIK he never actually used it in competition (he was ill and reverted to his old faithful as he was more comfortable on that).
Mine's not that light - my road bike is lighter - though light for a TT bike - the frame is <3lbs IIRC, and ~18lbs in total. 650c wheels, 76 degree seat angle, '97 9 speed DA (I believe I had the first set of 9 speed downtube shifters in the country - had to import them from the US - mounted on the Sytace tri-bars). Dia-compe 200sl brakes, which were the lightest you could get at the time. Custom computer sensor inside the rear triangle, with transmission to the handlebars via the frame and rear brake cable. No expense spared!
I suspect it's rarer than all your Indy, Moots etc. - mine is number 28.
I suspect it's rarer than all your Indy, Moots etc.
nice frame, nice story, no need to bash'n'brash
hes probably right though, my Eriksen is No 378 😀
Actually looks like a road version of a Trimble
Couple of very large Indy Fabs 🙂
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I imagine this thread ran its course with the regulars here, but I hope you don't mind me digging it up to a) say that I really enjoyed flipping through it, and b) to post a pic of my '95 Dekerf Team in tribute. It's not a glam shot, but it's all I've got handy right now. The 1pc Ti "bull moose" bar/stem combo is a gem, and really gives the bike a ride unlike any other.
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Chaadster I can remember looking at one of those in my (then) LBS, it belonged to the owner and at 15 was well beyond what I could dream of!! Still looks great now mate! 😀