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Less parts to bling with a singlespeed, but you can still try
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njee20 - FSA stuff isn't understated though, it's generally horrifically garish and covered with decals.
It's black carbon
Martinh, thats is v nice!
Man, there are some real abortion jobs on here. Tree's Ibis is probably the only bike I could look at.
That Jones has put me off my dinner.
Orange wheels and pink brakes, mmmm... clashtastic!
Get yourself over to Retro Bike!
Been there, done that.
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Ladies and Gerntlemen, I bring you Sultan of Bling...
Solid gold. It is. Really.
The chain is upside down on the jones!
See my track bike pic for how it should be done 😉
Ladies and Gerntlemen, I bring you Sultan of Bling...
SLX? BURN HIM!
now were talking mateys spesh - bling scott frame - bling and jeff jones is very bling even if it looks naff.
Aw, Nick... No fair!
It's very shiny, isn't that good enough?
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I know i know, its an old roadbike, but hear me out: frame handbuilt in Bolton (maybe in a shed), chrome fork ends, Camagnolo Strada crank paint matched to frame, N.O.S. Campagnolo headset...
So far all I've seen is a bunch of bikes with too much money spent on them that, to me eye, makes them look pretty cheap ironically.
Ladies and Gerntlemen, I bring you Sultan of Bling...
SLX crankset fail.
I'm with ADH there are some ****ing horrendous examples of too much money and no taste coupled with form over function on this thread.
there are some **** horrendous examples of too much money and no taste coupled with form over function on this thread.
you cut me deep man, you cut me deep 🙁
That's one serioulsy bling [s]shopping trolley that's had a crash[/s] Jones!
The Jones needs different colour brakes, then it would be quite bling.
They're gold not orange njee20.
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Hey! At least its not as bog standard Speccy/Trek/Giant that I've slapped overpriced colour mismatched anodised tat all over.
Carbon Superfly. Xt/XO/DT/Fox/Hope/Thomson/Prologo/Ashima
My favourite bike ever. Bling enough not to worry about as it's ridden most days!
Matthew
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From peopleofwalmart.com
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It doesn't matter if your bike's made from Beryllium inlaid with solid gold if you take a crap blurry photo of it in a gloomy Ikea-furnished dungeon.
I thinking of retracting my post as there's far to much off the shelf stuff on here being called bling. Its not bling its not even different to the next guys bike, its just what the shop had in at the time, imagination and being different is bling in my book.
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Not sure these qualify as 'bling'
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King headset & hubs on stans, xtr, rf cranks, tech m4s, easton carbons...
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King headset & hubs on ceramics, avid arch supremes and ultimate levers, xtr, syncros cranks...
I normally think of bling as showing off and the stuff doesn't actually work. Given these two work flawlessly, they aren't bling, but some people may think they're bling 😆
And because someone mentioned Colnago...
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It doesn't matter if your bike's made from Beryllium inlaid with solid gold if you take a crap blurry photo of it in a gloomy Ikea-furnished dungeon.
How does where a photo is taken change the Blingness of a bike? you could take a photo at the top of Everest or in Bedminster Bristol, its still the same bike 🙂
For me a crap photo really counteracts the blingness of a bike. It doesn't inspire the right degree of jealousy or covetousness (is that a word?). It's like someone having a fancy sports car, but they're sleeping in the back of it because they're homeless. 🙂
Ti Fat winning so far - age notwithstanding.
its just what the shop had in at the time
Says the man who appears to have shares in Sideways. 🙂
For me a crap photo really counteracts the blingness of a bike.
Aye ... especially when you consider the only point to a bling bike is to show off on internerd forums ...
Nice P20 😉
I can only take photos in my dungeon, my wife does not let me out that often
Says the man who appears to have shares in Sideways.
Unfortunatly I've never bought a whole bike or a frame from Sideways :-p 🙂
Cheap frame = not bling.It has to be either carbon, Ti, or custom build, anything else is too run of the mill.
Full XTR, or XX required. IMO X0 just doesn't quite cut it.
Brakes need to be floating rotors, ideally Titanium rotors floating on carbon centres. Colour matched braided hoses.
Wheels should be carbon rims on Industry Nine or Chris King, and colour coordinated. Anodised spokes are ideal.
Collars and cuffs should all match, ideally two or three colours at most.
Should have added, needs to be a custom build, ideally with handbuilt wheels.
So the more bling the bike, the less it looks ridden? 😆
CrAsH...tEsT..dUmMy, I take back my hurtful dungeon comments, but does that Scott have DMR V8s? Save up for some Burgtecs at least man! 🙂
yep! - spend 5k on a super bling bike, and keep it wrapped in cotton wool!
I reckon to be bling it has to be pretty impractical or a little pointless for "normal" people (YUMEYA is a perfect example).
How many times have you looked at a "pimped/bling" car and thought, why didn't you just buy a better car in the first place?
I reckon a pimped bike has to have at least a £500+ wheelset, and probably cost £4k + all in.
That's not particularly hard anymore though Kramer, Crossmax SLRs are £800 these days, and an off the shelf S-Works Stumpjumper is £5500.
must be a great feeling though £4k+ on the most exotic carbon/ti, suspended, XTR equipped dream bike, and then you get dropped by the guy on a rigid single speed 🙂
If you see pimped/bling Corsa you point and laugh = Spesh with nice bits on imo
McLaren pulls up you don't think, ahhh should have bought a Fiesta and put some nice wheels on it! thats the difference between a custom frame and production frame with expensive bits on.
CrAsH...tEsT..dUmMy, I take back my hurtful dungeon comments, but does that Scott have DMR V8s? Save up for some Burgtecs at least man
It does I am waiting for some Syncros metal Race ones :), ok ok mine is not super pimp but it is carbon, the DT wheels are nice, it has LTD edition Red M4's with goodridge hoses, thomson stem & post and some carbon bars... just needs a nice chainset to finish it off.
And I like my out building, ok its not pretty but it's my space away from the kids when I need some space 🙂
If you see pimped/bling Corsa you point and laugh = Spesh with nice bits on imo
McLaren pulls up you don't think, ahhh should have bought a Fiesta and put some nice wheels on it! thats the difference between a custom frame and production frame with expensive bits on.
My Corsa is one of the lightest bikes on here though! I'd say the Cosworth thing is closer, it's not exactly a £300 bike to start with.
I take your point though, Spesh bikes are never going to be unusual, but if you're stupid enough to pay full price for one it'll way outstrip the cost of a lot of custom bikes, it's not a case of thinking "ok, I can fork out £5500 on an S-Works Epic, then spend another £1000 putting nicer parts on it, or I could go crazy and buy a Turner with full XTR and carbon goodies for £4000." Slightly perverse!
personally I think bling is personal to everyone, what i like wont suit others and so on, for me bling is something not stock, individual, must have nice kit on it but still be practical and do its job.
I think the custom bike thing is something which has changed too, a few years ago you were hard pushed to buy expensive off the shelf bikes, if that's linked to bling, if you wanted top spec (proper top spec) you had to custom build. Now there's bikes like the Scott Spark Ltd, Merida 96 etc coming in at £7000+ and even frames from mainstream manufacturers are costing thousands.