Here's what became of that Gold Charge Plug

i have added to h2o's reputation.

All my helpful posts were done in the early days.. now I just talk shit. There goes my reputation! ;)

Who do you write for, h2o?

Ahem. You're all too kind...

Sparky - can't really say online, especially after my screed above. I'm not senior enough to be able to just speak my mind and it not have consequences... Vaguely speaking, I've been a financial journalist for the last five years, mainly working for trade publications. Recently I've been focusing on energy.

... i just got told of a bike being built for someone in the UK for £32,000.
insane

Ahem. You're all too kind...

Sparky - can't really say online, especially after my screed above. I'm not senior enough to be able to just speak my mind and it not have consequences... Vaguely speaking, I've been a financial journalist for the last five years, mainly working for trade publications. Recently I've been focusing on energy.

Hmmm, focusing on energy you say?

And your name is h2o?

Surely not for the....

Hahahahah! No, though I think I may actually have read a copy of that once.

h2o, PM?

this thread is really funny and that guy at the top with the sticker takes the biscuit.

@h2o - top post fella. Much of it is directly transferable into advertising and many other media related jobs. We're the whores of the board. But it pays for shiny, shiny, and other nice stuff - mustn't grumble.

Just a thought, but if this bike is a prize in a free to enter competition doesn't that mean it's cost to the winner is zero and therefore far from being the most expensive bike?

**The bike goes on sale before the start of National Bike Week, which runs from 14-22 June, which is also Green Transport Week. **
One of these can be won online, at www.ilovemybike.co.uk.

That's what this thread is all about dude. It ain't a prize no more.

@VanUden: no - the game you're in is despicable in its own individual way, don't try and get a collective going. Oh yeah, you already have.... ;D

That bike looks shit, it makes no sense.

Why all the gold, yet average parts?

Plus ive always thought the Charge bullhorns are the ugliest things in existence.

They clearly havent thought this through.

Heres a "showbiz promotional gold plated bike" done properly:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1979-COLNAGO-MEXICO-GOLD-PLATED-POPE-JOHN-PAUL-II-bike_W0QQitemZ200207102537QQihZ010QQcategoryZ98084QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

You'd think with a BIN of $250,000 they could take some decent fucking pictures of it!

Heres a "showbiz promotional gold plated bike" done properly:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1979-COLNAGO-MEXICO-GOLD-PLATED-POPE-JOHN-PAUL-II-bike_W0QQitemZ200207102537QQihZ010QQcategoryZ98084QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

as I said, my favourite bike of all time. here's why:

[SIZE=5]Colnago Special Water Bottle Cage[/SIZE]

you can only presume the Pope uses the very holiest of waters for his ride...

hmm how bizzare, this things now on bristol gumtree today see here, its a crap ad, and thats a well stupid place to advertise the damn thing, if it was me advertising it I'd have put a big ad on e bay or something. it wasn;t knicked was it?. If it was knicked and I've found it and it (was) yours feel free to buy me a pint for sending you the link.

heres the ad:

http://bristol.gumtree.com/bristol/60/34561560.html

Jeff

my instincts tell me that that has WELL been nicked.

my instincts tell me that that has WELL been nicked.

yes indeed precisiely my thoughts, as long as its not to much effort I'd like point the prev owner who it was (probably) knicked from to this link. just noticed no phone number on ad either, that bike has got to be red hot

I'd start a new thread on the main page but as I am new here i dont have enough posts.

something like 'was the gold charge plug nicked, see this ad'

anyone know who had it last........

or something like that

"custom chain" lol lol lol.

£10,000 seems, uhm, a lot...

I doubt you'd be stupid enough to nick a bike and try to sell it for £10,000.

Publicity stunt...

Yeah, 9.500 is pretty cheap if we're talking bling bikes... Could build up something like a yeti for that sort of price without much thought.

wasn't I an angry boy that day... sound like a right sarcy twat.

as regards to its appearance on Bristol gumtree - perhaps Charge have recently started selling bikes or ETA have started selling insurance somewhere in Bristol and are getting a bit of free publicity?

am i right in thinking that it's only a standard plug and that the only special thing is that it's gold plated?