Bike porn

THAT is the GEAR.

Dem Rimzzzz.....

And that's the legs, the brain and the heart. And the glasses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYfHAxc0RH0

Sizemore by Sizemore Bicycle (Taylor), on Flickr

Something not right about stars and stripes on a Gianni.
Also, for the love of preserving history, please stop radial lacing Sherriffs!

pretty shoddy chain ring panto too. maybe they got it from that guy on ebay.

*Koichi Nakano's *

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx_5pQSWdRY

love this frame:

love this frame:

ftfy

^^lol

That Nagasawa is spiffing.

is the point to repost the bikes with gumwall tyres?

Gum wall tyres only bike porn?

Well, you got your singlespeed only CX bicycle porn, that handlebar wrap porn...

Can someone explain to me what the appeal of gum wall tyres is please? I genuinely don't understand it.

from a time when cycling was pure

bikes were their most beautiful

and the best tyres free of synthetic threading

Like gum wall tyres for authenticity only on classic builds... other than that, hell no!

Like gum wall tyres for authenticity only on classic builds... other than that, hell no!

Like I said...

classic builds

Here's one.

Nah, don't like them.

^In which case, please continue to use stuff which is inferior in function but pleases your personal aesthetic......

stuff which is inferior in function but pleases your personal aesthetic

Motto for 99% of posts in this thread, to be fair.

Can someone explain to me what the appeal of gum wall tyres is please? I genuinely don't understand it.

It's just the natural colour for cotton + gum(?) AFAIK. As used by most of the nicest race tyres.

Fashion advice... who gives a fuck. Ride your bike.

rabobank bikes

It was these that made me like gumwalls on modern bikes.