Must resign my commision

Posted on Fri 24th, August 2012

• #1

treeman

As posted about a month ago I, on a whim went out and bought a Boardman bike. I did this cause I fancy doing the Etape next year. Well, I love my 80's steel bikes and can't think of any thing that could match them................... the Boardman sat in the shed for a month while I decided whether to keep it or not. You hear all this stuff about how good modern bikes ride, you know blablabla.
Well................................ I took it out for a 50 miler the other day and............... it's all true, yes you heard it here first, it rode as well as it states on the packet, even better than my 80's steel.
So, am I ex-communicated from the retrobiker club or can I be forgiven and taken back and nurtured in the ways of steel again..
• #2

Skülly

Don't forget your dustpan and brush in case you crash your plastic bike.
• #3

wvm

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuStsFW4EmQ"]Kelly's
Heroes Oddball - Negative Waves - YouTube[/ame]
• #4

Sparky

Plastic bikes are for plastic people.
• #5

fatoldbloke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoOwQd-1Hrg
• #6

miro_o

Steel bikes belong in ^ Frank's time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GT_ABdbqrg

[ edit ] own bikes at a steel to carbonfibre ratio of 3/1 [ edit ]
• #7

fatoldbloke

However Zappa is timeless, or more likely from a far off future full of plastic bikes

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