Pimping my ride

[colinr]

But I would love a really hipster looking bike, I would!

I just don't think a Kona is the place to start.
You definitely need your n+1.

 

[wheres_my_beard]

I've decided, I'm going to give the yellow tyres a go - easily reversed if I don't like 'em.

But I would love a really hipster looking bike, I would! (I don't look very hipster though!).

Use google. Try and work our what it is about this style of bike that you really really like, and see what you can do to make your bike feel like you want it to feel.

Your bike is no longer a bike. It is a source of pleasure and pride, and you have ambitions for it now.... It can reflect your personality or juxtapose it. If it makes you feel good, be bold, be quirky and commit to it.

Look at inspirational bikes and look at yours... spot the differences...

 

[colinr]

Nothing says "I paid my hipster tax" like a Mash.

I very nearly went for one of these but £700 for frame and fork was a bit steep.

 

[wheres_my_beard]

Nothing says "I paid my hipster tax" like a Mash.

I very nearly went for one of these but £700 for frame and fork was a bit steep.

If you can get everything else for under £300 you could get that on the cycle-to-work scheme

 

[mightyquin]

Your bike is no longer a bike. It is a source of pleasure and pride, and you have ambitions for it now.... It can reflect your personality or juxtapose it. If it makes you feel good, be bold, be quirky and commit to it.

I like that! Very inspirational

Definately an n+1 project. I love the Kona though, and its more understated look, but it's never going to look hipster, but I'll try the yellow tyres as a stop gap (it's going to need new tyres soon anyway).

Some of the off the peg bikes like the Plug are nice, but I'm thinking now of a more personal 'custom build'.

 

[wheres_my_beard]

I like that! Very inspirational

Definately an n+1 project. I love the Kona though, and its more understated look, but it's never going to look hipster, but I'll try the yellow tyres as a stop gap (it's going to need new tyres soon anyway).

Some of the off the peg bikes like the Plug are nice, but I'm thinking now of a more personal 'custom build'.

I have a Plug Freestyler. It's a great bike. It seems virtually indestructible, especially with the deep sections wheels... man, they can take some punishing without a hint of flattening or going out of true.

This is my bike. This is my ride. There are others like it, but this one is mine:

You could start from the ground up and build your own with a little basic bike know how, and it would be a great way to get to know how to maintain your bike. Also it will be totally unique which would be cool.

 

[Rob3rt]

Nothing says "I paid my hipster tax" like a Mash.


I very nearly went for one of these but £700 for frame and fork was a bit steep.

Spot on Colin, very striking looking bike and overall a nice bike IMO, but I concede (as a Cinelli owner - although not a mash), that they dont have the attention to detail in the finishing that you would expect in a £700 frame & fork. The welds are too agricultural and the paint job is very much standard. They are light and very stiff though in my experience.

As far as the mash goes, the geometry doesnt provide any specialist features (it is NOT a lo-pro frame) to warrant the price hike - definatelly hipster tax. Combining hipster tax with italian brand prices and you have an almighty price tag!


You still riding that Leader?

 

[colinr]

Yep, still on the Leader. Not a bad word to say, looks great and rides great. Now onto sorting out a Pompino so I don't have to soil it with bad weather.

 

[Gav2000]

What about contrasting seat post collar and headset as I have on my carbon bike? It now also has yellow Schwalbe Lugano tyres and a carbon all in 1 stem and bars.

Gav.

 

[Tynan]

blizzards are shoot, i fitted one once and stripped the rubber off it in two week s following two admittedly sharp stops

I've nothing nice to say about hipsters so I'll add nothing else