2002

Blood Oranje for this Bimmer as seen on Tin Hau Mui Doh.

Gold Dust Orange?

So this morning my beloved Turner Flux frame took a trip down to the post office and started its journey back to the good ol' USofA for a spruce up and a dress down. Functionally everything was tickedy boo after a couple of years of abuse, but the paint work was getting a bit tired and I thought it nice to get her looking like new once more and have all the bearings refurbed / a bit of welding done on some supposed weak spots. It's also a good chance to go for new cables etc. and check everything over.

Now, the big question is what colour?!? Having never owned an Orange bike I'm tempted to go for 'Gold Dust Orange' on the front triangle with black out back to go with black forks & mainly black components. The odd anodised blue bling should also go, but will it all be a bit too much? The fall back is a smoke black, which would also be very nice, but perhaps a bit too safe and sensible? Sometimes it's good to have some colour in your life. Or?

http://www.turnerbikes.com/homepage/turner-rebuild

Axe

Party season is now officially over! Time to axe the booze for a few weeks and start the training. If I was a rich man living in a forest and I had lots of cash 'axe lust' (who'd have thought?) might take over and I'd have to buy one of these:

http://www.shop.bestmadeco.com/main.sc

Pro Bike Pron: Merckx's Colnago Master Pista

The obsession with all things Orange and Molteni related shows no sign of abating. There aren't too many bikes you see with a steeper head angle than seat tube but if it was good enough for Eddy it's probably good enough for me! Despite looks to the contarary when you compare this bike with the TT bling of today, Eddy was a tech weenie meticulous with every detail on his bike. I heard the tubes were filled with helium for his 1hr record attempt. Eddy's original bike from that day is in a train station in Belgium here, but l guess I'm a bit of a sucker for matching white tyres and bar tape. Hence I prefer the look of this reproduction stolen from:

http://chainedrevolution.com/CS/forums/thread/555.aspx

Pro Bike Pron: Hinault's Look TT

Bit of a nice flickr find this one - The Badger's Look TT bike from the 80's. I'm sure Obree would regard this as quite current and no doubt it'd still go like sh*t off a shovel with the him on board.
I'm especially fond of the orange / chrome colour scheme glinting under sun. If only it had a period Volvo as a backdrop I'd be in retro bike/car pron heaven! (Though I think this shade of orange with a molteni Volvo might be a bit much...)


http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongoherbert/2630759905/in/photostream/

The Ultimate Volvo

OK I know this is meant to be limited to bikesandbuildings, bet hey, if Lionel Ritchie is allowed in, so should this Eddy Merckx repro Molteni Volvo. If we're talking dream car garage this would have to be in.
http://www.scooterbbs.com/archive/anything/6690/8.html

Cotic X

I need another form of biking to get into like a hole in the head, but I do like the look of this new Cotic Cyclocross bike. Maybe I just like the idea of an Orange bike? It'll pass...

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/cycle-show-09-cotics-new-bikes-23526