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On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 19:58:00 -0500, Jeff
wrote: I wouldn't paint the tires. Three reasons: 1. Reduces tire grip on the road. Probably not horribly, especially for something used at convenience-store speeds. 2. Most likely will crack and flake off fairly quickly as you ride. Thereby contributing to ugliness. 3. If you use the wrong paint on the wrong tire, the chemicals in the paint may weaken the tire wall. See my answer to #1. -- Rick Onanian |
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"Gary Smiley" wrote in message ... You're all missing the point: Why not use a good lock- one that can't be defeated - like Kryptonite's New York lock? Then you don't have to screw up the appearance of your bike. And it's much easier to do. No such thing as a lock that cannot be defeated. If you can't break the lock, break what it is locked to. An attractive bike, in the right (wrong) place, day after day...will get stolen eventually. Pete |
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"Rick Onanian" wrote in message news On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 17:18:51 -0700, Zoot Katz wrote: A fixed gear and the tiniest clipless pedals supposedly deters, or failing that, at least hampers, opportunistic thievery. m2racer Orbs would definately deter a theif -- somebody would have to bring pedals, or carry the bike away. I can't imagine riding them in sneakers.. http://www.m2racer.com/products.php?cat=2 Shee-it. I've seen fools riding bikes with *no* pedals, but merely spindles. And that was a bike to ride, instead of sell. A semi-serious thief will just toss it in the back of a pickup truck, and be off. Pete |
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Any more ideas on how to make the bike ugly?
Tom Put a CB antenna on it. And some big wire baskets. And maybe some pix of politicians, maybe bumper stickers. And a small license plate. Or, you could transform it into a work of art . . . sort of like those "art cars" where they paint 'em wacky colors and glue trashcan lids and shells and cattle horns and pots and pans on 'em. Oh yah . . . common theives are dime a dozen, art theives are pretty hard to come by. Plus no one is going to steal a bike that'll be real easy to spot by cops on patrol ("Calling all cars, calling all cars, be on the lookout for a stolen bicycle, has sea shells superglued all over") . . . Justa thought . . . --Tock |
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"Thomas Reynolds" wrote in message
m... I am interested in making a bike ugly because I often ride a bike to the store or the 7-11 and lock it up outside. While I am in the store I am always paranoid that someone will steal my bike. Any more ideas on how to make the bike ugly? Paint it Celeste. |
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On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 01:04:36 GMT, "Pete" wrote:
... or at the very least, lean it against the front window where you can see it. Hi Pete Sadly that prophylatic method doesn't always work, as I've learnt to my cost. I could see the bike; I could see the expletive deleted as he nicked the bike; I could see the shop assistant wildly flapping her hands as she told me my bike had just been nicked. One lives and learns. James -- http://homepage.ntlworld.com/c.butty/Larrau.jpg |
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On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 10:53:55 GMT, "Peter Cole"
wrote: Paint it Celeste. Sick, Pete, very sick :-) James -- http://homepage.ntlworld.com/c.butty/Larrau.jpg |
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"Thomas Reynolds" wrote in message m... I am interested in making a bike ugly because I often ride a bike to the store or the 7-11 and lock it up outside. While I am in the store I am always paranoid that someone will steal my bike. Put a bell on it. They sell them shaped like dinosaurs, rubber duckies, etc. No one will be caught dead taking your bike. |
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