Daughter to Uni - Question 2!

[rogerzilla]

A rechargeable angle grinder is the other usual option.

[Feline]

Bad news about the green Pompino 

I take back everything I said about my son being quite a careful child. He somehow had a barbed wire interface while climbing to get a cone 

[Kim]

How's the cone?

[Feline]

How's the cone?

I think it might be one of the ones in the background on this picture 

[Cudzoziemiec]

^Glad to see the bike's still there!

[L CC]

Unridden, if those rims are anything to by.

[jane]

If it's fixed, with no front brake, I guess the rims can stay pretty clean. But not that safe if it's being ridden anywhere other than the track. My daughter made the mistake of getting white rims for her current fixed- the stolen one was a black and gold theme, so she decided to go for a white and gold scheme next.  We picked up an old white 70's Raleigh  frame for next to nothing, and her dad bought the requested wheels (with gold spokes) for her birthday.  However, I insisted on fitting at least a front brake.  After a year, the front rims were almost completely stripped back to the alloy. Not quite the hipster bling look any longer.

[clarion]

Of course, it's possible that it has been scrupulously and lovingly cleaned after every single outing.

OK, I said 'possible'

[Kim]

Or it's only been ridden in carpeted areas...

[Feline]

It is fixed, but has a front brake. I know he rode in an alleycat race there, but suspect as everything is quite close together where he is living in Plymouth he hasn't needed to use it for any commuting. Facebook evidence would suggest he and his roomies mostly use a stolen supermarket trolley for transporting each other around 

I am glad he took my advice to keep his bike in his room not in the bike sheds. He has to relocate it to his en suite shower during fire drills so the warden doesn't see it!

[Cudzoziemiec]

Tell him to turn the shower on - he doesn't want his bike burned!

[Cudzoziemiec]

PS White is a bad colour for bike frames, worse for saddles and bars and horrendous for rims. IMO. YOMV.

[Feline]

PS White is a bad colour for bike frames, worse for saddles and bars and horrendous for rims. IMO. YOMV.

Oi, I was riding my white bike today 
It actually shows the dirt less than my black bike which can even look dusty in dry weather! I found the same with cars, my white mark 1 Escort looked reasonably clean most of the time whereas my black Mini needed regular polishing to look nice. My silver car however copes with being cleaned about twice a year.

[Kim]

I quite like white mountain bikes, which are after all supposed to be muddy.

My black bike is perpetually dusty, except for the highly polished bit of top tube where it leans against my leg at traffic lights.

[Cudzoziemiec]

PS White is a bad colour for bike frames, worse for saddles and bars and horrendous for rims. IMO. YOMV.

Oi, I was riding my white bike today 
It actually shows the dirt less than my black bike which can even look dusty in dry weather! I found the same with cars, my white mark 1 Escort looked reasonably clean most of the time whereas my black Mini needed regular polishing to look nice. My silver car however copes with being cleaned about twice a year.

I don't think I've seen your white bike - only your black one and your titanium one! You might be right about frames - I was thinking mostly about saddles and bar tape, which tend to get dirty from use rather than mud.

I have a white mountain bike with a partly white saddle.