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rogerzilla

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Utter filth
« on: 23 March, 2011, 07:25:20 pm »
A thread for revolting commuter bikes.  This is my Inbred, which hasn't been washed since Easter 2010.  

Note that the V-brake noodle is allegedly stainless steel.  The RH fork leg is clean 'cos that's where I pick up the bike to hang it on its hooks in the garage.



But the ceramic rim is holding up just fine.



This used to say Goldtec somewhere.



I'm quite proud of the tidemark.



Mavic just about shines through at the rear.  You can see here the sheer pointlessness of tyres with reflective sidewalls; they don't stay reflective for long if the bike is in regular use.

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Torslanda

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Re: Utter filth
« Reply #1 on: 23 March, 2011, 07:29:21 pm »
You dirty boy!

See me after school to be tweaked . . .
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Quote from: trekker12 on 16 July, 2016, 08:54:33 am
Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

Rhys W

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Re: Utter filth
« Reply #2 on: 23 March, 2011, 10:10:43 pm »
Have I just woken up in some parallel universe?
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Torslanda

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Re: Utter filth
« Reply #3 on: 23 March, 2011, 10:16:55 pm »
he ain't got shares in Karcher!
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Quote from: trekker12 on 16 July, 2016, 08:54:33 am
Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

Chris S

Re: Utter filth
« Reply #4 on: 23 March, 2011, 10:25:05 pm »
Not a commuter, but that's no excuse - repeated from the Fettling thread, my Pompino.

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Wowbagger

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Re: Utter filth
« Reply #5 on: 23 March, 2011, 10:26:36 pm »
I've got to clean some gunge off the tandem tomorrow. I don't think it's quite in Chris S's Pomp's league, but Roger's bike looks pretty clean to me.
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Re: Utter filth
« Reply #6 on: 23 March, 2011, 10:31:16 pm »
Roger, my geared bike with triple looked worse than that when I cleaned it last week! I can even tell that your chain is made from metal and not brown mud  :o
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Adrian

Re: Utter filth
« Reply #7 on: 23 March, 2011, 11:27:55 pm »
I reckon my best bike is dirtier than that.
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Re: Utter filth
« Reply #8 on: 24 March, 2011, 01:26:57 am »
Quote from: rogerzilla on 23 March, 2011, 07:25:20 pm
... The RH fork leg is clean 'cos I forgot to Photoshop the dirt on that bit.
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Re: Utter filth
« Reply #9 on: 24 March, 2011, 08:24:15 am »
I too, join the ranks of the unclean. The shame, the shame. Claggy bum.

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L CC

Re: Utter filth
« Reply #10 on: 24 March, 2011, 09:14:22 am »


The forks were white, once
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LEE

Re: Utter filth
« Reply #11 on: 24 March, 2011, 10:11:22 am »
OK, what have you done with the real Rogerzilla?
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токамак

Re: Utter filth
« Reply #12 on: 24 March, 2011, 11:55:52 am »
I had to chop the front off the mudguard to allow room for the tyre under the brake. This ensures that the front end gets covered in crap when the roads are wet. I'll be getting skinnier tyres and new guards next time!

Hey, at least I'm considerate enough to put some cardboard down to spare the carpet. ;)




I think the whole lot is going to get stripped down this year - new headset and bottom bracket, and a damn good clean!
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Canardly

Re: Utter filth
« Reply #13 on: 24 March, 2011, 07:31:07 pm »
Tsk tsk all of you.....
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Chris S

Re: Utter filth
« Reply #14 on: 24 March, 2011, 08:04:07 pm »
Quote from: Canardly on 24 March, 2011, 07:31:07 pm
Tsk tsk all of you.....

Yeah yeah... some of us ride our bikes rather than clean them  ;D
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