My new bike

Peanutt

take one very poor designer who happens to be a huge leopard trek fan, a raleigh team sprint, some sandpaper and rattle cans

kamil1891

that's nice paintjob !!:D honestly!

MarksMintness

Not bad youth! DIY to a whole new level.

itsnotarace

Love the wheels

kamil1891

and "dura ace" cranks you've got some talent

fleshtuxedo

Put the wheels on ebay. £700 at least LOL.

Peanutt

yeah you may laugh and mock, did I mention the poor part? did that imply that not all of us can afford spanky modern stuff? Imagine this, training for years on a bike twice the weight of yours and what that accomplishes, £250 quid is a lot to some folk, come down here and put your fancy carbon money where your mouth is, we may not have many hills but what we do have is near vertical, it ain't the bike it's the engine behind it. I'll even kick yer butt on my 20yo team banana, why am I even wasting my breath, you"re probably all over 40 'weekend warriors' that think having the latest stuff makes you somebody, it doesn't.

Riding a bike should make you happy, doesn't matter what bike, if you've lost that give up now, you'll never be a true cyclist, I've bmx'ed, mtb'd and road cycled and have done it all, 540 tailwhips, 18ft drops, and 200 milers, give me a break from your 'there not the right wheels etc.etc.' get out and ride.....dimwits

and I'm 40 tomorrow.

tarbot18

chill winston chill ! seriously though you ve made a lovely looking bike there love the colours.
Dont worry about the carbon nuts etc just enjoy the feeling you get as you fly past someone on something very expensive 2nd best feeling in the world.

kamil1891

Peanutt wrote:

yeah you may laugh and mock, did I mention the poor part? did that imply that not all of us can afford spanky modern stuff? Imagine this, training for years on a bike twice the weight of yours and what that accomplishes, £250 quid is a lot to some folk, come down here and put your fancy carbon money where your mouth is, we may not have many hills but what we do have is near vertical, it ain't the bike it's the engine behind it. I'll even kick yer butt on my 20yo team banana, why am I even wasting my breath, you"re probably all over 40 'weekend warriors' that think having the latest stuff makes you somebody, it doesn't.

Riding a bike should make you happy, doesn't matter what bike, if you've lost that give up now, you'll never be a true cyclist, I've bmx'ed, mtb'd and road cycled and have done it all, 540 tailwhips, 18ft drops, and 200 milers, give me a break from your 'there not the right wheels etc.etc.' get out and ride.....dimwits

and I'm 40 tomorrow.

I cannot see any negative comments here about your bike, so why so serious??

JesseD

+1, I read all the messages to be positive???????

Why so aggressive?

Ben6899

Peanutt wrote:

yeah you may laugh and mock, did I mention the poor part? did that imply that not all of us can afford spanky modern stuff? Imagine this, training for years on a bike twice the weight of yours and what that accomplishes, £250 quid is a lot to some folk, come down here and put your fancy carbon money where your mouth is, we may not have many hills but what we do have is near vertical, it ain't the bike it's the engine behind it. I'll even kick yer butt on my 20yo team banana, why am I even wasting my breath, you"re probably all over 40 'weekend warriors' that think having the latest stuff makes you somebody, it doesn't.

Riding a bike should make you happy, doesn't matter what bike, if you've lost that give up now, you'll never be a true cyclist, I've bmx'ed, mtb'd and road cycled and have done it all, 540 tailwhips, 18ft drops, and 200 milers, give me a break from your 'there not the right wheels etc.etc.' get out and ride.....dimwits

and I'm 40 tomorrow.

Really?

Some kid's been on your laptop.

nweststeyn

"Hey guys check out my bike"

- "That's a pretty cool bike"

"HAY F**K YOO WADS URE PROBLAMMZ??!?!??!?!111oneone!!1"

cornerblock

Ben6899 wrote:

Peanutt wrote:

yeah you may laugh and mock, did I mention the poor part? did that imply that not all of us can afford spanky modern stuff? Imagine this, training for years on a bike twice the weight of yours and what that accomplishes, £250 quid is a lot to some folk, come down here and put your fancy carbon money where your mouth is, we may not have many hills but what we do have is near vertical, it ain't the bike it's the engine behind it. I'll even kick yer butt on my 20yo team banana, why am I even wasting my breath, you"re probably all over 40 'weekend warriors' that think having the latest stuff makes you somebody, it doesn't.

Riding a bike should make you happy, doesn't matter what bike, if you've lost that give up now, you'll never be a true cyclist, I've bmx'ed, mtb'd and road cycled and have done it all, 540 tailwhips, 18ft drops, and 200 milers, give me a break from your 'there not the right wheels etc.etc.' get out and ride.....dimwits

and I'm 40 tomorrow.

Really?

Some kid's been on your laptop.

As the recently departed Frank Carson would have said " That's a cracker"

fleshtuxedo

I reckon Peanutt may have been enjoying an early birthday celebration.

Ben6899

FleshTuxedo wrote:

I reckon Peanutt may have been enjoying an early birthday celebration.

Jelly, ice cream, pop and crisps.

napoleond

:shock: Whoah!

WTF?

People seemed genuinely impressed (as was I) and, well, what a response!

Peanutt

take one idiot, supply with copious sherberts, big inferiority complex and a keyboard and what have you got?

much shame, so much shame......

Please accept my humble heartfelt apologies. I'm off to hide in a corner for a while.

cornerblock

Peanutt wrote:

take one idiot, supply with copious sherberts, big inferiority complex and a keyboard and what have you got?

much shame, so much shame......

Please accept my humble heartfelt apologies. I'm off to hide in a corner for a while.

No need mate, I hope you had an enjoyable birthday. Put the picture back up, it's a great job. And I mean that most sincerely.

Peanutt

Thanks Cornerblock

I don't even remember writing that post, but then I don't even remember getting on the computer, shit, I really don't want to log in to facebook now.

wtf was I thinking?

cornerblock

Peanutt

Just noticed tho, even in my less than admirable state there's still no spelling mistakes, at least my mum would be proud.

Zoomer37

Fair play.

All you need to do now is spray your Dr Martens into a pair of Sidi's and your away!

Peanutt

I think they work quite well and have an almost retro feel

Zoomer37

Ben6899

No worries, mate.

Internet and booze is generally a bad mix, but no harm done. We all had a laugh at your little strop.

napoleond

Peanutt wrote:

take one idiot, supply with copious sherberts, big inferiority complex and a keyboard and what have you got?

much shame, so much shame......

Please accept my humble heartfelt apologies. I'm off to hide in a corner for a while.

Nice one

Peanutt

Thanks guys,

Can't believe you chaps are so understanding, I don't usually drink, well the odd glass of vino once in a while, never touching navy rum again! Don't suppose there's any way of deleting this thread and reposting, will just have to live with horror of it all, that's after I clear up the mess I made of facebook and apologised to the missus

cornerblock

Don't worry about deleting it, printing it out and sticking it above the drinks cabinet is what you should do!

andy46

Haha this was brilliant! Nice looking bike by the way.

fleshtuxedo

Good on you Peanutt. Happy birthday.

west green

Ahhh - I wondered what that was all about yesterday. Don't worry mate - the old drunken rant - we've all been there - and the oh no what have I done feeling the next day! You were big enough to come back and own up - good for you. Believe me, we'd all be painting our beaters if they ended up looking that good - enjoy it - and happy birthday!