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Not another stealth black bike !

part time wasterpart time waster Posts: 244
edited February 2017 in The cake stop
I flick through the owners bikes and like to see other ideas on their idea of great bikes.
How long are we going to keep finding all black bikes , stickers removed and a weight of sub 6kg. It's all been done and frankly dull. It doesn't look like an individual choice any more..
You could at least add a jazzy pink bottle cage !

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  • sandyballssandyballs Posts: 577
    So of the 27 threads on the front page of Your Road Bike section 4 are stealth, there's even a guy brazing his own frame together.

    So I call troll and claim my £5!
  • veronese68veronese68 Posts: 26,120 Lives Here
    Maybe just an appropriate user name.
    Must say I'm not a fan of stealth black bikes, but occasionally they look right. Not sure what the formula is, proportions I guess.
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • part time wasterpart time waster Posts: 244
    Trolling , I don't think so. I would have posted on a link next to a stealth bike. But it is in cake stop with a light hearted suggestion of a pink bottle cage.
    I know it's a forum, and people can post whatever they like. Trying to offend people you don't know is weak.
    The £5 is all mine.
  • sandyballssandyballs Posts: 577
    My post is backed by facts from the Forum, I think there's been a distinct change from stealth to the more creative road bike colour scheme hence the vast selection from the Cinelli to the Perotti to the Merckx to the actual hand built. 12 months ago I would have agreed with you it was all a bit boring.

    Don't be offended it is the cake shop which incidentally I am sat outside one right now with my stealth bike in lovely North Yorkshire
  • First.AspectFirst.Aspect Posts: 11,756
    Should it be read "part time-waster" or "part-time waster"?
  • part time wasterpart time waster Posts: 244
    First Aspect wrote:
    Should it be read "part time-waster" or "part-time waster"?
    Exactly !
    You get it.
    Feel free to disagree with any of my opinions , I've got plenty more.
    I won't call you names if we don't see eye to eye. , Banter first. It's just bike talk.
    Wish I was sat outside a coffee shop today with my mates after a spin. It's my turn for a cold.
    Always next week.
  • veronese68veronese68 Posts: 26,120 Lives Here
    part time waster wrote:
    It's just bike talk.
    Indeed, not worth taking these things too seriously.
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • type:epyttype:epyt Posts: 766
    It's not the bikes being black I take issue with, it's the use of the word 'stealth' …

    The fact that you are posting a picture for me TO SEE means that it can't be at all 'stealthy' and is actually just a black bike …
    Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it.
  • BobbinogsBobbinogs Posts: 4,841
    type:epyt wrote:
    It's not the bikes being black I take issue with, it's the use of the word 'stealth' …

    The fact that you are posting a picture for me TO SEE means that it can't be at all 'stealthy' and is actually just a black bike …

    Yeah, but for all the ones you see surely there are dozens more that just slip below the radar?
  • type:epyttype:epyt Posts: 766
    Bobbinogs wrote:
    type:epyt wrote:
    It's not the bikes being black I take issue with, it's the use of the word 'stealth' …

    The fact that you are posting a picture for me TO SEE means that it can't be at all 'stealthy' and is actually just a black bike …

    Yeah, but for all the ones you see surely there are dozens more that just slip below the radar?

    Yeah, but they were resting against the tree that fell in the forest ...
    Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it.
  • ProssPross Posts: 35,452
    It's not that I don't like black bikes. Some of my best bikes are black but I just think there are too many of them over here now and it's time to put a limit on how many we allow in.
  • surrey_commutersurrey_commuter Posts: 17,758
    Pross wrote:
    It's not that I don't like black bikes. Some of my best bikes are black but I just think there are too many of them over here now and it's time to put a limit on how many we allow in.

    Too subtle?
  • part time wasterpart time waster Posts: 244
    Pross wrote:
    It's not that I don't like black bikes. Some of my best bikes are black but I just think there are too many of them over here now and it's time to put a limit on how many we allow in.


    Love it.
    Max pee taking. That's why I read this stuff , although I didn't sign up for all this paperwork !
    I would draw the line at best bike. Allowable as the odd winter bike , providing none where I live.
  • team47bteam47b Posts: 6,424
    part time waster wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    It's not that I don't like black bikes. Some of my best bikes are black but I just think there are too many of them over here now and it's time to put a limit on how many we allow in.


    Love it.
    Max pee taking. That's why I read this stuff , although I didn't sign up for all this paperwork !
    I would draw the line at best bike. Allowable as the odd winter bike , providing none where I live.

    Nimby :roll:
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • secretsamsecretsam Posts: 4,978
    Does a black bike from 2005 count as stealth? Or is it just black?

    BTW: all my other bikes are stealth, too. Stealth red.
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • haydenmhaydenm Posts: 2,997
    This is more stealth in my opinion:

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  • homers_doublehomers_double Posts: 7,555
    that stem!!!!
    Advocate of disc brakes.
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