Do Bicycles Go To Heaven?

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My 32 year old Peugeot is finished. The frame is ok, but all the rest is just terribly worn. can there be a fitting end to this story? It's still relatively light weight by today's standards, but should I get a new ride? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

― jim wentworth (wench), Sunday, 4 April 2004 04:23 (twenty-one years ago)

You're gonna have to put it to sleep.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 4 April 2004 04:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 4 April 2004 04:34 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm thinking of just hanging it in the garage along ith the 10,000 other things I'll never use again. But I feel that I will be tempted at a later date to revive it. The damn thing still shines.

― jim wentworth (wench), Sunday, 4 April 2004 04:44 (twenty-one years ago)

surely you're not asking us to pimp your ride, are you?

― Kingfish Balzac (Kingfish), Sunday, 4 April 2004 04:57 (twenty-one years ago)

No no no, ...well...

― jim wentworth (wench), Sunday, 4 April 2004 05:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Get a bike you will ride.

It's still relatively light weight by today's standards

Do you realize how light frames have gotten since Reynolds 531 was the standard tubeset? Like, cut in half! A light bike in 1972 was like, 23 lbs, now it's like 16 lbs.

I had a late 70's PX-10 (stolen from a brother-in-law) that weighed at least 23 lbs. Like this:

http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Apr/2004434520785555047579.jpg

THis is not to say yr bike should be put down. Reconfigure. Re-use. Flat bars. Single speed. Whatever.

― Hunter (Hunter), Sunday, 4 April 2004 06:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Listen, if you love the bike re-condition it. I mostly agree with Hunter, but find out who the best wrench is in your town, and I don't mean salesperson, rider, etc... but the guy that loves bikes as much as his girlfriend. Ask him if he has a car. If he does and it is worth more than a couple grand, then go to another town and find a REAL mechanic. When you do, walk into the shop with a six or so of Guinness and ask him or her if there is anything wrong with styling your old bike and how much it will cost. Light bikes do rule but 5 poulds off your ass is the same as 5 pounds off your bike. And light bikes ain't cheap. If you decide to go witha new bike, revive this thread and let me know, I will be glad to give advice (all you want).
In case you didn't know, I have opinions about everything, but I *know* about bikes.

― Speedy (Speedy Gonzalas), Sunday, 4 April 2004 06:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Redress the frame in shiny new parts. Sod finding someone else to do it get your hands dirty, bikes are very simple to put together. You don't even have to do it all at once. Start with headset and bottom bracket, then groupset and shifters then wheels, then the brakes (although if you want to up the number of gears you'll need to do groupset and wheels at the same time). You could make a fixed wheel bike out of it. Lots of the couriers downstairs prefer them for urban riding.

Pashm1na to thread.

― Ed (dali), Sunday, 4 April 2004 08:56 (twenty-one years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/156478214X.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Sunday, 4 April 2004 09:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Gah, Th'Nipper beat me to it!

It's all about the mollycules.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Sunday, 4 April 2004 11:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Sod finding someone else to do it

Hey!?? I'm a highly trained Professional! Really!
Okay, do it yourself. It is not simple, but if you get it right it is super rewarding. But, if you screw up, don't worry about it. Go to a wrench, again w/ Guinness in hand, ADMIT that you fucked something up,(never tell a bike mechanic that a home repair went wrong and it wasn't your fault) and let him/her help. Maybe you may someday join the ranks of the Few, the Proud, the Drunken, Dirty Finger Nailed Losers that I call my peers. Check out Leonerd Zinn's Art of Road Bike Maintaince. It is a very simple to follow manual for all things bike repair related.

― Speedy (Speedy Gonzalas), Sunday, 4 April 2004 15:39 (twenty-one years ago)

And do not buy some trick-ass machine built expensive wheels. Get a builder to build you some. Hell, I'll build you some. Those expensive Mavic, Cane Creek, etc. that you see hanging in your LBS are designed to go fast for a short period of time and require lots of maintaince, but are sold to the unsuspecting customer as "just what you need". A good hand built wheel can be twice as good at half the price.

― Speedy (Speedy Gonzalas), Sunday, 4 April 2004 15:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I was in a bike shop today. The relics hanging on the wall in a display of antiquity were 10 years newer than my Peugeot. I'm still not sure how I felt about that.

Not seeing what I really wanted at that shop, I wandered into the local guitar shop. Didn't buy anything there either, though my wife said I should have. That made my day.

Forget the bike for now folks, I think I'll just hang with the wife more often. But thank you all for the good info. I'm sure I'll refer back when it stops snowing. 6-12 inches tonight, they say.

― jim wentworth (wench), Monday, 5 April 2004 01:25 (twenty-one years ago)

thirteen years pass...

In Heaven (so I believe... there are no direct scriptural references) there will indeed be mementos of courageous and meritorious behavior. Therefore, I suspect that (in some cases) there will indeed be weapons on display.

― ogmor, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 15:45 (seven years ago)

It seems blindingly obvious that this was worked out in reverse, starting with the assumption that weapons are the instruments of Christian courage and merit. That's why Jesus stoned that whore, right?

― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 20:16 (seven years ago)

two years pass...

― xzanfar, Monday, 7 December 2020 15:44 (four years ago)

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