[Closed] Bikes with tacky gold bling...

I have a bit of gold bling on mine - a Saint shifter and derailleur

Looks fine to me. Floating rotors to finish it off.

Nothing wrong with gold bling 😛
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Gold Hope Pro 2's and Jagwires next!

Tasteless eh?

Yes.

It sort of goes with the brown, but I'd leave it at that
A gold front rotor wouldn't go so well with the black fork and silver calipers I don't think

Gold pedals would be a no no I reckon

Woudl be nice apart from the red end caps!

i went for brown chargethemed bling on mine, too much?

you cant beat a nitride coated bling chain tho

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where's peteimpreza gone?

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Gold Pro2's F+R

Gold rear skewer to come..

Dimmadan, it's not gold enough!

CFH - yeah I kind of agree about the red end caps - but they were so cheap on wiggle dammit.

Anyone else got any pics?

Maybe I'm missing all the 'gold' but I can hardly see any.

Bronze and gold go well together, my mate's 2005 SX Trail looked great with gold Hope hubs & seatclamp, gold CK headset and gold Answer bars.

Go for broke, gold rotors and gold bar ends. Do Middleburn do a gold inner ring?

NB - wouldn't work on any other colour bike except bronze or possibly black if your name is Huggy Bear.

"too much?"
Yes too much brown, take the chain/seatstay protectors off and it'll look alright

Is that nicolai supposed to have a 160mm fork on, it looks really propped up in that picture. Gold (blocky) stem and bars look vile IMO

Is this tacky?
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..............that ain't bling:

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NOW we're talking......

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The Aurumania gold bike crystal edition is about $102,418 and is hand built, plated with 24 carat gold and hand-adorned with more than 600 Swarovski crystals. The handlebar grips are hand-sewn, chocolate-brown leather and of course a beautiful molded Brooks leather saddle! The Bike is fully customized, Limited edition of 50 and for this price, its hand delivered anywhere in World! There are no brakes of course - its a fixie!

timdrayton - maybe too much brown imo

the black and gold on the nicolai is nice but the stem and bars is too much imo.

Maybe I'm missing all the 'gold' but I can hardly see any.

On mine it's the seat collar, headset spacers, rear QR and also the BB (but you can't see it).

Anyone want to swap gold floating rotors for my black ones?

Should really have got the black and gold M4 calipers 🙂

james

Yip...Helius FR 160mm no probs.

Photo may make it look like a funny angle......

Bars n stem came off my green and Gold Titus.

Spank Royale....

do any of these bikes see dirt?

do any of these bikes see dirt?

Yes and Muc Off/Water

Yep, cleaned after every ride.

I think it is the angle of the photo tbh
The bash ring and the small looking shock only make the BB height look taller

do any of these bikes see dirt?

Mine hasn't for a few months - been ill with post-viral fatigue. 🙁

Piddling around putting bits of bling on it is part of trying to stay sane (I think). 🙂

You need golf hope floaters grumm for def!

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Let me see now...

Gold;

Stem
Chris King hubs
Floating rotors
Chain
Chainring
Grips
Brake levers

Problem?

Problem?

The pic is too small? 🙂

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That's pretty nice - still not sure about gold stems though. What are the gold bits on the cables?

Needs more gold IMO. Get gold rotors.

I should have got some for my street bike.
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Fork crown is gold as is the air valve cap
Gold floating rotas
Gold Skewers
Gold bar end caps

Gold string holding sleeping bag circa 1988.

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That's pretty nice - still not sure about gold stems though. What are the gold bits on the cables?

The cables are Nokon carbon. The gold bit is just an anodised link with the logo on.

Could have gone for the gold X0 mech, but I prefer the original 2007 version.

Ta.

Like the bmx 🙂

pinches - nice!

pinches is that actually your bike? I assumed not. 🙂

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Hubs are obvious - gold spoke nipples, chain, pedal spindles, fork top cap (that was standard with the fork) and bolts less so - gold chainring bolts not visible from that angle! Decided against the gold rotors with gold hubs.

Saw this one on another forum!

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naaah, i can't afford tune. although a nicolai is next.

Airbase stem now for sale, but the grips and seatpost clamp remain. Gold pedals still there too, but on their last legs....

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What grips are they? Def glad I didn't go for the gold stem I was thinking of now. 😉

Yup - the stem's hated by pretty much everyone 😀 Including me, which is why it's for sale, following an unsuccesful attempt to hammerite it black....

The grips are these ones;[url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=31084 ]Spank[/url]

But I wouldn't recommend them - they're pretty uncomfy after a long ride, even with gloves.

OK ta.

, following an unsuccesful attempt to hammerite it black....

My Sons bike

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And him on his steed

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your sons a preety lucky kid 🙂

here's my very own bike.

once the chain is worn it'll most likely be replaced with a gold KMC.

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please pay specific attention to the gold crank screwy thingy as it cost me 7€.

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Yeti Guy, how old is your son, my lad's just seen this and now wants a SantaCruz just like that one!

I've told him if he saves his pocket money till he's as old as the lad in the picture he'll have enough!

Hey big M, he is 12, and yes he is a lucky boy, i sure didnt have a bike like that when i was his age, but we have the best father son time every weekend when we are on the trails so its a worthwhile investment.

YG - that's good, my lad has 4 years to save up!! We were out on the trails on Friday in the snow, being able to ride with your kids is priceless.

I'm currently trying to build a half decent extra small 26" wheel for him, be good to get him off his heavy old 24" Giant.

Love the wee SantaCruz!

Wow that Santa Cruz is pretty sweet - lucky kid! Hope you are keeping him aware of the value of money and working for things etc 😛

Hey grumm, first off, thanks for your support in that "other" thread.

Hope you are keeping him aware of the value of money and working for things etc

Yes he is fully aware of the value, its Christmas and birthday rolled in to one,plus he certainly pulls his weight around the house too.

He is a great kid !

I only went and got more gold 🙂

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