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I'm about to get an extension done with a dedicated office for myself, and as my loft is heaving with old crap I'm thinking of hanging an original Stiffee frame, a Turner burner frame & a 25th Anniversary edition Raleigh Burner BMX on the walls.
Has anyone done similar, or will it look totally stupid to 'normal people'?
I know my wife will hate it, but I can deal with that 😉
Pics most appreciated.
Cheers.
that sounds like an awesome idea!!!
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at the old house. The inbred frame has been reprised, the Scandal is in the garage...
Tried it, but reckon it looks pretty average to non-bikers - it doesn't really work aesthetically IMHO. They're nice for the memories they inspire I guess.
Sticking them up in the man cave isn't great value for antagonising the missus, either - you should try and mount them in the living room to really show her who's boss.
My wife objected to the Klein on the wall.
But on a point of order I feel like hunting trophies they should be dead and therefore only broken/cracked frames should be hung up. Otherwise its just a waste of a good ride 😉
Cheers all, I knew Stoner would be the first one with a pic 😉 I think it looks nice, if you have always been 'into' bikes then I guess it shouldn't matter what others think, after all others idea's of art often conflict with my own.
I was thinking one frame per wall, but I think a frame either side of a built BMX above my desk may look nice.That leads to the next question, should I buy a sacrificial set of bars & cut them down, or just twist the bars 90 degrees?
Cheers.
you should try and mount them in the living room
You tried to shag an old bike frame in your living room. 😯
Was it like a danger w4nk kind of thing? 😉
That leads to the next question, should I buy a sacrificial set of bars & cut them down, or just twist the bars 90 degrees
Definitely twist the bars through 90 deg.
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indy fab while it was waiting to be built up
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Amp - the only bike i have ever owned and not ridden
I did at one time for short while have a red cannondale
R600 frame on my wall. Being the christmassy end of the year it was decorated with fairy lights too.
over the years a few but always replaced with other things, pretty useleess to non bikers
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That is some history right there
Wow 😛 - always wanted one of those bitd. In fact I remember Cambria Bike (where incidentally my next frame is winging its way from) had a tiny (well as tiny as they did back then) blue one on special offer but by the time I'd raised the cash it had gone - I was gonna christen it Marshall 😥
The lil red 'bred was wall art in my kitchen for several years (being built up now and again when I got bored) until I sold it - it deserved to be ridden. In retrospect I probably should've kept it - now I have to buy stuff when boredom sets in and I have the urge to build something else 🙄