My other love, apart from boxes.

[vkboy]

Hey guys just thought i would share the other joy in my life, apart from boomboxes and anything 80's and thats cycling. it's probably been the longest continuous thing i've been obsessed with as long as i can remember, whenever i get bored or just feel like getting some air i jump on my pushie and go for a ride, whether it be the 20km ride to my work on my commuter or 100+km ride on my race bike its probably the only time when im completely relaxed and happy with my life, apart from when i get run off the road which has happened a bit too many times this year so far!
I've only started getting more serious about my riding in the last couple of years as i want to start competing in local races etc. ive done a couple of charity rides, like a local one in my area that goes for 200+km which the first time i did almost killed me and even though i feel like death afterwords i always do it all over again the next year.
I've started venturing into 80's road bike territory, namely italian bikes and i've gotten a couple of frames that ill be starting to build up whenever i collect enough parts. just thought i'd show what bikes i currently have atm.
Anybody else into cycling? namely the euro dudes, as I would love to be able to follow in the footsteps of the TDF guys, atleast partially lol and do some cycling in the Pyrenees mountains one day.

My summer Schwinn beach cruiser

My work commuter, general mess around bike, a stealthy Focus belt driven roadie

My weekend carbon Scott racer

I've also scored an old De Rosa steel frame and a Concorde steel frame from the 80s which are my pride and joys even though they aren't built yet but heres what they will eventually look like, i will be hopefully adding an old Bianchi of the same era soon as well.

 

[stormsven]

Love black bikes. A while ago i made one for myself ( street single speed) all matte black and was forced to put a marzocchi fork because they were the only one all black. Just the chain main part and the disc brake where other color.
Pretty cool ( and expensive ) hobby. But indeed healthy

 

[kraftmatic]

Beautiful bikes. Looks like a fun and healthy way to eat a very large hole in your wallet!

 

[Fatdog]

I would be afraid to ride that Bianchi and ruin those cool color-matched tires.

 

[oldskool69]

Beautiful Bikes! I'm surprised Roman (ViennaSound) hasn't seen this. He is pretty much our resident bicycle guy.

 

[vkboy]

Thanks for the comments guys , im trying to add to my boomer collection while at the same time do stuff to my bikes so its abit slow for me to get anything done lol. especially since everything is so damn expensive to get shipped from the US these days, basically rules out all the bigger sized boxes for me now, ie M90/C100/Jumbo's etc, its pretty much doubled it price since last year. , while bike stuff is generally pretty cheap to get shipped around.