Do your ride expensive/correctly restored bikes?

[TRM]

I like to ride my bikes. I’ve been thinking more and more of buying restored bicycles. I’m just afraid of the paint chipping, especially around the fender rivets. What say you?

Take that fear away with a restored bike sporting pre-approved scratches and paint chips around the fender rivets.

If it falls over, no problem. Just pick it up and keep riding!

 

[bikejunk]

I have owned this bike for about 10 years and have 100s of miles on it- a great blend of early pre diamond frame and pneumatic tire comfort- the reproduction Brooks saddle is excellent - I re engineered the brake to actually sort of work

 

[1817cent]

Once there restored, they sit there and look "purdy".. I ride the rest.

 

[Grey Ghost]

I have a pristine 52 restored Phantom that I ride occasionally.

I also have a 1969 Orange Krate that I refurbished to a high level.
The first ride I took, after getting everything dialed in and tight, I almost crashed into a neighborhood kid at an intersection. Neither one of us hit the ground, or scraped any paint, but my Krate was inches from that happening.

I almost pooped myself thinking the inaugural ride was ending up in a wreck.

I didn’t let that kind of thing stop me from riding it though.
However, this happened before I got some nicer pedals.
I would be more upset scratching those simply because, they’re so expensive to replace.

 

[tripple3]

Marty @cyclingday let me ride the most amazing Schwinn, he had restored, for Christmas!
i was extremely careful.

December 10, 2016

Thanks again Marty! Merry Christmas!!!

 

[charnleybob]

No.

 

[tanksalot]

I don’t normally keep restored bikes , But I do ride this .

 

[rebirthbikes]

All original or restored, they were meant to be ridden. I visited a member earlier this year and he had roughly 150 bicycles in both restored and original condition. He totally Mr Miagi’d me too and said, “Choose.”

Every single one of them was ready to ride. That was when I decided that mine would be the same — restored or original, they’ll all be ready to ride.

 

[jacob9795]

Marty @cyclingday let me ride the most amazing Schwinn, he had restored, for Christmas!
i was extremely careful.
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December 10, 2016
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Thanks again Marty! Merry Christmas!!!

Just watch it around those curbs
I’ve almost done that a few times.
That double duty fork is nice!

 

[jacob9795]

All original or restored, they were meant to be ridden. I visited a member earlier this year and he had roughly 150 bicycles in both restored and original condition. He totally Mr Miagi’d me too and said, “Choose.”

Every single one of them was ready to ride. That was when I decided that mine would be the same — restored or original, they’ll all be ready to ride.

That would’ve taken me a while too. My wife gets mad at me when I ask her which bike I should ride