Does anyone else fall in love with random parts?

[Nashman]

Too many to mention, but Delta lights are among them, EA's too. I dig the boxed JC Higgins set too. Deco goosenecks too. NOS Elgin X-pert is sweet too! Tool box saddles.......ok , I mentioned too many.

 

[Schwinny]

I guess the bike part I most liked and would get again was a McCauly feather chainguard. Art Deco, all Chrome, the one w/o the reflector. I found it for $15 which was part of the attraction. It was in perfect condition but had no attachment brackets. I had that guard for at least 5 years and mocked it up on a couple dozen bikes thinking about using it.
For some reason it never struck me on a bike. It was way cooler on the wall. Parts like that I dont show around because someone else will start obsessing over them and bug me about selling. Well a guy came over one day to look at a bike I had for sale. The bike was priced at $300 and that guard was on the wall above the bike when we went over to look at the bike. He looked at the bike up and down, all the time with his eye on that guard.
Long story short... I got offered the $300 for that guard and the bike remained for sale.
I'd get another if one ever showed up in great condition.

 

[Jesse McCauley]

I think she gets it

 

[tacochris]

I dont know what it is about the tank on this bike but some days I will just sit and stare at it. Its just so beautiful in design and even the current patina it has.

 

[catfish]

 

[SirMike1983]

I have a soft spot for Sturmey hub gears and shifters, as well as some of the nicer front hubs from Schwinn and the various British makers. But there's nothing quite like a well-tuned, ticking Sturmey hub gear.

 

[lgrinnings]

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I was talking about falling in love with a chain... aren't you just a highfalutin floozy

 

[tanksalot]

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[Archie Sturmer]

Some of that which has been pictured seems to be too organized (like in drawers or groups) to fit the definition of random?

 

[New Mexico Brant]

I think she gets it

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That is @tripple3 's dream girl! Now I understand why he is pedaling hundreds of miles per week, the hopes of crossing her path.