I bought my 1972 Cinelli SC from the original owner who had displayed it over his fireplace for more than 25 years. In order to keep matrimonial harmony, he had to take it down for the wife's redecorating. Rather than put his prized work of art in the basement, he sold it. Jay Van De Velde Seal Beach,CA
kyle-chrisbrooks <kyle-chrisbrooks@earthlink.net> wrote: When my wife and I moved into our current house a few years ago, I tried very hard to get her consent to hang my beautifully restored 1970 Raleigh Professional over the fireplace. No dice.
The compromise was to find some gorgeous reproductions of old bicycle advertising posters -- like the famous Cycles Gladiator one with the woman flying through the night sky with the bike, Cycles Wonder with the guy riding on the electrical wires and sparks flying out of his head, a famous art-deco Crescent Bicycles ad, and a few others. Some of them are huge 4 ft x 6 ft posters, while others are a more typical size. Framed with glass, and they look great around the house and fit with the early 20th cent. style of the architecture.
However, I am a teacher, and I do have several bikes and frames hanging on the walls in my classroom (including the Raleigh). You can see some of them on my school website,
http://www.highlandschools.org/
Kyle Brooks Akron, OH
-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Bulgier
>Sent: Mar 4, 2007 6:23 PM
>To: Michael Schmid
>Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: RE: [CR]Bikes as displayable artwork
>
>
>Michael Schmid wrote (snipped):
>> I mounted my favourite Chesini flat on the ceiling over the bed.
>>
>> Wish my girlfriend would accept this in our appartement
>now....although
>> she liked it back then..
>
>Isn't that just the way it goes? ;-)
>
>Wife Laurie, before I knew her, used to keep her track bike and spare
>wheels over her bed. The fact that she still likes bikes and cycling
>even more than I do definitely helps when I "need" some expensive bike
>thing. She was the one who made me display the (used!) Campy Toolkit in
>the livingroom - she thought it was a thing of beauty.
>
>We just got through shopping at the local used-bike store and I had to
>drag HER away. We saw a used wheel truing stand, absolutely awesome
>quality, "only" $250, and the only reason she didn't let me buy it is
>because we were riding the tandem at the time - and I have a birthday
>coming up. (In case anyone is interested, this truing stand of my dreams
>is a Park TS-3 -- not the TS-2 that's so commonly seen in bike shops.
>The 3 is cast aluminum, super high precision, no longer made. If anyone
>has one they want to sell me for less $, I am listening.)
>
>But, until we can get back there and buy it, if any list member goes to
>Recycled Cycles, don't buy the truing stand, OK? We have "dibs".
>Please? It will probably be displayed in the living room too, at least
>for a while. (The Campy toolkit is now in the basement workshop where
>it belongs)
>
>Mark Bulgier
>Seattle WA USA