Old bike - Ornament ?

[Zimmerframe]

I was just looking at this and 2 things came to mind :

Which poor sod does the dusting ..

And .. would it be cool or stupid to have an old bike cut in half and leaping from the chimney breast (moderators: that's a legitimate use of breast)

So who uses an old bike as an ornament ?? Does it work ? Is it cool ? or is it crap ?

Question 2 : why is a chimney breast called a chimney breast ?

 

[Sean1.0]

Question 2 : why is a chimney breast called a chimney breast ?

Because chimney tit doesn't sound right ?

 

[Jackware]

OK, I'll bite, why were you looking at this picture in particular?

Wouldn't a bike on the the wall look like a bike hater's trophy?

Google 'bike on wall decoration' shows that some people think it's a good idea...

 

[Zimmerframe]

Because chimney tit doesn't sound right ?

But breast - at least human ones, are more often than not in pairs .. how often do you see two chimney breasts next to each other ?

I agree though, chimney tit, doesn't sound right .. that sounds like a chimney sweep who doesn't know what he's doing.

 

[Zimmerframe]

Wouldn't a bike on the the wall look like a bike hater's trophy?

Hadn't thought of it like that .. I remember when I bought my first motorbike I thought I'd just keep them all from then on and stick them on the wall in the future - like many things in like I've thought - it didn't quite work out like that.

Google 'bike on wall decoration' shows that some people think it's a good idea...

I didn't want to search .. you just get the usual - well, search results ... I wanted REAL LIFE ! You know, someone who's stuck their bike sideways in the ceiling and converted the wheels to twin ceiling fans or something cool ..

or something in the bathroom in the corner .. the mud tyre de-clagenator .. ?!?!?

 

[Zimmerframe]

OK, I'll bite, why were you looking at this picture in particular?

I could answer that, but you might end up in a sort of mental divide by zero error and never come back to us.

 

[Nicho]

If the house owner was a Levo rider he could mount his dead motors on wooden shields and have them hanging all round that room.

 

[Doomanic]

Room's not big enough...

 

[Zimmerframe]

If the house owner was a Levo rider he could mount his dead motors on wooden shields and have them hanging all round that room.

You could power them on remotely and listen to the scary garish creaking and hollering sounds ..

 

[Nicho]

Room's not big enough...

Obviously he could hang all the ones which wouldn't fit on the walls from wires hanging from all those nice beams.

 

[Nicho]

You could power them on remotely and listen to the scary garish creaking and hollering sounds ..

How could he power them on? ......they're dead, they have ceased to be, they have gone to meet their maker.....etc.....etc...etc., mate, those motors wouldn't voom if you put 5,000,000 volts through them!!!!

 

[Zimmerframe]

How could he power them on? ......they're dead, they have ceased to be, they have gone to meet their maker.....etc.....etc...etc., mate, those motors wouldn't voom if you put 5,000,000 volts through them!!!!

I think 99.9% of "dead" brose motors still work .. They just don't properly convert the spinning thing to useful spinning thing ..

So with a properly arranged display wall, back wired to transformers and remote receivers, you can still power on their creaking, spinning, whining, yelping, screaming forms back into life .. with a suitably creative artist, you might be able to get them to play certain tunes - or horror film soundtracks might be more appropriate.. Ghost of Specialized past.

If you were a dedicated fan, you could decorate your 5 metre tall xmas tree with all the dead TCU's with different flashing codes !

 

[Gary]

stupid

What you want in a room like that is lots and lots of naked ladies and a huge bag of Coke.

 

[Gary]

I sometimes think I must be the only living bike nerd who ever gets laid

 

[Beekeeper]

What you want in a room like that is lots and lots of naked ladies and a huge bag of Coke.

lots of slippers and a huge cup of Ovaltine

 

[Gary]

There's a fettish for everyone @Beekeeper.

 

[steve_sordy]

That breast needs a good rubbing down with very soapy water.

 

[The Hodge]

I sometimes think I must be the only living bike nerd who ever gets laid

Trust me ..you're not ! ??