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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

You're golden

ETA, a British insurer who offers bicycle coverage, is giving away a 24 carat gold bike. (They're also selling one, apparently, which comes with its own security guard. Why? Because they don't insure bikes that are worth more than $8,000.)



But never mind all that. Here's what I'm really wondering: what are the ride characteristics of 24ct gold? I should think they're a bit bouncier than Titanium, and you wouldn't really break your frame catastrophically, so much as feel the bottom bracket dragging on the ground.

Naturally, it's a flip-flop fixie. Wouldn't you love to see this thing in pure gold Dura-Ace with a 24-carat SRAM chain?

1 comment:

Erik said...

Gold is very dense and soft. It would be a *lot* less bouncy than Ti. Anyway, this bike is probably gold plated because a frame of all gold that wouldnt' collapse from under you would probably be too heavy to ride and would probably cost a lot more than $8000. :-)