# $110,000 Swarovski Gold-Plated Tarck Bike

**URL:** https://tarck.cc/t/110-000-swarovski-gold-plated-tarck-bike/9888
**Category:** Bikes
**Created:** [September 22, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/110-000-swarovski-gold-plated-tarck-bike/9888 "2008-09-22T22:39:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![ben](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@ben](https://tarck.cc/u/ben)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/110-000-swarovski-gold-plated-tarck-bike/9888/1 "2008-09-22T22:39:02Z")

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![](http://fixedgeargallery.com/2008/sept/2/EricTotten-1.jpg)

[http://www.aurumania.com/](http://www.aurumania.com/)

“…every visible surface plated with 24-carat gold and adorned with more than 600 swarovski crystals.”

Limited edition! You can be one of just 10 lucky owners for a mere $110,000! (or 80,000 capital e’s)

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### Author: ![Lurk](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Lurk](https://tarck.cc/u/Lurk)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/110-000-swarovski-gold-plated-tarck-bike/9888/2 "2008-09-22T22:40:35Z")

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tarckbike groupbuy?

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### Author: ![sam](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@sam](https://tarck.cc/u/sam)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/110-000-swarovski-gold-plated-tarck-bike/9888/3 "2008-09-22T22:42:17Z")

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if we all take out loans, we might be able to afford half of it given our various financial and the current economic status.

or maybe artblur can just make one for free. (to us, not free to him)

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### Author: ![teepz](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/teepz/32/25596_2.png) [@teepz](https://tarck.cc/u/teepz)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/110-000-swarovski-gold-plated-tarck-bike/9888/4 "2008-09-22T22:44:02Z")

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i demand gold tires and grips and saddle

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### Author: ![ben](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@ben](https://tarck.cc/u/ben)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/110-000-swarovski-gold-plated-tarck-bike/9888/5 "2008-09-22T22:46:21Z")

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At that price they could have at least filled in the brake hole with solid gold.

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### Author: ![esunbaboon](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/b4bc9f/32.png) [@esunbaboon](https://tarck.cc/u/esunbaboon)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/110-000-swarovski-gold-plated-tarck-bike/9888/6 "2008-09-22T23:20:27Z")

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WTF no deep v’s!!! 🐻

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### Author: ![Lucky\_if\_thats\_possible](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/lucky_if_thats_possible/32/19211_2.png) [@Lucky\_if\_thats\_possible](https://tarck.cc/u/Lucky_if_thats_possible)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/110-000-swarovski-gold-plated-tarck-bike/9888/7 "2008-09-22T23:24:10Z")

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I have two of these.

I’m parting one out because I don’t need two. I have the frame & fork left. Yours for $75k. PayPal me.

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### Author: ![Bearpants](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/bearpants/32/705_2.png) [@Bearpants](https://tarck.cc/u/Bearpants)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/110-000-swarovski-gold-plated-tarck-bike/9888/8 "2008-09-22T23:28:39Z")

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who the fuck chooses the bikes they are gonna shell out that much for? they couldn’t pick something nice…without an anus in the fork crown?

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### Author: ![Lurk](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Lurk](https://tarck.cc/u/Lurk)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/110-000-swarovski-gold-plated-tarck-bike/9888/9 "2008-09-22T23:30:53Z")

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this is my answer to the what would you do with a million dollars thread. i’d buy like 5 and have one be my beater, straight track, good weather bike, and then have two around for parts and show.

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### Author: ![blickblocks](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@blickblocks](https://tarck.cc/u/blickblocks)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/110-000-swarovski-gold-plated-tarck-bike/9888/10 "2008-09-23T00:02:03Z")

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oh shit

time to craigslist my silver-plated conversion

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### Author: ![Jabba\_Degrassi](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@Jabba\_Degrassi](https://tarck.cc/u/Jabba_Degrassi)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/110-000-swarovski-gold-plated-tarck-bike/9888/11 "2008-09-23T00:09:08Z")

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For that price you’d think they could level the saddle.

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### Author: ![barba](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@barba](https://tarck.cc/u/barba)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/110-000-swarovski-gold-plated-tarck-bike/9888/12 "2008-09-23T00:12:51Z")

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Setting aside that it is dipped in gold, it doesn’t look all that nice.

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### Author: ![Jabba\_Degrassi](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@Jabba\_Degrassi](https://tarck.cc/u/Jabba_Degrassi)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/110-000-swarovski-gold-plated-tarck-bike/9888/13 "2008-09-23T00:15:14Z")

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Seriously, mutant stem, converted road double cranks, and a fucking brooks b-17. How about a swallow or something, you cheap pricks?

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### Author: ![Jabba\_Degrassi](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@Jabba\_Degrassi](https://tarck.cc/u/Jabba_Degrassi)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/110-000-swarovski-gold-plated-tarck-bike/9888/14 "2008-09-23T00:17:42Z")

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also no brakes + no foot retention = jackass

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### Author: ![Shortpants](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Shortpants](https://tarck.cc/u/Shortpants)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/110-000-swarovski-gold-plated-tarck-bike/9888/15 "2008-09-23T00:20:52Z")

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gold or steel, that bike is fucking ugly and poorly built.

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### Author: ![room203](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/room203/32/168251_2.png) [@room203](https://tarck.cc/u/room203)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/110-000-swarovski-gold-plated-tarck-bike/9888/16 "2008-09-23T00:25:06Z")

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artblur posted this a week or two ago.

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### Author: ![ben](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@ben](https://tarck.cc/u/ben)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/110-000-swarovski-gold-plated-tarck-bike/9888/17 "2008-09-23T00:33:27Z")

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yeah well my post is better

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### Author: ![delicious](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/delicious/32/23551_2.png) [@delicious](https://tarck.cc/u/delicious)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/110-000-swarovski-gold-plated-tarck-bike/9888/18 "2008-09-23T00:39:32Z")

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> [@Straws](#):
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> gold or steel, that bike is fucking ugly and poorly built.

meh, it’d make an okay beater.

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### Author: ![room203](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/room203/32/168251_2.png) [@room203](https://tarck.cc/u/room203)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/110-000-swarovski-gold-plated-tarck-bike/9888/19 "2008-09-23T00:44:04Z")

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> [@ben](#):
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> yeah well my post is better

yeah it actually is.

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### Author: ![hot\_funk](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@hot\_funk](https://tarck.cc/u/hot_funk)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/110-000-swarovski-gold-plated-tarck-bike/9888/20 "2008-09-23T02:30:19Z")

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it must weight a shit ton. Maybe Kanye West will buy this bike next.

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