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Name: Bicycle Prestige Gold and Silver
Date: 6.13.2009

Front : Bicycle Rider Back Playing Cards

Right : Air-cushion Finish Made in U.S.A.

Right : The U.S. Playing Card Co. Cincinnati, Ohio 45212

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They’re usually sold as a set. Gold. Silver. Cheapest place I can remember is about 17$ shipping included from Penguin magic. Yea…penguin. Silly penguin magic.

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Available at various online shops and eBay in the 17-22$ price range.

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So. What to say. This is probably the top of the line bicycle stock. Supposedly. Take a regular pack of bicycles. Those suck compared to these. A strong card. Stack it next to those white bordered bees. They’re just as thick. Unfortunately. Leaving it in bad weather is still a bad idea. Maybe they’ll have weatherproof cards eventually. Which can resist heat and rain. And crimping This is not a thin deck of bicycles. Strength of snap will last a while. And then some. Metallic ink? Really? Even better. Quality control. Yea. It’s there.

Faro: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○

Strong. Fluid. Cards weave together naturally.

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Its your 808 rider back. In gold and silver. You must feel rich when using these. Or a total loser. Because these aren’t just everyday cards.

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Get a double. Have the person sign the gold/silver card. Change it for a quick and awesome souvenir. At least that’s what I use the gold deck for. I call it Midas’ touch. You know. King Midas. The guy who changed everything he touched to gold. Filler replacement with undercover switch. In my green bicycles on St. Patrick’s day. Because these cards do not belong in crappy bicycle decks. Must match the stock. So go for green and orange and color change those.

Prestige : My opinion leans towards black sealed bikes being awesome.

Comments

-Welcome back to the bicycle 808 series. Its gold and silver prestige today. Made for some guy in Italy or something. He has good taste. In color and stock type. Why can’t all bicycles just be like this. Oh. Then it’d be 8$ a pack. Hm. No thanks. Green bicycles are still the best value. Orange bicycles are still the best with blanks. Among other bicycles we(the royal we) haven’t got to yet. 2 deck set. Typical jokers and faces. 2 blanks instead of poker rules. Comes in a black box. Which I just use to hold other decks upright. Good for color changing. Good stock for practice and performance. Overall good. The price definitely matches up. Good for a collection. Good just to have. But I guess you’re just paying for status.

–Kudos ♪♫

Lazy Day.

Name: Bicycle Vintage (#2 Fan Back)
Date: 6.8.2009

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Typically in the 3-4$ range. The extra price you’re paying is for a back design that’s ’vintage’ and a generally higher quality card. And unavailable in retail stores.

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1st (re)printing back in 2006. And then limited. Reserves should be dwindling as we speak.

Vintage : It really is a blank from the deck.

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More durable than your average bicycle. A little thicker too. Kinda closer towards bees. In a good way.

Faro: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○
Better than average. Let’s rephrase that. Noticeably easy. I blame the strength of the card.

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Vintage Fan Back. Special if you’re old or something. Or like using decks with a ‘vintage’ feel. Or like gambling moves and want to use a bicycle deck that isn’t rider back.(ie go watch the credits for the movie ’shade’. Gets + points for being available in red and blue. Not that I care about blue, but other people might.

Superflip: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○
Ah. After 20 posts, we repeat a move. I think. Maybe? I forget. Superflip holds well in consistency. At least…I find it easier. Theres enough snap and hold in the card to make this sleight worthwhile. But then…you’re bending the cards… and these decks aren’t something you’d use everyday. Unless you were CDO or something,,,which is like OCD, but all the letters are in the correct order.

Comments

-Well. it’s the 2006 bicycle branded card. Vintage edition. Printed in various backs. You get your standard bicycle pips and faces. With a old renewed Ace of Spades. This happens to be #2 of many. Fan back. Because tallies also had a fan back. Tallys? Why do you keep mentioning tallys…what are they…Anyways. Once again. What retail bicycle decks should be. Quality controlled. And not papery bendable thin. Those are no good. Except for practice. But these are awesome. They get ultra bonus points for including blanks instead of poker rules. Which means uh…magic inclined. But why practice with bad and perform with good. that’s called inconsistency. Hm. There has to be a cure for this somehow. Well that’s probably why I’m doing all these posts. Trying to locate a brand that I’ll stock up in bricks on…hm…..

–Kudos ♪♫

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