Show us your bikes (Part whatever...)
Posted by: Mike Dudley on 26 April 2010
New job, new (part rail) commute, that means...
I've often wondered how Bromptons ride, not that I'd have any specific use for one. They do have a loyal following.
My bike stable is, well, stable at the moment.
That means my nice road bike: custom Parlee Z1, my winter bike (Burls custom steel) and my MTB (Rocky Mountain Element SE). My wife has a super-cute Enigma Elle, again custom built (for her extremely petite dimensions).
Probably all posted here before but here goes. The Burls is usually wearing mudguards but not in this pic for some odd reason. It also now runs the Campag Veloce 11sp double groupset-which is very nice indeed. I don't seem to have a pic of the MTB made up-probably because it is always filthy!
My bike stable is, well, stable at the moment.
That means my nice road bike: custom Parlee Z1, my winter bike (Burls custom steel) and my MTB (Rocky Mountain Element SE). My wife has a super-cute Enigma Elle, again custom built (for her extremely petite dimensions).
Probably all posted here before but here goes. The Burls is usually wearing mudguards but not in this pic for some odd reason. It also now runs the Campag Veloce 11sp double groupset-which is very nice indeed. I don't seem to have a pic of the MTB made up-probably because it is always filthy!
I have just sold a couple of very nice bikes that were getting next to no use and am now left with these two. May add a road bike soon, but for now I pretty much only ride the mountain bike.
Gary Fisher Utopia - lovely easy to ride hybrid.
and then my fave bike, a Gary Fisher Hi-Fi Deluxe in Naim Black (2008). This bike just fits so well and is a dream to ride. Here it is on the trail in Garigal National Park, Sydney.
Gary Fisher Utopia - lovely easy to ride hybrid.
and then my fave bike, a Gary Fisher Hi-Fi Deluxe in Naim Black (2008). This bike just fits so well and is a dream to ride. Here it is on the trail in Garigal National Park, Sydney.
Actually here is a fairly rubbish pic of me on the MTB at Innerleithen this March.
(Lontano-that Gary Fisher looks the business!)
(Lontano-that Gary Fisher looks the business!)
quote:Originally posted by Bruce Woodhouse:
Actually here is a fairly rubbish pic of me on the MTB at Innerleithen this March.
(Lontano-that Gary Fisher looks the business!)
Thanks Bruce - it was third time lucky for me after having bought two other expensive bikes, this one really did fit me as I wanted. No plans to let it go for a long time now!
Sure looks like a cold day for some mountain biking!. I was a real softee this winter opting for the hi-fi rather than the bike!
Carlton with original racing drop handlebar:
And a few days later with the more traffic friendly flat bar:
These photographs are from March 2009. The flat bar has some advantages, and really the bike is a fraction too big for me [the saddle is ideally distant from the crank, and you may note quite far in on the tube!], and its general size makes the length of the reach just a strain with the modern racing bar. The flat bar improved this, but later this week I am going to fit a veteran 1930s racing bar, which will be slightly shorter in reach even than the flat bar, while having a low set grip - if not as low as a modern bar. Suitable for the older person shall we say!
I will post a photo or two by the end of the week! The old Great North Road bar should hopefully suit me better than either previous effort, as well as being more comfortable on my old wrists than the flat bar, handy though that is in traffic ...
I love this old bike. Probably I should take the advice of friend and have a frame made, but that is expensive! The Carlton was saved from being scrapped!
Even the running repairs so far have been cost-free except for my time fiddling!
ATB from George
And a few days later with the more traffic friendly flat bar:
These photographs are from March 2009. The flat bar has some advantages, and really the bike is a fraction too big for me [the saddle is ideally distant from the crank, and you may note quite far in on the tube!], and its general size makes the length of the reach just a strain with the modern racing bar. The flat bar improved this, but later this week I am going to fit a veteran 1930s racing bar, which will be slightly shorter in reach even than the flat bar, while having a low set grip - if not as low as a modern bar. Suitable for the older person shall we say!
I will post a photo or two by the end of the week! The old Great North Road bar should hopefully suit me better than either previous effort, as well as being more comfortable on my old wrists than the flat bar, handy though that is in traffic ...
I love this old bike. Probably I should take the advice of friend and have a frame made, but that is expensive! The Carlton was saved from being scrapped!
Even the running repairs so far have been cost-free except for my time fiddling!
ATB from George
They're not bikes! This is a bike ...
No offence intended to those who prefer pedal to petrol (LOL)
No offence intended to those who prefer pedal to petrol (LOL)
quote:Originally posted by Bruce Woodhouse:
I've often wondered how Bromptons ride, not that I'd have any specific use for one. They do have a loyal following.
My bike stable is, well, stable at the moment.
That means my nice road bike: custom Parlee Z1, my winter bike (Burls custom steel) and my MTB (Rocky Mountain Element SE). My wife has a super-cute Enigma Elle, again custom built (for her extremely petite dimensions).
Probably all posted here before but here goes. The Burls is usually wearing mudguards but not in this pic for some odd reason. It also now runs the Campag Veloce 11sp double groupset-which is very nice indeed. I don't seem to have a pic of the MTB made up-probably because it is always filthy!
Very nice Bruce.
Shifters look to be mounted fairly high on the bars - I'd guess you don't ride much on the drops/ much?
and a bigger one just 'cos I like it so much!
j
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