Bicycles 2008.

Hi there George.
Having just sold my Santa Cruz Blur mountain bike,(on the advice/insistance of the surgeon who recently operated on my broken elbow), I am now left with just my Specialized Sirrus road bike to try to keep fit(ish) on.
The combination of modesty & respect for other forum users eyes forbids me from publishing piccy's of me in the dreaded Lycra.
Matt.

George

Nice to see a photo of a proper metal bike. Non of this carbon fibre bollocks.

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Non of this carbon fibre bollocks.

Who's got carbon fibre bollocks? Makes a broken elbow seem like small beer.

On lycra, I just wear whatever I need at the other end, so that these were my working togs that I wore at work easrlier etc!

I suppose it was odd to see me wearing a black tie outfit on a bike but it happened many times in the old days for concerts!

Even though the bike is basocally steel it is not heavier than many bikes, and is lighter than a friend of mines brand new high-tech job, but that does have front suspemsion ...

More piccies of bikes please!

George

PS: Apologies 'bout the socks!!!!

A man can NEVER have too much carbon fibre on his bike.

Bruce

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a friend of mines brand new high-tech job, but that does have front suspemsion

I don't understand suspension on bikes, I'm still using a Raleigh Mountain Bike that isn't much younger than me that has been maintained with pretty much whatever was lying around in the shed at the time (e.g. the washers on the front wheels are actually bits of old metal light fittings), still works fine though! I have borrowed a few bikes with suspension, and I really intensely dislike them.

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Originally posted by djftw:

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a friend of mines brand new high-tech job, but that does have front suspemsion

I don't understand suspension on bikes, I'm still using a Raleigh Mountain Bike that isn't much younger than me that has been maintained with pretty much whatever was lying around in the shed at the time (e.g. the washers on the front wheels are actually bits of old metal light fittings), still works fine though! I have borrowed a few bikes with suspension, and I really intensely dislike them.

I guess you don't ride much off-road?

Quite the oposite, I spend more time off road than on.

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Originally posted by djftw:
Quite the oposite, I spend more time off road than on.

I'll guarantee that I could convert you to the benefit of suspension by getting you to ride a well-set up bike on some of the trails around here! I do ride a fully rigid hardtial occasionally, it helps my skills but it beats up my arms and shoulders on anything really rocky.

Bruce

More piccy's for George!
OK, well No more looning about on this



Because I couldn't risk any further damage to this



So now I'm pootling along the quiet country lanes of Essex on this



or maybe just walking the dog & repairing the lawn!


Matt.

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well-set up

That could well be the issue, the things I've tried have all felt bouncy and more annoyingly I couldn't really tell what the front wheel was doing through the handlebars!

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Originally posted by Bruce Woodhouse:
A man can NEVER have too much carbon fibre on his bike.
Bruce

Carbon Fibre would spoil the look of a proper bike.
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I was speaking with a nice old gent (75 yrs) yesterday who is planning 400km London to York in under 24 hours this weekend, on an ancient FIXED-WHEEL!!!
I kept very quiet about my cycling.

Fatcat - a triple on and you call it a proper bike?

My 1980's Alan Record Carbonio is a proper bike (and a full carbon frame)although it has just been retired from active duty.

Did someone mention carbon-fibre? My new steed:

A gentleman like yourself, Fredrik, should have a Pashley Roadster Classic.



I'm building a new toy.

Dear Christian,

I would love one and when I finnally do away with the Volvo, I would consider it! The old car will be my last! Forward planning can eliminate the need for a motor altogether in time.

But I would keep the Falcon as well. I practically built it as it stands today!

ATB from George

PS: Please tell about your newly built toy!

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Originally posted by fatcat:
Nice to see a photo of a proper metal bike. Non of this carbon fibre bollocks.

Some early footage of Fatcat in action - on a REAL bike...

Prompted by Christian Alshus,

This is my next bike. A Pashley Sovreign:



http://www.pashley.co.uk/products/roadster-sovereign.html

I would happily exchange a motor for this! George

George, my own bike (yes, I have one!) looks similar to this, but is a Peugeot, which was the only traditional-style bike around when I was looking for one 20 years ago. (It replaced a pre-War Raleigh which finally gave up the ghost.) Mine had a whicker basket on the front.

I really struggle to understand why someone would choose to buy a Pashley today. Its like paying £70,000 for a Morris Minor instead of a Porsche 911 especially since you are the engine!!

The engine is therefore at least as good as Porsche!

Other people struggle to understand why people buy Naim Audio! Small output amps, very expensive Pre-amps, and speakers which even some Naimees can't stand!

The best of British Production always was fantastic, and in some cases still is! I would rather have three nice things than fifty common-place pieces of second rank stuff!

George

PS: The Morris Minor is an infinitely more useful and better car than any Porsche, if not as powerful or fast. Better on fuel too!

Plus I like a good hub gear-set. The five speed Sturmey Archer is a classic, though the three speed has the fault of a false neutral between second and third, which I found to my painful cost many years ago [and two bike previuosly] on an Elswick Hopper, when I was really standing on it in third and the gear slipped into neutral ... Aaaagh, that hurt!

George

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Originally posted by JWM:

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Originally posted by fatcat:
Nice to see a photo of a proper metal bike. Non of this carbon fibre bollocks.

Some early footage of Fatcat in action - on a REAL bike...

LOL

That bike is even more proper than my bike. A good job too.


This is the result of combining cobbles, a hill and carbon fibres.

Ouch