Members' bikes

[LEE]

Don't care where my bar ends point, but the tops have to be horizontal for me.

Same here.

It's about comfort for me.  As much flat surface on top as possible and the brake hoods starting just on the bend (to extend the flat top even further, much like Finch's in fact).

Lovely looking bike but I'd get oil all over that white bar tape in minutes.

[clarion]

That's it exactly, Lee

[Pneumant]

My Raleigh Pro Race winter fixed on holiday in northern Scotland, Reynolds 501 and rides superbly 

[GruB]

[eck]

 

I got a black one.   

[GruB]

And my lovely stays are pristine.  My chain has not come off often, but will not mark them now if it does  

[mike]

it's appeared on the thread before, but not in my garden..


thanks for letting me buy it, Blah!! 

[delthebike]

thanks for letting me buy it, Blah!! 

Thanks for letting me try it mike. 
GIT! I want one now. 

[alan]

it's appeared on the thread before, but not in my garden..


thanks for letting me buy it, Blah!!  

A certain song springs to mind....

It should have been Me.

When you are fed up with it Mike can I have first dibs please 'cause it would look better in my garden  

Actually
I suspect that Marj was also dissapointed that I lost out because your new-to-you bike was the first one I would have sold all my other bikes to make room for.
The Langster is already spoken for

Marj wants the space that the bikes takeup:she does not want to get rid of the bikes per se.I think we need a triple garage with a 3 bedroom bungalow

[Torslanda]

I got a black one.   

Lucky you.

err . . .  WTF is it?

[Sigurd Mudtracker]

My Raleigh Pro Race winter fixed on holiday in northern Scotland, Reynolds 501 and rides superbly 

Name the place: just above Burghead harbour

 

[GruB]

I got a black one.   

Lucky you.

err . . .  WTF is it?

Stops the chain jumping off.  You can get small black carbon ones.  Eck and I went down the more aesthetic route 

[Sigurd Mudtracker]

I got a black one.   

Lucky you.

err . . .  WTF is it?

Stops the chain jumping off.  You can get small black carbon ones.  Eck and I went down the more aesthetic route 

Actually that looks like just the thing I need to run a triple on my Moulton: what are they called, and where can they be obtained?

[GruB]

   K-Edge Chain Catcher Only £26.99

[Mrs Pingu]

Not new, or very exciting, but a bit shinier nevertheless

Before:


Rather tired:


After:


Shiny!

[Oscar's dad]

^^^  Very tidy!  I love bikes like that.

[anth]

^^^  Very tidy!  I love bikes like that.

Oooh, where'd you get it done Mrs P? I agree wholeheartedly with OD...

[Rhys W]

Indeed - with that kind of rust I'd have cut my losses, but it looks like you've managed to give that frame a new lease of life.

[Mrs Pingu]

^^^  Very tidy!  I love bikes like that.

Oooh, where'd you get it done Mrs P? I agree wholeheartedly with OD...

That nice mr robgul kindly took it to his local powder coaters for me.
(Being as the ones up here are either expensive or rubbish)

[robgul]

Indeed - with that kind of rust I'd have cut my losses, but it looks like you've managed to give that frame a new lease of life.

Deceptive picture ... lots of rust BUT pretty much surface stuff as the steel tubing is quite thick - and it appeared to be a well-made frame.   

Just hope that the AirZound thing that looks as if it's sitting in the bottle cage doesn't blast the paint off it 

Rob

[Mrs Pingu]

I was going to take the Airzound off and be more 'zen' but the damn thing is welded to the bars now so it will have to wait until I can be bothered to drill out the rusty screw. 

[Oscar's dad]

I was going to take the Airzound off and be more 'zen' but the damn thing is welded to the bars now so it will have to wait until I can be bothered to drill out the rusty screw. 

I think it's trying to tell you something and I can't imagine Airzounds like being ignored!

[Pingu]

The Airzound bottle cover matches the frame now 

[Deano]

Since my other frame went kaput the other week, I bought this as a replacement.  Surprisingly, everything on it appears to be original (though I'm not sure about the brake pads or tyres).

                                               

The photo doesn't really do justice to the frame colour

[DrMekon]

I loved riding them back in the day. Never ridden a bike before or since that balanced so well on the back wheel. I was doing huge sit-down coaster wheelies on a mates well before I mastered it on my GT Karakoram.