Members' bikes

[slope]

  Never mind the reason, you did The Right Thing

I always hope so - this is a decent forum after all

[IanDG]

Ready for winter


IMG_0535 by windy_, on Flickr

Cor!

Fulfils all criteria for "proper lovely bike".

Except it's a bit big

Not for me it's not

[Otto]

A Sloper Finessing Obsessive checking in again

Brooks Mustard Leather Bar Tape @ £15 had to be worth a punt?

Paul Metcalfe was indeed right, the black tyres were no match for the previous gumwalls (always make me think of my dad's dentures) AND NOW the bar tape coordinates with the tyres



Brooks-Mustard by obswerve, on Flickr


Brooks-Mustard2 by obswerve, on Flickr


RRA-Mustard-Zip-Roll by obswerve, on Flickr

Very very smart

[Otto]

fuggly stem extender but keeps the weight off my dodgy post fracture wrist...

[interzen]

Needs a green saddle.

Just sayin', like 

[Otto]

Needs a green saddle.

Just sayin', like 

Lol... it does... but there is a lot of bum-time invested in the brown one

[bumper]

My ever shrinking fleet

Kona King Zing


Ridgeback Platinum


Cube Ltd Pro

[Hammerman]

I had a Dawes Horizon a while ago and really liked it, but they have now stopped making them and whilst this year they now offer a cheap Galaxy it is alloy frame and really nasty parts.

So a search found that Spa cycles have them in stock, so over the weekend I pdi'd it and changed the parts that I had spare etc.

Did a short ride on Sunday to make sure all is well and I am very pleased with it.

I have a Dawes Horizon as well, bought it 2 1/2 years ago. I've been thinking of selling it but after seeing your photo, it reminded me how much I enjoyed riding it, not that fast but still put a smile on my face. Not going to sell it now. Thanks

[mcshroom]

They are lovely bikes. I just took mine out on a rough stuff fellowship ride, and it has also been my main audax bike this year. It's a shame Dawes went messing around with the touring range this year (the old horizon is probably closest to the 2013 Galaxy, which is now chromo steel not R531)

Spa are still selling the 53cm Horizon for £500 which is a good price for the bike.

[Andrew Br]

Spa are still selling the 53cm Horizon for £500 which is a good price for the bike.

Ssshh !
I've just alerted a friend to that following the sad demise of her much loved and widely travelled old Horizon.
I don't want them to sell out before she's been able to get one   

[interzen]

My ever shrinking fleet

[...]

Needs moar Genesis.

G'wan, you know you want to 

[bumper]

Was buying another but the @:%# I was buying it off sold it to someone else. It was orange with alfine too!

We'd arranged to meet at the weekend but got a message saying it was sold so don't bother calling over

[mcshroom]

Not as impulsive as it seems, but this weekend's RSF ride (and Saturday's realization that the hybrid was unsalvageable) led me to press the buy button for this which I picked up today


It's a 2011/12 Voodoo Bantu. When I've got it sorted (and the floods recede outside) I'll go and get it muddy

[Squarewheels]

Shweet (this thread is really bad for me... ).

Jealous much....

[toestrap]

Mutton dreassed as lamb , a galaxy makeover:

[Oscar's dad]

I like your Hope 1 mounted on the fork.  Can we have a close up of that?  You even got a colour match!

[clarion]

That works very nicely

[toestrap]

Thanks, image herewith



Rear view. There's a light bracket boss brazed on the fork which first took one of those nEver Ready tin lights with the switch on top.

The bracket I've fettled (botched) is a sandwich of a small length of pipe (salvaged from the children's ex-climbing frame) covered with inner tube held between two penny washers and held in place by a bolt to said braxe on. Finding a bolt was a journey of learning as the thread is British Standard Cycle:
http://www.britishfasteners.com/threads/bsc.html

Onto that I've used an Exposure mount as per method described elsewhere on this site which means I can move the light from bike to bike easily. (I will now have to adjust the red plastic shim now I've seen it's not seated properly)

[Oscar's dad]

Very neat!

[clarion]

A better (cheaper) version of the Paul mounting I have on my Romany.

[slope]

Mutton dreassed as lamb , a galaxy makeover:

Looks good Which brake calipers?

[toestrap]

Looks good Which brake calipers?

They are Tektro R365 dual pivot. It's a revelation to be able to stop with a fully loaded touring bike in the wet. The originals, Weinnman centre-pulls, were best described as 'exciting' under those conditions.

[Oscar's dad]

Looks good Which brake calipers?

They are Tektro R365 dual pivot. It's a revelation to be able to stop with a fully loaded touring bike in the wet. The originals, Weinnman centre-pulls, were best described as 'exciting' under those conditions.

Blimey, I can remember when Weinnman centre pulls were the dog's doo-dahs.   I toured fully ladened through the Alps with them.  I think I've still got the adjustment tool somewhere.

[toestrap]

Looks good Which brake calipers?

They are Tektro R365 dual pivot. It's a revelation to be able to stop with a fully loaded touring bike in the wet. The originals, Weinnman centre-pulls, were best described as 'exciting' under those conditions.

Blimey, I can remember when Weinnman centre pulls were the dog's doo-dahs.   I toured fully ladened through the Alps with them.  I think I've still got the adjustment tool somewhere.

Yep, I'm glad I didn't have one of the other options available at the time. Thankfully Alpine touring was beyond me at the time - respect.

[Ruth]

Not as impulsive as it seems, but this weekend's RSF ride (and Saturday's realization that the hybrid was unsalvageable) led me to press the buy button for this which I picked up today


It's a 2011/12 Voodoo Bantu. When I've got it sorted (and the floods recede outside) I'll go and get it muddy

Niiiice!  You went for it then?  Congratulations on the happy new arrival mcshroom!

Beautifully composed shot, I must say.