Members' bikes

[Paul]

Hello!

Using this as a kind of introduction.
I'm a regular poster over at lfgss (mostly bike tag), but I don't ride a fixed or singlespeed, so I decided to sign up here.

Here are my bikes:
snipLooking forward to using the forum!
 

Welcome.

Nice bikes - quill-tastic.

And lovely photos.

[Butterfly]

Hello!

Using this as a kind of introduction.
I'm a regular poster over at lfgss (mostly bike tag), but I don't ride a fixed or singlespeed, so I decided to sign up here.

Here are my bikes:
snipLooking forward to using the forum!
 

Welcome.

Nice bikes - quill-tastic.

And lovely photos.

Indeed. The bikes are ok, but that tiled corridor is lovely .

[clarion]

Parked outside a terrible cafe in Southwark:

[PaulF]

Cool! Holding the wheelie into a parking space

[clarion]

I iz teh awsum

[zigzag]

n+1;

cool bike, is this the revised one? i have the same model wheels on my folder

[LEE]

Parked outside a terrible cafe in Southwark:

You pay for the views though.

[clarion]

Oh aye.  Location is everything

(Having said that, it is only a short way from one of the most photographed tourist attractions in the world.  It's on Tower Bridge Road )

[LEE]

Very elegant Raid.

[Rhys W]

I liked it when carbon bikes aped skinny-tubed lugged steel. The best looking bike ever made imho is the Colnago C40.

[L CC]

From the sublime to the ridiculous.
Ice ice baby


Gears are for wimps¹



It may need a mudguard 



This bike was the first 'real' bike I bought, back in (I think) 2004. I stopped smoking for 22 weeks to pay for it, and spent my weekends humiliating bigger boys² on the bridleways of Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire. Occasionally we went further afield and I beat them all up big hills in Wales. Good times. Nice to have it back in service.
¹Or tandems, fast bikes and hilly rides
² I was skinnier then, and a bit of a mountain goat (comparatively).

[Torslanda]

Chain's a bit . . .

Oh, never mind!

[clarion]

Invincible!

[LEE]

Courtesy of Revrob (of this (and his own) Parish)



I see it as my ideal Winter bike.  Low maintenance and reliable.

However, having seen it (and felt how light it is) I may invest some time and money into it next year, when the sun finally comes out.

For now I'll probably fit a bigger chainring, one of my Brooks saddles (unless this one is OK), possibly a new set of SKS guards and see winter out on it.

Anyway, watch this space.

[got]

here's my pride and joy


reynolds 853 king of mercia, campag athena, open pros on ambrosio zenith hubs, nitto bars and stem, brooks swift.

white may not have been the most sensible colour for irish roads, but sure what the hell, i like it!

[clarion]

Pretty

[Rhys W]

Nice to see the bars at the right angle, right height and with the levers in the right place - for a change! Lovely bike.

[eck]

Nice to see the bars at the right angle, right height and with the levers in the right place - for a change! Lovely bike.

+1. Yes, very nice (even with a Brooks  )

[hubner]

Nice to see the bars at the right angle, right height and with the levers in the right place - for a change! Lovely bike.

I'm sure it's a nice bike but the frame's too small; the stem is too far out of the frame, with most stems it would be past the min insertion line.

[marcusjb]

here's my pride and joy


reynolds 853 king of mercia, campag athena, open pros on ambrosio zenith hubs, nitto bars and stem, brooks swift.

white may not have been the most sensible colour for irish roads, but sure what the hell, i like it!

Beautiful.  Love the colours you've chosen for the barber's pole.

[LEE]

I very nearly got a Red/White Barber's pole paint job when I had a Mercian rennovation.

If the bike had been a Mercian then I would have because it really shouts "I've got a Mercian".

[Moose57]

here's my pride and joy


reynolds 853 king of mercia, campag athena, open pros on ambrosio zenith hubs, nitto bars and stem, brooks swift.

white may not have been the most sensible colour for irish roads, but sure what the hell, i like it!

White is a perfect choice for any roads, in my humble opinion.

[got]

thanks all!

re the stem: it's a standard height nitto, and is inserted past the minimum insertion line. i've been comfortable with that setup so far, but have quite a lot of vertical room to play around with if i want to drop the bars any.

and i can't take credit for the colour choice-there's a model on the mercian website done in those colours, and when i saw it i knew that was what i wanted!

[Feline]

Lovely Mercian, Got 

[Tomsk]

The lovely Konnie: Winterised and ready for anything [except speed of course  ]

No more cakked-up pivoty, slidey bits. Now can I have some Old Man Mountain racks for Christmas please?

Probably should cut down the front mudguard stays I know, but they clear my size 11s. Amazingly there are threaded eyes on the sliding rear drop-outs!