Author Topic: Members' bikes (Read 2453965 times)

Moloko · « **Reply #2675 on:** 26 February, 2010, 04:41:49 pm »

You should put the first picture last.

In order of squash consumption.

oncemore · « **Reply #2676 on:** 26 February, 2010, 07:17:18 pm »

I like the Aravis - really nice bike!

clarion · « **Reply #2677 on:** 26 February, 2010, 10:21:52 pm »

Dirty but hard-working and much loved (photo by Superstoker)

perpetual dan · « **Reply #2678 on:** 28 February, 2010, 02:02:48 pm »

I've finally had film processed, so here's a slightly delayed (from 2nd January) picture of a seafront ride with my mostly-commuter bike.

rdaviesb · « **Reply #2679 on:** 28 February, 2010, 07:12:14 pm »

N+1 ebay buy (plus bits from spares box) which has been assigned to utility (read heavy shopping and recycling centre) duties. Very impressed for just over 100 notes, and it's the first MTB I've owned. One of the gear shifters had to be replaced (a tenner from CRC's sales stock), and the brakes are going to be replaced with something that works better than the current items.

Brooks on an MTB - of course you can!

jogler · « **Reply #2680 on:** 28 February, 2010, 07:20:09 pm »

Quote from: rdaviesb on 28 February, 2010, 07:12:14 pm

Brooks on an MTB - of course you can!

yes indeed:my mtb has a B17 on it.

citoyen · « **Reply #2681 on:** 28 February, 2010, 07:22:05 pm »

Quote from: rdaviesb on 28 February, 2010, 07:12:14 pm

Brooks on an MTB - of course you can!

I'm thinking of putting a Brooks saddle on my carbon bike. Why sacrifice comfort for looks?

d.

jogler · « **Reply #2682 on:** 28 February, 2010, 07:41:47 pm »

I have a Brooks on my carbon bike too.A titanium-railed Swallow.The Langster also has the same type of saddle.
I have never regretted having my backside surgically altered to match the Brooks factory-template

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Sigurd Mudtracker · « **Reply #2683 on:** 28 February, 2010, 07:42:46 pm »

That will be a Y-Frame Large trailer? Very useful - I swithered about getting the small one or the large one, but when you're pulling several bags of cement and assorted odds and ends an extra kg more on the trailer hardly matters - plus the bigger load area makes all the difference.

ed_o_brain · « **Reply #2684 on:** 28 February, 2010, 07:53:06 pm »

Quote from: Sigurd Mudtracker on 28 February, 2010, 07:42:46 pm

That will be a Y-Frame Large trailer? Very useful - I swithered about getting the small one or the large one, but when you're pulling several bags of cement and assorted odds and ends an extra kg more on the trailer hardly matters - plus the bigger load area makes all the difference.

Still swithering about what the ideal affordable box or bag should be used with said trailer to retrieve a weeks worth of groceries...

rdaviesb · « **Reply #2685 on:** 28 February, 2010, 08:05:47 pm »

Quote from: ed_o_brain on 28 February, 2010, 07:53:06 pm

Quote from: Sigurd Mudtracker on 28 February, 2010, 07:42:46 pm
That will be a Y-Frame Large trailer? Very useful - I swithered about getting the small one or the large one, but when you're pulling several bags of cement and assorted odds and ends an extra kg more on the trailer hardly matters - plus the bigger load area makes all the difference.

Still swithering about what the ideal affordable box or bag should be used with said trailer to retrieve a weeks worth of groceries...

Definitely go for the Y Frame large trailer. I'm using boxes I bought in B&Q; pay a bit more for something that's a bit tougher than the norm. I can cope with two of the large boxes stacked on the trailer. Anything more could get ridiculously heavy, especially if you buy a lot of "liquids". The perennial problem of where to put rear lights has been solved using a couple of IKEA short table legs screwed into the rear of the trailer deck and as an added bonus they add an extra layer of security against stuff slipping off the back. A couple of SMART superflashes do more than enough too keep the bad boys away.

Tail End Charlie · « **Reply #2686 on:** 01 March, 2010, 08:43:33 pm »

Damn, I've been thinking about getting a trailer and had decided on a single wheeled one, but your pictures have made me unsure again.

DON'T suggest buying one of each. N+1 can't apply to trailers aswell.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #2687 on:** 01 March, 2010, 08:46:47 pm »

Quote from: Tail End Charlie on 01 March, 2010, 08:43:33 pm

Damn, I've been thinking about getting a trailer and had decided on a single wheeled one, but your pictures have made me unsure again.

DON'T suggest buying one of each. N+1 can't apply to trailers aswell.

You know it makes sense.

GruB · « **Reply #2688 on:** 01 March, 2010, 09:06:43 pm »

I looked at my bike today and thought it looked really sharp. I am very pleased with the set up and colour scheme. Mrs G has hidden the camera.

DrMekon · « **Reply #2689 on:** 01 March, 2010, 09:39:50 pm »

There's been some flooding. I felt safe knowing that I could retreat to to bin on the back should it get hairy.

Adrian · « **Reply #2690 on:** 01 March, 2010, 10:44:31 pm »

Quote from: Grub on 01 March, 2010, 09:06:43 pm

I looked at my bike today and thought it looked really sharp. I am very pleased with the set up and colour scheme. Mrs G has hidden the camera.

Is this because you have more photos of your bikes than of your children?

GruB · « **Reply #2691 on:** 02 March, 2010, 07:41:40 am »

No, I have plenty of photos of my children

Regulator · « **Reply #2692 on:** 02 March, 2010, 07:43:54 am »

Quote from: Grub on 02 March, 2010, 07:41:40 am

No, I have plenty of photos of my children

You have children?!?!

Given how much you spend on your bikes, how can you afford them?

gene hunt · « **Reply #2693 on:** 02 March, 2010, 11:53:23 pm »

Jacomus · « **Reply #2694 on:** 03 March, 2010, 09:13:20 am »

*drool*

PaulR · « **Reply #2695 on:** 03 March, 2010, 09:15:41 am »

Nicely set up Smoke there - a colleague recently bought one but it's an ungainly beast, so it's interesting to see how one can look.

clarion · « **Reply #2696 on:** 03 March, 2010, 09:28:15 am »

That looks right.

Moloko · « **Reply #2697 on:** 03 March, 2010, 09:35:17 am »

Nice. If Lance had that he'd be Stretch Armstrong.

(it seems more acute at a glance than it really is)

rogerzilla · « **Reply #2698 on:** 03 March, 2010, 06:43:32 pm »

It's bike photography in the style of Robert Mapplethorpe.

GruB · « **Reply #2699 on:** 03 March, 2010, 06:56:28 pm »

Seat post looks too long to me. How much is left in the frame?