Author Topic: Members Fixed Gear & SS (Read 334596 times)

marcusjb · « **Reply #875 on:** 24 February, 2013, 04:42:51 pm »

Sargeant. How long have you lived in Chiswicky direction? Have you commuted on that last year?

I swear I followed you a couple of times last summer. Certainly someone with a blue BJ anyway!

DrMekon · « **Reply #876 on:** 24 February, 2013, 04:50:29 pm »

I was 'on the rivet' trying to improve a strava segment on my fixed.

greenmeansgo · « **Reply #877 on:** 24 February, 2013, 05:06:07 pm »

Quote from: phantasmagoriana on 24 February, 2013, 01:57:46 pm

What's the saddle bag? I'm thinking forwards to a possible LEJOG on a road bike without panniers....

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #878 on:** 24 February, 2013, 05:28:50 pm »

Quote from: marcusjb on 24 February, 2013, 04:42:51 pm

Sargeant. How long have you lived in Chiswicky direction? Have you commuted on that last year?

I swear I followed you a couple of times last summer. Certainly someone with a blue BJ anyway!

I moved here in October, but before that I was across the river in Kew / Sheen. The bike had black or no mudguards until recently though.

phantasmagoriana · « **Reply #879 on:** 24 February, 2013, 05:51:42 pm »

Quote from: greenmeansgo on 24 February, 2013, 05:06:07 pm

What's the saddle bag? I'm thinking forwards to a possible LEJOG on a road bike without panniers....

It's a Carradura Maxi.

marcusjb · « **Reply #880 on:** 24 February, 2013, 06:00:58 pm »

Quote from: Sergeant Pluck on 24 February, 2013, 05:28:50 pm

Quote from: marcusjb on 24 February, 2013, 04:42:51 pm
Sargeant. How long have you lived in Chiswicky direction? Have you commuted on that last year?

I swear I followed you a couple of times last summer. Certainly someone with a blue BJ anyway!

I moved here in October, but before that I was across the river in Kew / Sheen. The bike had black or no mudguards until recently though.

May not have been you, but I have distinct memories of two occasions following a lovely blue Bob Jackson through kensington and hammer smith, ridden by someone just that little bit too fast for me!

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #881 on:** 24 February, 2013, 06:06:06 pm »

Quote from: marcusjb on 24 February, 2013, 06:00:58 pm

ridden by someone just that little bit too fast for me!

Definitely not me then...

greenmeansgo · « **Reply #882 on:** 25 February, 2013, 09:35:37 am »

Quote from: phantasmagoriana on 24 February, 2013, 05:51:42 pm

Quote from: greenmeansgo on 24 February, 2013, 05:06:07 pm
What's the saddle bag? I'm thinking forwards to a possible LEJOG on a road bike without panniers....

It's a Carradura Maxi.

Thanks!

Deano · « **Reply #883 on:** 25 February, 2013, 05:52:06 pm »

Quote from: phantasmagoriana on 24 February, 2013, 01:57:46 pm

The project bike:

Frame is probably (not 100% sure) a Freddie Grubb of indeterminate age (but it's pretty old, I think). Has been subject to a DIY paintjob from a previous owner and doesn't look great, so the intention is to have it powdercoated at some point (though I might actually save up and get it properly enamelled...). I wanted to ride it a bit first though, as there's no point in paying £lots to make it look pretty if I don't like the way it rides. Eventually it will probably sport the honey Brooks that's been on a bookshelf since I decided it looked wrong on the hybrid, along with some matching bar tape and handlebar streamers. In the meantime, I've got zebra stripy bar tape. Like splash, but different.

I've been saying for ages, we need to do a Durham pub run.

interzen · « **Reply #884 on:** 25 February, 2013, 06:03:21 pm »

Quote from: Deano on 25 February, 2013, 05:52:06 pm

I've been saying for ages, we need to do a Durham pub run.

(but seriously, I'd be up for that one weekend if I'm visiting my folks)

Deano · « **Reply #885 on:** 25 February, 2013, 08:45:57 pm »

It's probably quite unlikely, unless Slowcoach comes out to play. But who knows, if there's demand...

phantasmagoriana · « **Reply #886 on:** 26 February, 2013, 01:15:23 pm »

Durham pub run sounds good! Though I'd bring gears, and lots of them...

IanDG · « **Reply #887 on:** 10 March, 2013, 09:13:02 am »

P3109327a by windy_, on Flickr

P3109346a by windy_, on Flickr

P3109335a by windy_, on Flickr

P3109344a by windy_, on Flickr

P3109333a by windy_, on Flickr

38x16 with 28c Vittoria Randonneurs (63.6")

I've still got a Carradice Bagman and Barley saddlebag to fit

clarion · « **Reply #888 on:** 10 March, 2013, 09:20:44 am »

Cor, mister, that's a nice bike you got there. How many gears has it got? One? That's rubbish!

jogler · « **Reply #889 on:** 10 March, 2013, 12:05:57 pm »

That's very very nice Windy.I particularly like the clip'nstraps.

Fixedwheelnut · « **Reply #890 on:** 10 March, 2013, 01:47:19 pm »

That is beautiful Windy

Feline · « **Reply #891 on:** 10 March, 2013, 02:39:46 pm »

What a lovely bike Windy

LindaG · « **Reply #892 on:** 19 March, 2013, 10:59:31 am »

Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce Josette? Or Joan, when I've made my mind up.

Peugeot mixte frame circa 1983, Carbolite 103 steel, front wheel Campag hub provided by Clarion, rear wheel Suntour hub, mavic rim, built by the Great And Mighty MSeries. Campagnolo brake levers, Deda bars, pedals and toeclips swiped from torslanda's road bike (with the amazing perpetual motion bearings), chainset rescued from my dead Pompino, Brooks saddle obtained from tiermat. Original 'guards and rac. New powdercoated shiny stem provided by torslanda. Original android phone pouch.

Now, I could have built this myself but I don't trust myself making vehicles, since making jam sandwiches sometimes ends in disaster and for given values of 'disaster' there's potential for Bad Stuff here. So a Facebook exchange with John of John's Bikes, Middleton, led to the swift purchase of a frame on e-bay and there was no going back after that.

I think she's beautiful.

Pictured yesterday after she'd been to shyumu's for a coffee and a natter, and come home through a curtain of polystyrene balls.

She rides lovely she does.

LEE · « **Reply #893 on:** 19 March, 2013, 11:02:32 am »

that's lovely

clarion · « **Reply #894 on:** 19 March, 2013, 11:04:53 am »

LG, that is a lovely bike, and I hope to see it in the metal sometime soon.

IanDG · « **Reply #895 on:** 19 March, 2013, 11:38:23 am »

Quote from: Lindagordinho on 19 March, 2013, 10:59:31 am

Very nice

LindaG · « **Reply #896 on:** 19 March, 2013, 11:39:30 am »

Quote from: Paul Metcalfe on 19 March, 2013, 11:02:32 am

that's lovely

Yes, it really is. Beautiful lines.

tiermat · « **Reply #897 on:** 19 March, 2013, 11:41:23 am »

Quote from: clarion on 19 March, 2013, 11:04:53 am

LG, that is a lovely bike, and I hope to see it in the metal sometime soon.

That photo really doesn't do the colour any justice.

It is a lovely, lovely bike, and something different from all the other fixies you see out on the streets.

LindaG · « **Reply #898 on:** 19 March, 2013, 11:46:09 am »

Quote from: tiermat on 19 March, 2013, 11:41:23 am

That photo really doesn't do the colour any justice.

It is a lovely, lovely bike, and something different from all the other fixies you see out on the streets.

Singlespeeds, on the other hand ...

http://michauxclub.com/

jogler · « **Reply #899 on:** 19 March, 2013, 08:41:27 pm »

Quote from: Lindagordinho on 19 March, 2013, 10:59:31 am

I think she's beautiful.

bike & rider

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