Members' bikes

[HeltorChasca]

Fresh out of the LBS. Saddle needs to go up. In fact they were going to put it up a bit more but I was so impatient to be out on it, I told them not to bother!


After a little bit of time with the allen keys. Rack, different saddle, different pedals, and just back from a short test ride. Needs mudguards, a dynamo and probably some other stuff yet but it's ready to ride.

Ford make very nice bikes if that's what you went for in the end. Heard they are phasing out blackish.

Had you chosen to go with another Surly (DT was on your shortlist remember?) your heart would have turned even blacker.

(I really like it. Something I would have gone for. Sloping top tube . I had a Spesh in the past and I thought it was quali'y.)

[Cudzoziemiec]

I've decided it's not Goth at all. It's anarcho-punk with a touch of clerical cassock. 

I need to find a way to lower that rack a little without tilting it forward.

[Kim]

Let the tyres down?   

[Samuel D]

The bicycle looks good in that sleek, modern way,* but the rack does not flatter it. Do you need such a heavy-duty model? Its latticework of tubes clashes with the straightforward shapes of the frame.

I’m imagining a Tubus Fly in its place. No good for your needs?



* Post-industrial Gothic if you ask me!

[Cudzoziemiec]

Post-industrial Gothic is a far better description than Goth. (Would John Ruskin have liked it? Probably not, and I'm not sure I'd care either way.)

Tubus is nice but £$€. This rack is practical; it's extra rails allow panniers to be attached or detached while the top is occupied, handy for repacking on station platforms after denuding the bike for train carriage. And it is supposed to be a going-on-holiday bike. 

Kim: Thank you so much for your help. 

[Ruthie]

Post-industrial Gothic is a far better description than Goth. (Would John Ruskin have liked it? Probably not, and I'm not sure I'd care either way.)

Tubus is nice but £$€. This rack is practical; it's extra rails allow panniers to be attached or detached while the top is occupied, handy for repacking on station platforms after denuding the bike for train carriage. And it is supposed to be a going-on-holiday bike. 

Kim: Thank you so much for your help. 

My ex had that rack.  It was brilliant, but I fear it went in a skip.  What is it and where did you get it?  It'd be perfect for cycle camping, which I intend to do again at some point.

[Cudzoziemiec]

It's a Tortec Expedition rack. I got mine from Tredz, about £28. I have a vague feeling silver ones might be a couple of quid cheaper for some reason (probably just to annoy me). You could get one from the same place or fish it out of your ex's bin! (Really, Ruthie, throwing out a perfectly good pannier rack, even in the heat of post-apocalyptic hyper-nuclear meltdown, is inexcusable.  But get on your bike and go cyclecamping! Right now! Or at least when spring comes.)

[Torslanda]

I shall be adding a single shade of grey shortly.

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[Oscar's dad]

I shall be adding a single shade of grey shortly.

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My new (old, classic) bike from John's (aka Torslanda's) Bikes. More pictures and words to follow when I have more time ...

[Cudzoziemiec]

Very nice bike. Subtle shade of grey indeed, neither dark nor light. Is T.J. Quick an olde frame builder or is it Torslanda?

But... who's that uncoordinated colour-clashing goon riding it? 

[TimC]

SRAM? Confuses the hell out of me. How'd you get on with it?

Edit: apart from being 6" too tall, it looks a nice, classic bike.

[Oscar's dad]

Very nice bike. Subtle shade of grey indeed, neither dark nor light. Is T.J. Quick an olde frame builder or is it Torslanda?

But... who's that uncoordinated colour-clashing goon riding it? 

TJ Quick is an olde frame builder.  I have unearthed a few bits of info on him which I will collate and post here when time allows.

The multi-coloured goon is Audax Club Mid-Essex's lowest AUK point scorer    I think I amassed 4 last season and none so far this season.

[Oscar's dad]

SRAM? Confuses the hell out of me. How'd you get on with it?

Edit: apart from being 6" too tall, it looks a nice, classic bike.

Once Torslanda offered me the frame it seemed a good opportunity to have a bike which was completely different from what I have had before and as I've never used SRAM kit it was an obvious choice, so far its working well.

Does your 6" comment infer it would be too big for you?  If so I thought it might be too small for me but feels OK.  The geometry is much tighter than I'm used to, it feels like the track bikes we ride at the velodrome.  But it was surprisingly comfy on Saturday's 70 mile ride.  It's bloomin' quick though!

[Cudzoziemiec]

Very nice bike. Subtle shade of grey indeed, neither dark nor light. Is T.J. Quick an olde frame builder or is it Torslanda?

But... who's that uncoordinated colour-clashing goon riding it? 

TJ Quick is an olde frame builder.  I have unearthed a few bits of info on him which I will collate and post here when time allows.

The multi-coloured goon is Audax Club Mid-Essex's lowest AUK point scorer    I think I amassed 4 last season and none so far this season.

All the best riders get 4 points a season.  This is a fact.

[Samuel D]

Are the tyres Grand Prix 4-Season? I must know everyone’s tyres!

Nice machine.

[Torslanda]

Sitting here grinning like an eejit!

Glad you like it.

[Samuel D]

Did you do the mudguards, Torslanda? A tidy job whoever did it.

[Oscar's dad]

Are the tyres Grand Prix 4-Season? I must know everyone’s tyres!

Nice machine.

On my bike?  If so, yes they are.  I've been a Schwalbe fan boy for many a year but I'm slowly beginning to trust Conti.

[Oscar's dad]

Did you do the mudguards, Torslanda? A tidy job whoever did it.

He did, kind of.  They are PDW Full Metal Fenders (the narrow version) and came off my Ribble which donated a few other parts to the TJ Quick machine.

[Oscar's dad]

Sitting here grinning like an eejit!

Glad you like it.

Quite rightly so 

[bobb]

No jar of marmite 

[Oscar's dad]

No jar of marmite 

I'll see what I can do.

[LEE]

Are the tyres Grand Prix 4-Season? I must know everyone’s tyres!

Nice machine.

On my bike?  If so, yes they are.  I've been a Schwalbe fan boy for many a year but I'm slowly beginning to trust Conti.

Conti 4-Seasons are the best tyre I ever used.  I have though paid less for car tyres in the past.

[Robh]

I shall be adding a single shade of grey shortly.

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My new (old, classic) bike from John's (aka Torslanda's) Bikes. More pictures and words to follow when I have more time ...

It looks like Torslanda has done a fine job with that old frame. Hope you have many happy miles on it!

[fuzzy]

I shall be adding a single shade of grey shortly.

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My new (old, classic) bike from John's (aka Torslanda's) Bikes. More pictures and words to follow when I have more time ...

It looks like Torslanda has done a fine job with that old frame. Hope you have many happy miles on it!

I didn't know Torslanda had medical qualifications!