Members' bikes

[IanDG]

I'm trying not to take offence that you've mentioned triathalon

I'm accusing you of no more than being a deep section rim user!  

It's the train of thought I find offensive  

I don't understand the aversion to triathlon.  What's not to like?

my thoughts too

second only to beach volleyball  

I'll get me coat mac!

[Deano]

My refurbished tourer.

[clarion]

Loaded

[interzen]

Due to the retirement of my faithful Marin Point Reyes (frame has started to crack again - not good on aluminium ...)

Just curious as I have a Point Reyes also .... how & where is it cracking?

The weld between the downtube and the BB shell. Had it rewelded by a mate's son who has an alloy welding rig but it started to crack again fairly recently.

To be fair, the frame was of 1992 vintage and I tended to ride it in places it probably shouldn't have been ridden, so it owes me nothing.

[Forum Cat]

Thanks to the nice folk on this forum, my first bike for 30 years.


[img height=480 width=640]http://img.skitch.com/20110715-rrctc4965ttxu6dycf3wguef3u.jpg[/img]

 

[LEE]

Looks good, a whole lot better than that £450 Raleigh.

I'm assuming you are fairly short??

I bet you'll have lots of fun miles on it.

PS.  If you are just going for a nice pootle along country lanes then leave the lock at home, it probably weighs more than the bike frame.

[tiermat]

Looks good, a whole lot better than that £450 Raleigh.

I'm assuming you are fairly short??

I bet you'll have lots of fun miles on it.

PS.  If you are just going for a nice pootle along country lanes then leave the lock at home, it probably weighs more than the bike frame.

Of course he is, look, he's managed to get himself in the photo (big assumption on the gender BTW, apologies if I got it wrong )

[LEE]

Looks good, a whole lot better than that £450 Raleigh.

I'm assuming you are fairly short??

I bet you'll have lots of fun miles on it.

PS.  If you are just going for a nice pootle along country lanes then leave the lock at home, it probably weighs more than the bike frame.

Of course he is, look, he's managed to get himself in the photo (big assumption on the gender BTW, apologies if I got it wrong )

I'm sure there was no cat in the photo when I looked.

[tiermat]

Looks good, a whole lot better than that £450 Raleigh.

I'm assuming you are fairly short??

I bet you'll have lots of fun miles on it.

PS.  If you are just going for a nice pootle along country lanes then leave the lock at home, it probably weighs more than the bike frame.

Of course he is, look, he's managed to get himself in the photo (big assumption on the gender BTW, apologies if I got it wrong )

I'm sure there was no cat in the photo when I looked.

that's cats for you, one minute they aren't there, the next they are!!!

[Paul]

my first bike for 30 years.

Or, now that you are here, your first bike this year?

It's amazing coming across someone (here) who has been away from cycling for so long, but not unusual in the big world. I've not seen your posts to date, but I'm delighted that you are here; that you now have such a good looking* machine, and I hope you'll be here for a while.

(*Is the stem wierd? It looks like you've fitted a pencil in there. Don't ride it like that.)

[jogler]

my first bike for 30 years.

Or, now that you are here, your first bike this year?

It's amazing coming across someone (here) who has been away from cycling for so long, but not unusual in the big world. I've not seen your posts to date, but I'm delighted that you are here; that you now have such a good looking* machine, and I hope you'll be here for a while.

(*Is the stem wierd? It looks like you've fitted a pencil in there. Don't ride it like that.)

it's also amazing how close you (Forum Cat) are to the start of Paul's Pie ride

[Forum Cat]

my first bike for 30 years.

Or, now that you are here, your first bike this year?

It's amazing coming across someone (here) who has been away from cycling for so long, but not unusual in the big world. I've not seen your posts to date, but I'm delighted that you are here; that you now have such a good looking* machine, and I hope you'll be here for a while.

(*Is the stem wierd? It looks like you've fitted a pencil in there. Don't ride it like that.)

That was a really nice welcome.  Thank you.   

The stem has a white label as I am sure you worked out.   

For what it is worth I really enjoyed my first ride on it.  I think I may get hooked. 

FC

[LindaG]

My refurbished tourer.

I do like the paintjob.  Is that a gas bottle hanging from the top tube?

[Adrian]

I do like the paintjob.  Is that a gas bottle hanging from the top tube?

Or some form of ordinance?

[Deano]

It's a stainless steel water bottle, mundanely.

I'm quite pleased with the paint job, though close up it does look a bit shonky. My vision outmatched my technique.

[PH]

My refurbished tourer.

That looks really purposeful
But what have the tyres done to upset the mudguards and can't they make up and be friends again?

[clarion]

Yay Forumcat!  You got a good bike there.

[AnthCC]

I know, I've not been around for ages, then all I do is come back to try and show off a new bike, but what the hell (and I've been busy with NewJob...)

[Oscar's dad]

^^^  Flippin' heck.  What's that?  Looks fab!

[AnthCC]

Tis a Cotic >X< - built up at the mo as a fast-ish road bike, but just needs some 700c knobblies on for me to give CX a try later in the year if I manage to get the fitness up.

Love it after a few rides, but must caveat that I'm Cotic fanboy having had a Soul MTB for about 6/7 years now (the 73rd frame ever built).

[Cudzoziemiec]

It looks pretty zippy to me. The orange cable outers are a nice detail, they contrast well with the black and white frame.

[clarion]

Nice bike.

But great photo.

[mike]

going camping at the weekend, just checking it all works OK with little wheels..



 

[Oscar's dad]

That looks good. How are the front panniers mounted?

[mike]

they make a wee front rack for them, looks like this:
http://www.bicycledoctor.co.uk/p_pashleytsrfrontrack.html

because it's higher than normal low riders they're full size panniers on the front, seems to work fine as long as they're not too full (else they hit the drops... )