Author Topic: Members' bikes (Read 2441900 times)

border-rider · « **Reply #575 on:** 03 September, 2008, 11:12:22 am »

Bargain !

The bottom bracket on my MC cost almost that much

If you include the tool to fit it, it was more.

токамак · « **Reply #576 on:** 03 September, 2008, 11:18:10 am »

This is going to be my next build project, Principia Evolution 2004.

It was supplied with most of the decals missing, but I'm not that bothered and got £50 off because of it.

Dinamo · « **Reply #577 on:** 03 September, 2008, 06:38:47 pm »

Quote from: Greenbank on 03 September, 2008, 11:10:55 am

Quote from: Dinamo on 03 September, 2008, 10:51:35 am
My new Giant Bowery - purchased from Pearsons Cycles for the bargain price of £225 reduced from £350.
First Single Speed / Fixed Wheel i've ridden, will get used to the 72' gearing as SS before trying to ride Fixed for 1st time !

Nice. Considering some fixed Audaxing?

Maybe some flat ones !!!

Chris S · « **Reply #578 on:** 03 September, 2008, 07:18:11 pm »

Quote from: Dinamo on 03 September, 2008, 10:51:35 am

{bike pr0n snipped}

My new Giant Bowery - purchased from Pearsons Cycles for the bargain price of £225 reduced from £350.
First Single Speed / Fixed Wheel i've ridden, will get used to the 72' gearing as SS before trying to ride Fixed for 1st time !

I was ogling one of those at Madgetts today, though Mick is asking a rather less keen £299.

We decided it was a bike looking for a cause. There's clearance for guards at the front, but not the back. No mount points for a rear rack, but it has two sets of bottle cage bosses. Odd.

Didn't stop me coveting it muchly.

For £225 though, I'd be thinking about one for The Lad to commute to school on.

hatler · « **Reply #579 on:** 03 September, 2008, 09:13:48 pm »

Three weeks and 100 miles old (I've been away a bit and used my old bike for work for a couple of days).

GruB · « **Reply #580 on:** 03 September, 2008, 09:16:14 pm »

vince · « **Reply #581 on:** 03 September, 2008, 09:21:59 pm »

I'm getting n⁺¹itis just looking at that.

hatler · « **Reply #582 on:** 03 September, 2008, 09:27:15 pm »

Possibly a couple more pics to follow when I get round to it.

vince · « **Reply #583 on:** 03 September, 2008, 09:31:03 pm »

You're not really helping are you?

When do we get a review?

hatler · « **Reply #584 on:** 03 September, 2008, 09:35:59 pm »

Quote from: vince on 03 September, 2008, 09:31:03 pm

You're not really helping are you?

When do we get a review?

Sorry. But you know you want to.

Review HERE in The Knowledge. Perhaps I ought to pop something into Reviews.

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #585 on:** 03 September, 2008, 09:36:19 pm »

Very nice Hatler!

I hope you are going to give that a good thrashing in the Surrey Hills next weekend

hatler · « **Reply #586 on:** 03 September, 2008, 09:39:24 pm »

Quote from: Sergeant Pluck on 03 September, 2008, 09:36:19 pm

Very nice Hatler!

I hope you are going to give that a good thrashing in the Surrey Hills next weekend

Why thangyou !!

I would love to but most probably not. I'll be in deepest Sussex enjoying what might possibly be the last warm weekend at the 'van. However, the Surrey Hills are just calling out for this to be ridden round them. Perhaps at the official event in February ? I don't think I am going to try with small-hatler on the trailer bike again when it's cold.

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #587 on:** 03 September, 2008, 09:45:54 pm »

Methinks you need a titanium rack for that bike.

hatler · « **Reply #588 on:** 03 September, 2008, 10:02:21 pm »

Quote from: Sergeant Pluck on 03 September, 2008, 09:45:54 pm

Methinks you need a titanium rack for that bike.

Oh help. Of course I do. Who makes them ?

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #589 on:** 03 September, 2008, 10:09:59 pm »

Tubus.

http://www.bikeplus.co.uk/cgi-bin/quikstore.pl?store=&search=yes&detail=yes&product=PRREAR75&category=Tubus_Pannier_Racks&keywords=&hits_seen=&page=search.html&and=&affiliate_id

They've been advertised for donkeys in lots of places but they never seem to actually arrive. I suspect this is because they break.

They'd be a mere £130 odd.

hatler · « **Reply #590 on:** 03 September, 2008, 10:15:23 pm »

Aaaaagggghhhhhh gurgle gurgle froth froth

That would be cool.

border-rider · « **Reply #591 on:** 03 September, 2008, 10:15:50 pm »

Tubus aren't really significantly lighter than a high-end Al rack - and yes, they do tend to fall apart. As did my mate's on the way back from PBP03.

Look on Wiggle - Tubus Fly and a TorTec Ultralite are the same weight - 400 g - and the TorTec is half the price and bombproof

That Ti one is a whole 200 g lighter and £100 dearer

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #592 on:** 03 September, 2008, 10:24:20 pm »

50 p a gramme - bargain

citoyen · « **Reply #593 on:** 04 September, 2008, 02:34:53 am »

hatler - Phwoar! That is all.

d.

Regulator · « **Reply #594 on:** 04 September, 2008, 10:25:25 am »

Quote from: Sergeant Pluck on 03 September, 2008, 10:09:59 pm

Tubus.

http://www.bikeplus.co.uk/cgi-bin/quikstore.pl?store=&search=yes&detail=yes&product=PRREAR75&category=Tubus_Pannier_Racks&keywords=&hits_seen=&page=search.html&and=&affiliate_id

They've been advertised for donkeys in lots of places but they never seem to actually arrive. I suspect this is because they break.

They'd be a mere £130 odd.

Interestingly, when I bought Ting Tong I was advised against getting a Ti rack, as they are not that robust apparently.

mike · « **Reply #595 on:** 19 September, 2008, 08:25:38 am »

a glorious addition to the stable - a 'too cheap to refuse' steel time trial frame with a rather fetching paint job:

Frenchie · « **Reply #596 on:** 19 September, 2008, 08:33:21 am »

Nice. Question: How much faster...? You can answer next spring!

border-rider · « **Reply #597 on:** 19 September, 2008, 08:38:18 am »

Very nice !

I remember when Eddie Mcgrath was a struggling bike shop having to specialise in kids bikes to keep afloat. The boy done well

hatler · « **Reply #598 on:** 19 September, 2008, 11:09:19 am »

The old.

The new.

Chris N · « **Reply #599 on:** 19 September, 2008, 11:39:29 am »

Good god man, what's all that red tape? Don't you have any zip ties?

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