Members' bikes

[border-rider]

Hell of a respray

[delthebike]

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

Function over form. 

[Sergeant Pluck]

Great bike Hatler, hope you have a lot of good miles on it.

I share Chris N's horror regarding the tape though 

[hatler]

I know. Sorry about the red. I didn't have any black to hand. As soon as I do the red's going.

[hatler]

Hell of a respray

[hatler]

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

Tape's lighter. 

[border-rider]

By the way, have you stolen my old garage door ?

[hatler]

By the way, have you stolen my old garage door ?

And your bricks !!

Am I in the wrong house ?

I wondered who that woman was last night.   

[Woofage]

By the way, have you stolen my old garage door ?

No, but he has stolen your gears

IGMC...

[border-rider]

Oh Clarion...



I spent  a happy couple of hours putting this back on the road at lunchtime

I may use it on the Stroud ride tomorrow since the forecast looks good

[border-rider]

I wondered who that woman was last night.   

That'll be Mrs Berry.  That's who we sold the house to

[clarion]

Oh dear, MV, your stays are all bent.  Did you have a smash?

[blackpuddinonnabike]

Oh dear, MV, your stays are all bent.  Did you have a smash?

Tightened the chain too much...

[RJ]

(Probably not the first, but:)

Phwoar!  Look at the lugs on that!

(Coat?  OK)

[Torslanda]

Nice view of Elizabeth Castle. . .  We'll get back there one day.

J

[Deano]

Nice view of Elizabeth Castle. . .  We'll get back there one day.

J

Torslanda - it's St Michael's Mount, actually

Sorry, should've made it clear!

[Hot Flatus]

Built up with the DA groupset from my Trek 5500, plus new cassette, carbon bars and post.  Ridden today for an hour.  Loverly... it's the extra stiff one, but very very comfy too.  A dream to ride in fact.

[Sergeant Pluck]

Very nice indeed, M. Pumpé 

[Bigdaveskinnytyre]

I've got the normal 585 and it's fantastic, best race bike I've ever had and like you say very comfy.

[Regulator]

Built up with the DA groupset from my Trek 5500, plus new cassette, carbon bars and post.  Ridden today for an hour.  Loverly... it's the extra stiff one, but very very comfy too.  A dream to ride in fact.

Nowt like an extra stiff one, eh Mr P?   

Beautiful machine!   

[Bigdaveskinnytyre]

Inspired  by MPs 585 I thought I'd post a couple of the current stable.



The 585 (not the extra stiff one), I got a stupidly good deal on this as a complete bike, new old stock with Ultegra, I then put all the Dura Ace kit from my Omega on it. It's changed a little since this pic, white tape, white flite saddle, bottle cages and slightly lowered stem. The wheels are the EX fat boy version with a few extra spokes.

And the cross bikes



In this guise, double chainset, reflex rims and dugasts stripped for racing they weigh about 20 pounds

However, this one is set up for the 3 peaks tommorow.



CXP33s Schwalbe Landcruisers, triple chainset, toolpack and survival bag padding, comes in at 25 pounds.

[bobajobrob]

Built up with the DA groupset from my Trek 5500, plus new cassette, carbon bars and post. 

Bloody hell, that was quick!

Ridden today for an hour.  Loverly... it's the extra stiff one, but very very comfy too.  A dream to ride in fact.

Fnarr, fnarr.

[Frenchie]

Wow, M. Pumpé! I could nearly desire a geared bike suddenly!  Beautiful.  And its sounds like a great ride too.

[GruB]

You can't beat nice stiff carbon.  I must show you mine 

Relax, I'm just kidding people.

Nice one MP.  Can't wait to go for a Cream Tea ride to see how you go up those hills.

[Hot Flatus]

Can't wait to go for a Cream Tea ride to see how you go up those hills.

It just floats up them regardless of what I do.  Today I even pedalled backwards up a 1-in-5 and it still flew up.