Interesting and Unusual Bikes You've Seen

[Oaky]

Unusual bike at the lights at Holborn/Chancery Lane (or possibly Grays Inn Road) this morning.

A Raleigh, I think, with delta brakes and an odd frame arrangement with a horizontal top tube, standard rear triangle, but the downtube joined the seat tube quite high up.

It had a decal saying "Paris" in what looked to be quite a 70s or 80s font on the downtube, but doing a quick search for "Raleigh" and "paris" seems to only bring up step though frames.

It was running as a fixed, and looked in excellent nick.

[cyclone]

A Raleigh, I think, with delta brakes and an odd frame arrangement with a horizontal top tube, standard rear triangle, but the downtube joined the seat tube quite high up.

It had a decal saying "Paris" in what looked to be quite a 70s or 80s font on the downtube, but doing a quick search for "Raleigh" and "paris" seems to only bring up step though frames.

Paris were an independent maker, brand and stle of bike re-born at Condor - dont know how to clicky the link. definately on their website tho... If it was original then well

[LittleWheelsandBig]

Look for Paris Galibier, the stated intent was that the repositioned down tube acted as a torque tube.  Traditionally the seat tube lug cracked.

[Hilldodger]

We've just had a brand new Greenspeed tandem trike delivered.

£7000 worth

[Oaky]

Aha - thanks cyclone and LWaB.

That is indeed what it was.  Dont' know if it was a Condor-reborn one or not, but that's definitely the beastie!

[Mr Larrington]

Look for Paris Galibier, the stated intent was that the repositioned down tube acted as a torque tube.  Traditionally the seat tube lug cracked.

Paris Galibier, the frame which redefined the term "bottom bracket flex".  Yes, I know "Stopper" Clarke used to go very well on one, but imagine how well he'd have gone were he not diverting a significant portion of his energy into bending a steel tube

[citoyen]

Just had to pop up to Condor, and as I was pootling up the Grays Inn Road, I was passed by a pair of Gocycles.



Turned out they were going into Condor too, so I got a better look at them. I know they've been much discussed on the forum already, and I have nothing new to add, but I thought they looked quite nice. And they seem to be pretty zippy too.

d.

[Adrian]

Don't they belong in  thread for mopeds?

[Clandy]

Don't they belong in  thread for mopeds?

+1


A couple of moped riders nearly had me off recently:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/697jEsat_zw&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/697jEsat_zw&rel=1</a>

[Wendy]

Don't they belong in  thread for mopeds?

Err no.  They are most definitely bicycles.

[citoyen]

If they're welcome in Condor, that's good enough for me.

d.

[corshamjim]

Today I saw a cycles maximus loaded up with bicycles on the K&A Canal towpath, and near Dundas Aqueduct a Circe Helios tandem (in tandem lot workbike config).  As a rider of a Pashley Paramount myself I was also pleased to see a Pashley Poppy in Pink.

[PaulF]

A Ti 69er - no sniggering  at the back.

[jezhiggins]

Heading home past Edgbaston Cricket ground, yesterday, passed a recumbent heading the other way, possibly an Optima of some sort.  I was on my newly eBayed tandem with my 6 year old son stoking.  The recumbent rider and I exchanged not-normal-bike-owners glances (a relative of the man-pushing-pram nod).

[Kim]

Heading home past Edgbaston Cricket ground, yesterday, passed a recumbent heading the other way, possibly an Optima of some sort.  I was on my newly eBayed tandem with my 6 year son stoking.  The recumbent rider and I exchanged not-normal-bike-owners glances (a relative of the man-pushing-pram nod).

Ah, this one's eligible for the Forumite spotting thread

That was me on a HPV Streetmachine.  

(I also have a tandem, but it's still a work in progress)

[jezhiggins]

That was me on a HPV Streetmachine.  

And it looked awesomely cool.  I'm currently trying to wear down my wife by gentle attrition - so perhaps in another year or two, I'll be able to join you

[clarion]

I saw a very pink Dave Yates in Upper Tooting today.  It's very unusual to see anything other than BSOs parked up there.

Which reminds me.  Yesterday morning, I saw a woman on a very pink Pearson Velo Rose, and dressed in pink Pearson kit.  I hoped she was going my way, because I very rarely see fast cyclists in our area.  But she never appeared, so she must have been heading south.

[Zipperhead]

I saw a Condor built Paris Galibier heading over Westminster Bridge on Tuesday evening.

[Greenbank]

I saw a Condor built Paris Galibier heading over Westminster Bridge on Tuesday evening.

With frame flex under power causing it to straddle both lanes?

[Zipperhead]

It was travelling at 90 degrees to me, so I wouldn't have noticed any variation of less than two three lanes.

[clarion]

I saw a chap on a singlespeed Enigma this morning.  He was fast.

Which reminds me.  A couple of days ago, near Stockwell, I saw a Ti Seven with S&S couplings.  He wasn't so fast

[jezhiggins]

A chap on a recumbent weaving his way through Canal Basin in Birmingham.  The bike looked like a Chopper that had been stretched.  My lad Harry did not, I'm afraid, consider it cool.

[clarion]

At Pearsons yesterday there was a Raleigh Chiltern which had had a rear extension welded on to take a massive trailer.

[clarion]

Not frightfully unusual, nor (to most people) interesting, but I saw the first example of a Ridgeback Solo in the wild (other than mine, of course) on Saturday, lying on the grass in London Fields, not far from the yacf gathering point.  No rider in evidence, sadly.

[fred the great]

Today, I saw a Unomo or was it Umono Ladies shopping bike complete with basket? at a local Buddhist Temple.

The name had faded a little but a couple of stickers proclaimed it was made in Japan.

Quite a nice basic bike as far as I could see.

The lady had bought it 2nd hand and didn't know it's history.