Members' bikes

[Ruth]

My new bike. I love it very much.



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It occurs to me that you could be referred to as...
The Pink Pedaler of Penzance.

you could be related to The Pink Panther or The Pirates of Penzance
or The Pink Pirates
or The Penzance Panthers


IGMC

Which reminds me - does this bike have a name?

[phantasmagoriana]

Slope's latest fettle. Sportive slaying, carbon crushing all steel awesome mile eating glide minx with twin rear nukelear pods (top secret joint venture between well known concerns in Nelson, Lancashire and Dounreay).

Lovely!

[cornwallkaren]

My new bike. I love it very much.



xDSC01909fb by smart tart, on Flickr

Despite being a chap I am passionate about encouraging more women to ride bikes (part of the reason for the cycling group I run - see link in my sig line below).  If more women realised they could have a bike that looked like yours, and no doubt rides as beautifully as yours, I think there would be more on the road.  Of course women's bikes don't have to be pink, although yours is very pretty, my point is that bikes can be easily customised to suit the tastes of the rider.

I hope you have many happy mikes together 

Thank you... it's been a real life saver for me. I have a very bad back problem and cycling is by far the best exercise for me to do. Add my busy dog to the mix, and the fact that I live right by the sea, and you have a recipe for enjoyable, irresistible exercise. My last bike was not bad, a hybrid, but wasn't exactly the right size and couldn't be set up precisely right. I did do 2,000 very happy miles on it though! And I live in West Cornwall so none of them were flat miles.
 I went up to Lincoln to order a custom frame from Dave Yates, he even let me mix my own colour. He's very intuitive, and between him and the Cycle Centre in Penzance, who did everything else, I have the most amazing bike I could have imagined! It seems to ride itself, it's like riding air. And I can't bear to not be cycling.
As far as encouraging women to cycle, I cannot recommend it enough. There are other reasons apart from my back problem which make me say If I can do it, so can anyone. And if you can sell your old stuff on Ebay, you can buy yourself a bike like this.
Go for it!

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That bike is so gorgeous, it really is Karen 

Thank you Ruthie, I can't really say how delighted I am with it. It's been quite a long project, but worth every minute and every penny. BIG SMILY FACE!

[cornwallkaren]

My new bike. I love it very much.



xDSC01909fb by smart tart, on Flickr

It occurs to me that you could be referred to as...
The Pink Pedaler of Penzance.

you could be related to The Pink Panther or The Pirates of Penzance
or The Pink Pirates
or The Penzance Panthers


IGMC

Good thinking, but I live seven miles west of Penzance.. thinking of calling her an old fashioned flower name as she's the same colour as the campions that are everywhere right now.... but she obviously is the sort of bike that would have a name.

[cornwallkaren]

that pink bike is stunning!  Dave yates is a fenland genius.

we're having some sheds rebuilt so i had to empty them into the garage for a couple of weeks.  Apparently this is 'enough' bikes...



(4 of them are hers..)

Thank you, it came out lovely! I see you are in need of a pink bike, the Lincoln area does good ones,I hear!

[clarion]

P6135192 by TJ Clarion, on Flickr

P6140032m by TJ Clarion, on Flickr

P6140058 by TJ Clarion, on Flickr

Not my bike, though.

[Tom M]

Unfortunately my hand seems be be encroaching slightly so rather shadowy on the right. Atop the Long Mynd in Shropshire

[clarion]

What you mean is that you applied the 'half-vignette' filter for that semi-retro look.

[PaulF]

Just finished building this

[bumper]

God, I love that

[PaulF]

God, I love that

Even more fun to ride than look at!

[trumpet]

Should be comfy on a 600km audax ! - But seriously, Fatbikes are great fun.

[ijsbrand]

My 1980 Gazelle Sprinter Race, with its Reynolds 531 frame, that originally came with Suntour VX derailleur, and currently has a Shimano Nexus 8 gear hub.

Gazelle made Raleigh bikes too during that era. So my Sprinter Race supposedly is a Raleigh -- and there is hardly a way to set it up with the frontbrake on the left side; as other mainland Europe bikes do.

[jogler]

What type of saddle bag are you using on that bike ijsbrand?

[delthebike]

Found an unusual bike stand today.

[ijsbrand]

What type of saddle bag are you using on that bike ijsbrand?

A confusing combination of things. Under the saddle a standard Vaude mini bag, with just a spare tube and levers, but hanging from the saddle at the rear is a Carradice cape roll with some other things.

[delthebike]

To go with Saxon Warrior here is my Brompton with AUK awk! 

[Blodwyn Pig]

Blodwyn in 'beach mode'

[Juan Martín]

I like that a lot, very nice!

[slope]

^ Is that a de-blacked Zefal HPX pump lurking on your seatstay?

[LEE]

Blodwyn in 'beach mode'

I like it so much I used it (well an almost identical Bob Jackon beloning to a Richard Wareham) as a template for my British Eagle renovation.



At some point I owe it to myself to buy a  "Honey" Brooks and matching bar tape.  Maybe for my Orbit Single-Speed.

[Moultonaught]

Did I 'hear' someone say "Honey Brooks and matching bar tape"..... 



the tape needs to age a bit more,  to catch up with the older saddle...

[Blodwyn Pig]

^ Is that a de-blacked Zefal HPX pump lurking on your seatstay?

it is indeed, took off the end connector, then slid off the lower plastic hand grip, and then nitromoors and wire wool, followed by brasso.  Also modified the end so that it sits on 2 pump pegs properly. you obviously have an eye for detail.

[slope]

^ Is that a de-blacked Zefal HPX pump lurking on your seatstay?

it is indeed, took off the end connector, then slid off the lower plastic hand grip, and then nitromoors and wire wool, followed by brasso.  Also modified the end so that it sits on 2 pump pegs properly. you obviously have an eye for detail.

  I have 3 HPXs that upset me with their blackness. I bought a silver Silca Impero - but it's rather plastic looking I shall Blodwynize a Zefal, with your permission? My Longstaff has the seatstay mounting position like your BJ - so note taken re modification of bottom end

[JennyB]

Ghostdancer at the Gap of Dunloe.

This is the ebike on which I rode the 360km first day of the Mile Failte 1200. I would have ridden more, but I kept getting lost and had to go knocking doors in the middle of the night. 

There’s a Bafang BBS01 motor on the bottom bracket which is very quiet, but effective on the many bastard hills. The bottom of the saddlebag holds a 20ah battery made up of Sanyo V3 cells, and a couple of 6amp chargers. The chargers together are bigger than the battery, but during a sit-down stop they extended the range by more than two km per minute. 

 Altogether, about a nine kg weight penalty.