Members' bikes

[Dinamo]

Bought a second hand bike last week for the bargain price a £50.
A 1990's Peugeot Equipe DBS !





May well change the saddle 

[Domestique]

Thats nice 
How can you go wrong for £50 

[Dinamo]

Thats nice 
How can you go wrong for £50 

included recently fitted new chain and 2 new tyres 

[Luke]

Rejigged Pompino

What length stem are you using for the flat bars? And what length have you used for drops?

I'm thinking of sticking a flat bar/bar end combo on my Kaffenback, which has drops atm, and a 80mm stem.

Thanks. 

[border-rider]

I think it's 110 mm.  Anyway, it's the same stem as I used with drops. Probably a bit long...

[Domestique]

Thats nice 
How can you go wrong for £50 

included recently fitted new chain and 2 new tyres 

You should show it off on Retrobike 

[Ray 6701]

Bought a second hand bike last week for the bargain price a £50.
A 1990's Peugeot Equipe DBS !



May well change the saddle 

Bargain    Those bars look bloody huge though 

[Blah]

Nice to see it being used - if I'm correct in thinking that was once in my parts box...

[Charlotte]

*moment*

Dirty 

[border-rider]

Nice to see it being used - if I'm correct in thinking that was once in my parts box...

It was - thanks again !

I've been trying to figure how to fit it for a couple of years.  The lack of a cable hanger threw me for a while, and I sent ages trying to buy one, until a useful chap at SJS told me that no such thing exists and that I should make one.  So I did

I burned out the old roller brake earlier this year, so it had become a bit of a priority.


I've just bought one of these for it

Hebie makes your bike complete : Chainglider 350 38/42/44

so it'll be even more like a Dutch Roadster soon

[Oscar's dad]

*moment*

Dirty 

I had a moment too which has cost me about £200 thus far.  For some time I have been thinking of converting my hardtail MTB cum tourer cum jack of all trades to disc brakes.  Your disc equipped tourer inspired me to finally pull my finger out.  Chelmer Cycles have just supplied me with a pair of Mavic hoops which should have cost £170 but I paid much less.  eBay is supplying a pair of Avid BB7s for less than they should be.  A new block, chain and cables has also been purchased.

Thanks for the nudge in the right direction, I have some fun fettling to look forward to     

[redshift]

Good luck.  Just make sure the forks can take the strain.  One reason for the Kona P2 is that Paul said his standard fork wouldn't be anything like up to the job.

I feel a little proud to have given Charlotte a moment, however small.   

[Tail End Charlie]

Nice bike, Redshift. Great combination of new (discs) and old (DT levers). Every time I ride my bike with DT levers, I wonder why I bother with other shifters.

[Tail End Charlie]

Bought a second hand bike last week for the bargain price a £50.
A 1990's Peugeot Equipe DBS !





May well change the saddle 

Why can't I ever find a bike like this to fettle? Nice one dinamo.

[Torslanda]

Want a 70's Houldsworth 531?

[Oscar's dad]

Good luck.  Just make sure the forks can take the strain.  One reason for the Kona P2 is that Paul said his standard fork wouldn't be anything like up to the job.

I feel a little proud to have given Charlotte a moment, however small.   

Your warning is well advised but my forks are MTB suspension forks with all the bolt on points so we should be safe. 

Pictures to follow when the fettling has finished.

[ed_o_brain]

Nice bike, Redshift. Great combination of new (discs) and old (DT levers). Every time I ride my bike with DT levers, I wonder why I bother with other shifters.

+1 on both the bike and use of DT shifters.

[Tail End Charlie]

Want a 70's Houldsworth 531?

PM'd you.

[Oaky]

I had a moment too which has cost me about £200 thus far.  For some time I have been thinking of converting my hardtail MTB cum tourer cum jack of all trades to disc brakes.  Your disc equipped tourer inspired me to finally pull my finger out.  Chelmer Cycles have just supplied me with a pair of Mavic hoops which should have cost £170 but I paid much less.  eBay is supplying a pair of Avid BB7s for less than they should be.  A new block, chain and cables has also been purchased.

Thanks for the nudge in the right direction, I have some fun fettling to look forward to     

In time-honoured fashion, once you've built it up, I will volunteer to ride behind and pick up anything that falls off when you first take it out.

[Oscar's dad]

Thanks mate. I will provide the dustpan and brush!

[LEE]

It's not a new bike but it feels like it. (it's almost 5 years old and 10,000 miles)

Back in June I needed to raise my saddle (Brooks sag) but the seat post was Stuck.  One thing led to another and, once the seat post got mashed up, the bike found its way to the back of the bike shed for the next 5 months.

Once I got the seatpost out, I spent some time with T-Cut, Mer Polish and grease.

I doubt it will ever get such a deep clean for some time.

It was great to be out on it again.  It's a bit of a tank but it's a great winter bike as it just trundles silently over potholes.  Once I get PBP out of the way I fully intend to load it up with panniers and use it for it's original purpose, lugging luggage between campsites.

[longers]

I felt quite well prepared for the commute home yesterday.



This was taken with the work camera and any attempt to recreate the Hulver/Lance photo isn't happening with this camera. I've still lost mine.

[matthew]

I felt quite well prepared for the commute home yesterday.



This was taken with the work camera and any attempt to recreate the Hulver/Lance photo isn't happening with this camera. I've still lost mine.

Black hewitt, check
wide arm canti brakes, check
son front dynamo, check
black brooks B17 saddle, check

why have you taken the front carrier off my bike?

A good set up and I've carried curtain rails in a simmilar manner before.

[longers]

why have you taken the front carrier off my bike?

I'm afraid I've never fitted one, did get one with the bike though.
It's third hand to me as the chaps who had it before were both around 4" taller and it weren't a good fit.

Really happy with it, very versatile. And comfy.

[border-rider]

Rejigged the Pompino to be a local shopping/pub/town trips bike.

It's now got a SA 2-speed kick-operated coaster brake hub: kick back to change gear, back-pedal to brake. No cables, so it's no more cluttered than when it was fixed.

I also replaced the old burned-out roller brake bit of the dynohub with one with a cooling fin

I've now fitted a Hebie Chainglider chaincase for the full 21st Century Roadster effect



It seems to meet with feline approval, and now she won't even get oily !



It's totally enclosed; that casing floats on the chain in a kind of sea of oiliness, and I can pop to the pub and not get my trousers oily - plus the transmission is entirely shielded from the winter grot.  Should last ages.

Here's the encased back end:



and here's the front:



I got a bombproof Goldtec 38 tooth 1/8 ring for £15 (bargain) and with a 22T sprocket on the back that gives me a 64" rolling gear and a mid-40s gear for the steep bits.

There's a little bit of whoosh from the chaincase when it's being ridden, but no more so than tyre noise on a wet road, and the drag is pretty imperceptible.  Given that it has an old Shimano dynohub and Marathon Plus tyres, anyway.

It's now got a Supernova E3 Triple front light, with the multimount bracket. That involved drilling through the fork crown to fit, but it's a good place to mount it.

edit: Oh yeah, and single-sided SPDs, with a platform on the other side for use with civvie shoes if needed.

That bike's come a long way in 7 years or so:



What's original: frame (not forks); handlebar stem; headset &  bearings; rack; chaintugs; pedals.