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andrewc

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5975 on: 13 January, 2013, 02:27:56 pm »
Very nice. I saw one at the York rally last year and it looked a lovely bike.
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Sergeant Pluck

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5976 on: 13 January, 2013, 02:37:42 pm »
Quote from: Jurek on 13 January, 2013, 01:58:22 pm
Every time I look at one of Pluck's posts, he seems to have added another bike to his fleet  ;)

I only have 2 bikes now :( That one and my Bob Jackson.

Mind you, I am on the waiting list for something nice later this year...
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Jurek

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5977 on: 13 January, 2013, 08:14:48 pm »
Quote from: Sergeant Pluck on 13 January, 2013, 02:37:42 pm
Quote from: Jurek on 13 January, 2013, 01:58:22 pm
Every time I look at one of Pluck's posts, he seems to have added another bike to his fleet  ;)

I only have 2 bikes now :( That one and my Bob Jackson.

Mind you, I am on the waiting list for something nice later this year...

The Jamis ???
When did that disappear? You'd only had that ten minutes, the last time I saw you...
TBF - I've not kept up with these pages.
Which makes it  bit of a struggle as to who is riding what  these days.

J
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Torslanda

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5978 on: 13 January, 2013, 08:39:11 pm »
This is how the Festina Peugeot turned out.

The bar tape was the customer's choice.



Not looking bad to say it's 14 years old.
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Quote from: trekker12 on 16 July, 2016, 08:54:33 am
Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

Wobbly John

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5979 on: 13 January, 2013, 08:41:48 pm »
*puts straight edge against monitior*

Yep, that downtube is bent - it's not just the sticker giving an optical delusion.  ::-)
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Jurek

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5980 on: 13 January, 2013, 08:44:31 pm »
Quote from: Wobbly John on 13 January, 2013, 08:41:48 pm
*puts straight edge against monitior*

Yep, that downtube is bent - it's not just the sticker giving an optical delusion.  ::-)

First thing that crossed my mind, oddly enough....
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Canardly

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5981 on: 13 January, 2013, 08:44:44 pm »
So are the forks  ::-)
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Sergeant Pluck

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5982 on: 13 January, 2013, 08:49:08 pm »
Quote from: Jurek on 13 January, 2013, 08:14:48 pm
When did that disappear? You'd only had that ten minutes, the last time I saw you...

Well, not quite so quick. But it didn't really suit me and I decided to get what I had originally intended to get when I took an enjoyable test ride on the Jamis. A lot of the bits on the Disc Trucker are from that bike.

Quote from: Jurek on 13 January, 2013, 08:44:31 pm
Quote from: Wobbly John on 13 January, 2013, 08:41:48 pm
*puts straight edge against monitior*

Yep, that downtube is bent - it's not just the sticker giving an optical delusion.  ::-)

First thing that crossed my mind, oddly enough....

Presumably necessitating the seat stay rear mech cabling.
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Peter

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5983 on: 13 January, 2013, 08:51:39 pm »
Quote from: Sergeant Pluck on 13 January, 2013, 08:49:08 pm
Quote from: Jurek on 13 January, 2013, 08:14:48 pm
When did that disappear? You'd only had that ten minutes, the last time I saw you...

Well, not quite so quick. But it didn't really suit me and I decided to get what I had originally intended to get when I took an enjoyable test ride on the Jamis. A lot of the bits on the Disc Trucker are from that bike.

Quote from: Jurek on 13 January, 2013, 08:44:31 pm
Quote from: Wobbly John on 13 January, 2013, 08:41:48 pm
*puts straight edge against monitior*

Yep, that downtube is bent - it's not just the sticker giving an optical delusion.  ::-)

First thing that crossed my mind, oddly enough....

Presumably necessitating the seat stay rear mech cabling.

I don't know if people are joking or not, but I've looked this model up on the web and there are loads of images from all over Europe of it with a curvature in the down tube, so presumably it was built that way.

Peter
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Wobbly John

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5984 on: 13 January, 2013, 09:07:20 pm »
Quote from: Sergeant Pluck on 13 January, 2013, 08:49:08 pm
Presumably necessitating the seat stay rear mech cabling.

I wish more road frame were built that way - it seems much more sensible.
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Peter

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5985 on: 13 January, 2013, 09:15:40 pm »
Wobbly, what's the thinking behind it?  Or are you talking mainly about the cable run?

Peter
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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5986 on: 13 January, 2013, 09:22:06 pm »
Quote from: torslanda on 13 January, 2013, 08:39:11 pm
This is how the Festina Peugeot turned out.

The bar tape was the customer's choice.



Not looking bad to say it's 14 years old.



Very nice :thumbsup:
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Wobbly John

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5987 on: 13 January, 2013, 09:23:36 pm »
Cable run - why still take the cables round the, mud splattered, bottom bracket and then loop it nearly 1800 to enter the mech?
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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5988 on: 13 January, 2013, 09:42:56 pm »
I never understood the design ethos behind the curved downtube, it was 1998 and well before the resurgence of the road bike market, the frame design carries major cues from the all-dominant MTB sector.

All three cables run along the nearside of the (flat sided) top tube - that's 'cross bar' in old money - and the forks never were bent.

Raked, yes. Bent, no.

The young lad whose dad bought it was extremely happy . . .
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Quote from: trekker12 on 16 July, 2016, 08:54:33 am
Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

Torslanda

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5989 on: 15 January, 2013, 09:05:01 pm »
New company car/school bus . . .



Pure Marmite  ;D
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Quote from: trekker12 on 16 July, 2016, 08:54:33 am
Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5990 on: 15 January, 2013, 09:22:18 pm »
Laid back!
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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5991 on: 15 January, 2013, 10:08:22 pm »
Quote from: torslanda on 15 January, 2013, 09:05:01 pm
New company car/school bus . . .
Pure Marmite  ;D

looks comfy. with a bit of customisation could be even good for the longest british audax :D
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Torslanda

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5992 on: 15 January, 2013, 10:29:34 pm »
Quote from: zigzag on 15 January, 2013, 10:08:22 pm
Quote from: torslanda on 15 January, 2013, 09:05:01 pm
New company car/school bus . . .
Pure Marmite  ;D

looks comfy. with a bit of customisation could be even good for the longest british audax :D

Bollocks to that . . .  :thumbsup:
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Quote from: trekker12 on 16 July, 2016, 08:54:33 am
Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

Kim

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5993 on: 15 January, 2013, 10:31:23 pm »
More importantly, what's it like off-road? :)
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LEE

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5994 on: 15 January, 2013, 10:36:53 pm »
Quote from: torslanda on 15 January, 2013, 09:05:01 pm
New company car/school bus . . .

WTF?

Did you Photoshop that?

I need to see a video of a human riding that.
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Torslanda

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5995 on: 15 January, 2013, 11:15:30 pm »
Quote from: Kim on 15 January, 2013, 10:31:23 pm
More importantly, what's it like off-road? :)

I hadn't thought to try it . . . Yet.

Quote from: Paul Metcalfe on 15 January, 2013, 10:36:53 pm
Quote from: torslanda on 15 January, 2013, 09:05:01 pm
New company car/school bus . . .

WTF?

Did you Photoshop that?

I need to see a video of a human riding that.

No, did I bollocks . . .

That there's a Giant Revive, a 'crank-forward' or 'not-quite-recumbent'. I bought it as a promotional tool for the bike shop and to attach a tagalong so I can take the youngest to school by bike instead of driving 3 miles a day.

And because I always wanted one.

And because I can.
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Quote from: trekker12 on 16 July, 2016, 08:54:33 am
Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

Torslanda

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5996 on: 15 January, 2013, 11:21:02 pm »
Quote from: Paul Metcalfe on 15 January, 2013, 10:36:53 pm

I need to see a video of a human riding that.

Get your backside to civilisation Manchester and you can ride it yourself . . .  :o
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Quote from: trekker12 on 16 July, 2016, 08:54:33 am
Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

Kim

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5997 on: 15 January, 2013, 11:26:52 pm »
Quote from: Paul Metcalfe on 15 January, 2013, 10:36:53 pm
Quote from: torslanda on 15 January, 2013, 09:05:01 pm
New company car/school bus . . .

WTF?

Did you Photoshop that?

I need to see a video of a human riding that.

Compact short wheelbase, innit.  All the performance disadvantages of a DF bike, combined with those of a recumbent.  They've fallen out of fashion as recumbent trikes have improved, but are still pretty good machines if you Don't Get On With Saddles and do a lot of stop-start riding in traffic.  They're very easy to ride, and a lot less awkward than trikes.
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Torslanda

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5998 on: 15 January, 2013, 11:35:22 pm »
Your wish is my command!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q-TDKFKWywA&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/Q-TDKFKWywA&rel=1</a>
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Quote from: trekker12 on 16 July, 2016, 08:54:33 am
Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

MacB

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #5999 on: 16 January, 2013, 10:33:56 am »
good video but is missing the appropriate soundtrack:-

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/1D5Sa2Yq-2g&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/1D5Sa2Yq-2g&rel=1</a>
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