Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => Audax => Topic started by: jamesld8 on 30 June, 2015, 05:03:33 pm
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Time for a `show us your bike` thread, what`ll you`ll be riding, luggage and lighting solutions
So here goes :
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3924/19293067022_b5e4dc414c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/voS1EA)shand 853 pbp (https://flic.kr/p/voS1EA) by jamesld8 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55935603@N05/), on Flickr
Frameset Shand Skinny Malinky, built in 853 in Scotland with Wound Up Carbon forks; accepts full 28mm tyres with mudguards easily
Groupset Campag Centaur carbon compact with a 13-30 ten speed cassette; wheels Hope Pro II 32 hole onto Open Pro rear with a SP PV8 dynohub on 32 h XR2 rim; tyres will be 25mm Conti 4000SII. Edelux II front light. Garmin Etrex30 GPS unit on the day.
Saddle an appropriate French made Gilles Berthoud Aspin, VO Grand Cru seatpost
Handlebars are very comfortable FSA K Wing compacts lots flat areas for hands to rest on
Carradice Nelson saddlebag (Barley wouldn't fit all my stuff comfortably, bit of a squeeze)
PDW alloy mudguards SPD MTB pedals
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A custom-built Alves tandem with Reynolds 853 tubing, 10sp Ergopower shifters, 8sp Shimano cassette and dynohub and a Phillips front light. I still need to tape the bars.
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1986 De Rosa, with 8 speed Dura Ace. Goes a long distance quietly and in style. (I have a picture somewhere)
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Havering between my old Lapierre and the new plastic Trek.
Problem is that the Lapierre needs a new saddle, the one that came with the Trek isn't bum-friendly beyond 100k, and breaking a new one in in 46 days will be touch & go. I have a 2006 Ti-frame Swallow practically unused that I was thinking of selling, but I might give it the deadly water-torture instead and see what happens.
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Orange Condor.
Same as last time except the brake levers don't wobble from side to side this time.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CIzveAlWUAA-NVa.jpg)
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This was my Lapierre after PBP 2007:
(http://www.pbase.com/johnewing/image/84571877.jpg)
Poor beast.
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...in the shed.
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A 2002 yellow Roberts Audax compact with 2015 chainrings, wheels, handlebars, cassette, chain, lumicycle lights, and pretty much anything else that isn't frame and rack. Oh - I got the pannier in 2014. And the bear dates from 1986. This is the bike I used for PBP in 2007 and Mille Alba.
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I found this vintage frame locally, in SE London - just building it up now, hopefully in time or PBP! Chain just needs a bit of oil... ;D
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/380/19306968761_6aaadbf977_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vq6gaK) (https://flic.kr/p/vq6gaK)
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(https://www.dropbox.com/s/velim78cmxo68qk/photo%2023-06-2015%2008%2031%2029.jpg?raw=1)
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I found this vintage frame locally, in SE London - just building it up now, hopefully in time or PBP! Chain just needs a bit of oil... ;D
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/380/19306968761_6aaadbf977_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vq6gaK) (https://flic.kr/p/vq6gaK)
Should I look for that tomorrow morning or have you now got it safely at home ?
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Should I look for that tomorrow morning or have you now got it safely at home ?
Managed to get it home safely last night... and all built up now - though I did have to replace most of the parts... ;D
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3897/19306984201_ec25291bc9_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vq6kKX) (https://flic.kr/p/vq6kKX)
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A 2010 Specialized Roubaix Elite, bought second hand late last year, equipped with Shimano 105 5700/5750 10 speed STI stuff. 50/34 & 11-28. Shimano hub dynamo, Mavic Open Pro rims. B&M Luxos U front light & B&M Seculite rear light. Smart battery LEDs as back up. Crudracer 2 mudguards. Gel pads under Cinelli cork bar tape. Specialized Toupe gel saddle. Garmin Edge 200.
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My Mercian will be carrying me round PBP for the 5th time.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6121/5974879179_f6ff180800_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/a6YPqg)
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It's an odd year.
(http://www.16inchwheels.uk/assets/images/DSCN2693.jpg) (http://www.16inchwheels.uk/2015/03/25/my-brompton-2015/)
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(http://www.nrtoone.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/11252720_10207059739471694_3424000217299153208_n.jpg)
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Same as LEL; my goldie' lookin' Ti Burls (https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fcUC0KffuMU/VWzFyAjiWnI/AAAAAAAAFOQ/FP61gCeJyuc/s640/01%252520My%252520bike%252520at%252520the%252520start.JPG) but hopefully with a much nicer seat post.
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/velim78cmxo68qk/photo%2023-06-2015%2008%2031%2029.jpg?raw=1)
I was admiring something like that bike outside a cafe in Blackmore, Essex, on Sunday at around 11h30. Was it yours?
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Yes that was me. Hello! Saw you guys just leaving, LEL jersey? Turns out the saddlebag is not really waterproof. ;)
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Bottom of picture.
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Yes that was me. Hello! Saw you guys just leaving, LEL jersey? Turns out the saddlebag is not really waterproof. ;)
Yip, that was us. Pippa discovered her skin is waterproof ;).
What brand is your Ti frame? I couldn't figure it out when I was admiring the bike at Blackmore.
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My Mercian will be carrying me round PBP for the 5th time.
is that a shiny nice new rear wheel i see, john? am assuming the one on which you finished WCW went back to its home in Islip?
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(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-deTZ2ixtS5M/VZOrrw6O_vI/AAAAAAAABx4/_9QN2VA-db4/s576/IMG_2902.JPG)
On PBP, the bike will additionally be equipped with an Ortlieb bar bag.
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Brian Taylor [notp] Essex Audax Legend [5xPBPs] will be riding his orange Peugeot of a certain vintage. I'll try and get a photo...must get one of my steed on here too.
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Yes that was me. Hello! Saw you guys just leaving, LEL jersey? Turns out the saddlebag is not really waterproof. ;)
Yip, that was us. Pippa discovered her skin is waterproof ;).
What brand is your Ti frame? I couldn't figure it out when I was admiring the bike at Blackmore.
Enigma Etape custom which I got one autumn evening some years ago near Colombia Road Flower market.
HED Belgiums Plus on Chris Kings Classic. Dura Ace 9 speed with Ultegra front brake and rear derailleur. Continental 4000II 25.
SP dynamo just arrived, will be built on a HED Ardennes 28.
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(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-olRzjJXSIxo/VXX2aZd-7HI/AAAAAAAAE98/rIy_XVFyfYA/s1280/a%252520Kirtons%252520600%252520i.jpg)
Correct, it's a TREK Domane 4.3. Well spotted.
Here it is looking shiny.
PBP will see the introduction of a rather huge Carradice Super-C saddlebag as the entire home-paris-brest-paris-home journey will be 11 days or so..
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oyuHs3lLN7s/VRVRD6kLyuI/AAAAAAAAEtE/pn28zSPPSlY/s1280/a%252520TREK%252520raceblades.jpg)
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My Mercian will be carrying me round PBP for the 5th time.
is that a shiny nice new rear wheel i see, john? am assuming the one on which you finished WCW went back to its home in Islip?
The picture is from 2011. The Islip wheel did indeed go home, but no need for a new wheel. I replaced the pawl spring (and the pawls, for good measure) in the old wheel and rode it home.
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Salsa Vaya in early season 600k mode carrying Audax Hotel accommodation niceties, probably slightly less loaded for PBP depending upon weather forecast. Monkey has done the qualifiers so he's allowed to come to France too!
(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j462/GHuggy/Audax%202015/IMG_0019_zps50xowfjl.jpg)
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I found this vintage frame locally, in SE London - just building it up now, hopefully in time or PBP! Chain just needs a bit of oil... ;D
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/380/19306968761_6aaadbf977_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vq6gaK) (https://flic.kr/p/vq6gaK)
Should I look for that tomorrow morning or have you now got it safely at home ?
It is still there as well.....
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Mine is an 1987 Koga Miyata Grantourer. It has done Vologda-Onega-Ladoga and the Silkroute 1200 already.
(http://fotoalbum.dds.nl/ivo_m/klassiekers/large/IMGP4516.jpg)
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(http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y387/Tomskinessex/Dunrun%202015%20001_zpsf82uluoo.jpg) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/Tomskinessex/media/Dunrun%202015%20001_zpsf82uluoo.jpg.html)
The lovely Bernardette, originally intended as a winter bike to save 'Poppy' the Parkes Lightweight, but a better fit [slightly bigger] lighter, stiffer and more comfortable too.
Genesis 853 Day-One Alfine Di2 frameset, Halo Calibre 38mm rims on Surly hubs, 28mm Conti 4 Seasons, TRP Spyre cable disc brakes with 160mm rotors, Alfine cranks with 47x19 [68"] Velo Solo transmission, Hope BB86 bottom bracket [the Shimano one I had originally creaked], KMC stainless 1/8 chain, fizik Cyrano seatpost, Bontrager 110mm stem, Merida shallow and wide 'bars, with two layers of Cinelli cork tape and strategically placed foam underneath, a well broken-in B17 standard.
(http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y387/Tomskinessex/Dunrun%202015%20004_zpsj4n96rzo.jpg) (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/Tomskinessex/media/Dunrun%202015%20004_zpsj4n96rzo.jpg.html)
And 'Boggis', the mascot with his LEL tartan ribbon exchanged for bleu-blanc-rouge, not an 'urs', but a 'singe' as I will tire of explaining, again...
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but a 'singe' as I will tire of explaining, again...
How appropriate during this year of the 200th anniversary of Waterloo. ;D
Take it to Hartlepool and hang it. ::-)
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Don't mention the War!
Vive La France...
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(http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt318/porkypete58/IMG_20150404_161338236_HDR_zpsw9g44atv.jpg)
Will be using a (slightly) bigger handlebar bag, and the saddlebag extended out a bit further.
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Fettling all but finished
2011
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6121/5974879179_f6ff180800_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/a6YPqg)
2015
(http://i.imgur.com/iWwa0JY.jpg)
Spot the differences.
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You're travelling lighter this time? But at least you get a drink...
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and you've got two proper wheels.....Is that a Coke can up front?
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I'm travelling lighter this time ;D
2011 mascot:
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8035/8051194235_d92684d248_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/dgstxH)
2015 mascot:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/513/19973030241_a88d2d2e5b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/wqX13n)
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Still building mine :facepalm: Should be ready tomorrow...
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(http://www.pbase.com/johnewing/image/160224080.jpg)
With a few extra bits.
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Still building mine :facepalm: Should be ready tomorrow...
Plenty of time yet! What will it be?
Alex Greenbank picked up his PBP bike from Condor just before the 2011 ride after his bike ?broke/was stolen?
I thought I was risking it with a completely different saddle for PBP. Rode 200km on it last weekend just fine though.
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I picked up my new PBP07 bike from Fidgetbuzz in St Quentin. I spent the first few hundred kms tightening various bolts and suchlike. The ride went fine.
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The Brymbinator, pictured here in full PBP kit, taking a comfort break in the gents public toilet at Pewsey on yesterday's Pangbourne-Westbury ride.
(http://browning.myzen.co.uk/lel-photos/Tifosi-at-Pewsey.jpg)
Only the tyres will change, from my standard Michelin Pro4 Endurance to Continental GP4000S.
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And your PBP bike is....... In need of a new BB and headset FFS >:( (It doesn't ever stop needing parts).
If anyone's got a nice Italian threaded Shimano 7400 series Dura Ace 70x113 square taper BB lying about.......?
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Plenty of time yet! What will it be?
Finished it yesterday :thumbsup:
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/11223489_10153548820462803_5523927896562765424_n.jpg?oh=9f562d111ae203cd2c3a669da1b838d2&oe=564D08E6)
Been a busy weekend of Audax bike building! Just finished this too for a mate...
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/l/t1.0-9/p180x540/11701174_10153548820502803_7927629530376569422_n.jpg?oh=414c164176709a9bd68d399137f726cb&oe=564E179B)
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^^^ hoping that all the fendered bikes will fend off the rain..
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Dirty!
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-nRlb_r8uj_0/VbUMGoLA5TI/AAAAAAAAAbw/Xr7wpdwfjZ8/w982-h553-no/2015-07-26.jpg)
We still need to remove the rear disk brake and put on a standard rim brake, and make a few more tweaks. It also needs to be taken apart for flying before being rebuilt in Paris.
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(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/262/20021549452_9f4aa7186b_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/wveF7u)IMG-20110825-00077 (https://flic.kr/p/wveF7u) by madcow99 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/16109958@N08/), on Flickr
Same as 2011. Trek Madone 5.2, with 48 -38-26 chainrings and Hope/Mavic Open Pro wheels .
Saddlebag may be different depending on my mood and weather.
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Dirty!
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-nRlb_r8uj_0/VbUMGoLA5TI/AAAAAAAAAbw/Xr7wpdwfjZ8/w982-h553-no/2015-07-26.jpg)
We still need to remove the rear disk brake and put on a standard rim brake, and make a few more tweaks. It also needs to be taken apart for flying before being rebuilt in Paris.
That frame looks as though it's inflatable – presta valve under the bottom bracket.
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Dirty!
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-nRlb_r8uj_0/VbUMGoLA5TI/AAAAAAAAAbw/Xr7wpdwfjZ8/w982-h553-no/2015-07-26.jpg)
We still need to remove the rear disk brake and put on a standard rim brake, and make a few more tweaks. It also needs to be taken apart for flying before being rebuilt in Paris.
That frame looks as though it's inflatable – presta valve under the bottom bracket.
It's not *that* light!
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Dirty!
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-nRlb_r8uj_0/VbUMGoLA5TI/AAAAAAAAAbw/Xr7wpdwfjZ8/w982-h553-no/2015-07-26.jpg)
We still need to remove the rear disk brake and put on a standard rim brake, and make a few more tweaks. It also needs to be taken apart for flying before being rebuilt in Paris.
That frame looks as though it's inflatable – presta valve under the bottom bracket.
It's not *that* light!
No, but the drainpipe looks as though it came from the supergun factory.
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i like the absence of second downtube, one of the best looking tandems i've seen
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i like the absence of second downtube, one of the best looking tandems i've seen
They are all starting to go that way. Ours has one, but the 2015 version doesn't.
Does look to make water bottles even more of a pain in the arse for tandems!
But, yes, they do look ace without them. And the things tandem looks super ace and Orange as well.
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i like the absence of second downtube, one of the best looking tandems i've seen
"Lateral" to be accurate. Once upon a time only cheap tandems didn't have them.
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And your PBP bike is...
...broken :(
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Oh noes. Fixable before the event though?
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Bloody hope so.
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Here she is, all ready to go.
(http://i.imgur.com/9jkO8in.jpg)
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Hello
my bike is quite ready, new tyres, new brake pads on the back , tried yesterday
(http://i.imgur.com/VGwKwB2.jpg)
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bike is fettled, tested, and ready to go :thumbsup:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5AEbImdkz2k/VcZc3lytkzI/AAAAAAAAEic/SlktuRmQw_I/s640-Ic42/2015-08-08%25252019.49.14_cr.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7CBFynfbY7Q/VcZc8Dj5mrI/AAAAAAAAEik/fhyE6VfFlCw/s640-Ic42/2015-08-08%25252019.50.13_cr.jpg)
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Packed and ready to go. Trek ION CX
(http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i99/zackl_2006/August%202015%20376.jpg)
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bike is fettled, tested, and ready to go :thumbsup:
Nice one zigzag! I like the Gold chain - Vino would be proud!
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2011
(http://sites.google.com/site/tencyclingclub/news-2/ihearttheparis-brest-paris/IMAG0153.jpg)
2015
(http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss244/tobygrill/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150807_122136244_zpsno9wu3tg.jpg)
I consider it to be the same setup, but when my new seatpost gets fitted tonight the only things still there from 2011 are the frame, forks, headset and Cateye Omni3 :P
Now where am I going to fit my frame number? ??? :facepalm:
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About time I did this:
The bike's a 2012 Ridgeback Platinum frame/forks with Ultegra 6700 shifters and Dura-Ace 7800 crankset/derailleurs. I built it in May for my 400 and 600.
It's on ITM Aero 3.0 wheels with GP4000s II tyres and has an Altura seatpost pack on the Fizik R3 seatpost. I'm bringing an additional Hope 1 light if I can get it working properly.
(http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i225/DCLane/DSCF4001_zpsoyx6gk0j.jpg)
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(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5821/20356491279_786ca1e836_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/x1QkDz)
Hopefully the mudguards can be removed. I'll make that call on the Sunday morning.
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2011
(http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae7/fboab/The%20French%20Ride/2011-08-20153954.jpg)
2015
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(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5766/20360329218_33866fe519_c.jpg)
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I'd be interested to learn who is riding the cheapest bike. Would it be a Ribble or a Triban?
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I'd be interested to learn who is riding the cheapest bike. Would it be a Ribble or a Triban?
Drew is on a bike that was free.
It did probably cost a lot in 193-whatever though.
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I'd be interested to learn who is riding the cheapest bike. Would it be a Ribble or a Triban?
Mine? Frame/forks were £50 from CycleChat plus other people's cast-offs.
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For some PBP folk, their bike is in a different country to them. Several options have been explored but DNSing PBP is not on the cards. Midday tomorrow is decision time.
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A missing bike arrived a little after midnight and is currently being assembled by a happy owner.
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A missing bike arrived a little after midnight and is currently being assembled by a happy owner.
I'm very glad to hear it! Have a marvellous PBP. I'll be watching your progress with interest.
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Feeling very, very nervous. What have I done?!
(http://i.imgur.com/RHJqTw2h.jpg)
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Feeling very, very nervous. What have I done?!
(http://i.imgur.com/RHJqTw2h.jpg)
Apart from having a spiffing bike that looks too big for me to ride, :facepalm:, nothing!
Relax and enjoy but keep on pedalling! :thumbsup:
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Good luck everyone! See you on the turn around
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Feeling very, very nervous. What have I done?!
(http://i.imgur.com/RHJqTw2h.jpg)
Nice bike. What is it?
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A custom Chinese made bastard bike :) Hope it hangs together. Welds look good...
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A custom Chinese made bastard bike :) Hope it hangs together. Welds look good...
It all looks good.
I too hope it hangs together.
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Still dirty.
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In need of a new disc mechanism.
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In need of a new front mech. It failed with 15k to go so I put it in the small ring and that was just fine.
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Still in bits in a box. It has served me well with 2xPBP and 1xLEL so far.
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Cleaned and prepped for the next ride :thumbsup:
The Ridgeback Platinum I used performed brilliantly apart from a noisy rear wheel which clicked when it was warm.
Not bad from a bike built from everyone else's cast-offs. In the 80-hour group D starters it looked decidedly low-rent with full mudguards, etc. ;D
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Carrying me home.
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Sitting relaxed in the garage as my next event (hopefully) will be done on the Airnimal.
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Needing new headset bearings I think.
It will get me home though (once the pissing rain in forges les Eaux passes!).
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....home (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/vindaloo77/100_1979.JPG), and awaiting further modification, which will largely involve removing all the components and paying a visit to the dump. It was built in haste for the qualifiers, and the trip to France, both of which tasks it has fulfilled, but it has issues and it's time has now come. Back to the drawing board.
To give thanks is well in order.
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A missing bike arrived a little after midnight and is currently being assembled by a happy owner.
I'm very glad to hear it! Have a marvellous PBP. I'll be watching your progress with interest.
We were incredibly happy to see her arrive, we were just heading to bed when we heard a diesel engine approaching and a little van appeared full of bike boxes and bags. The driver and passenger were very surprised and happy to see us hanging around the locked entrance to a campsite at midnight. Ultimately, the delay and worry was probably a significant contributor to us not completing in the fast time we were looking for, but at least we had fun, and a tandem to ride.
Having been split in two for a car ride, she's back together and was attracting a lot of attention on our ride from Portsmouth to Southampton yesterday. She still needs cleaning, the chain is filthy cos we didn't get around to cleaning it before we left the US.
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Ended up with flats front & rear, discovered on taking it out of camping car. Front has a cut in the tread that I can see through, rear had an ugly chunk of glass embedded in it. Reckon I picked them up between the finish and the camp site. Rear looks OK for future, front I'm not so sure. Maybe with a patch on the inside as a back-up. Brand new Conti GP4000 sII. :(
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being used for commuting this week, with frame plate still attached.
Yes I know this against The Rules, but sod it.
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In the living room, frame numbers removed and clean (ish - there are a lot of inaccessible places on a tandem which require more attention than we gave it on Sunday). Need to tension the timing chain - 1000 miles on a new chain without adjustment is quite a lot.
Suspect that it will soon be behind the dining table and not in use for a while (FHOOT having declared that we need to not ride very far for the next 2 weeks or so....)
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....still going strong. Took it out on the CTC ride yesterday, with a lot less in the rack bag. The cranks is still on tight!
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Oh yeah and the chain stayed tight throughout, which has been a problem on my forward facing dropouts and goldtec hubs in the past.
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Oh yeah and the chain stayed tight throughout, which has been a problem on my forward facing dropouts and goldtec hubs in the past.
I had to tighten my chain at Villaines la Juhel on the way out and it was then fine for the rest of the ride. Weird.
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Back home and back together again , but after two PBPs I am thinking of either (a) upgrading to a new Domane or (b) getting the frame resprayed cos there are one or two chips in the coating and renewing the drive train. Despite having it checked over by LBS , the front changer was very temeperamental, throwing the chain off the small chainring on too many occasions.
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frame plate still attached.
Yes I know this against The Rules, but sod it.
For some, maybe. Mine had the frame plate on the rear mudguard, so out of the way.
I've decided it's staying there.
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Back home and back together again , but after two PBPs I am thinking of either (a) upgrading to a new Domane or (b) getting the frame resprayed cos there are one or two chips in the coating and renewing the drive train. Despite having it checked over by LBS , the front changer was very temeperamental, throwing the chain off the small chainring on too many occasions.
My Domane was a dream to ride. Highly recommended.
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In good order after a fettle with the gears from a mechanic at about 400k.
BUT will be THROWING 105 triple 5600 series levers as far away from me as possible. So bad, but I never changed gear much on essex rides so never really noticed. Will have to move to double or bar-end levers. Sigh.
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My Merckx has been cleaned and is sitting in the hall under the stairs, I may get away with another few weeks before Mrs PC puts her foot down and escorts it to the garage.
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Almost fettled enough to ride audax again. I've taken off the deep section wheels and put back on the SON and Miche wheels. Edelux II refitted. Carbon brake pads replaced with Kool Stop salmons. Dossard removed. And the best bit is new aluminium mudguards ordered from Charlie the Bikemonger. They're far easier to fit than SKS and intelligently designed. They look the part too.
All I need do now is refit the bagman II and I'll be good to go.
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... is folded up in the kids' games room. Unfolding ceremony on Saturday for my monthly RRTY ride on Sunday.
I removed the Bagman and saddle bag, and managed to ditch enough other bits'n'bobs to fit everything I need for a fair-weather 200 into the front bag — the bike feels very light now, and the centre of gravity is very low, it's weird to ride! I'm thinking I have one last audax ride on Kojaks this season before the Marathons go back on for winter. The front hub — standard-fit Shimano dynamo hub — is a bit slack after PBP and the bearings need cinching up slightly. The rear-triangle pivot bushes have a small amount of play, inevitably given the amount of abuse I've given them, but I've seen much worse. And I'll need to rebuild both wheels due to worn rims — something for after winter, probably.
That's one LEL and one PBP on it so far. I'm thinking of treating myself to a new bike for the next big season ... what I mean is, I'm thinking of how to convince Mrs WB to let me treat myself ::-)
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I'm thinking of treating myself to a new bike for the next big season ... what I mean is, I'm thinking of how to convince Mrs XXXXXX to let me treat myself ::-)
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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That's one LEL and one PBP on it so far. I'm thinking of treating myself to a new bike for the next big season ... what I mean is, I'm thinking of how to convince Mrs WB to let me treat myself ::-)
I thought you already had a grown-up bike? ;D
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That's one LEL and one PBP on it so far. I'm thinking of treating myself to a new bike for the next big season ... what I mean is, I'm thinking of how to convince Mrs WB to let me treat myself ::-)
I thought you already had a grown-up bike? ;D
Ah, I forgot I'd ridden that last year.
No matter, after the fun I had on PBP I'm thinking I would quite like another little-wheeler :D
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Dirty!
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We still need to remove the rear disk brake and put on a standard rim brake, and make a few more tweaks. It also needs to be taken apart for flying before being rebuilt in Paris.
ooh now.. that I DO like :)