And your PBP bike is...

[Jurek]

Feeling very, very nervous. What have I done?!

Nice bike. What is it?

[BrokeButt]

A custom Chinese made bastard bike Hope it hangs together. Welds look good...

[Jurek]

A custom Chinese made bastard bike Hope it hangs together. Welds look good...

It all looks good.
I too hope it hangs together.

[Somnolent]

Still dirty.

[L CC]

In need of a new disc mechanism.

[JonBuoy]

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.

[simonp]

Still in bits in a box. It has served me well with 2xPBP and 1xLEL so far.

[DCLane]

Cleaned and prepped for the next ride   

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. 

[Ian H]

Carrying me home.

[CrazyEnglishTriathlete]

Sitting relaxed in the garage as my next event (hopefully) will be done on the Airnimal.

[marcusjb]

Needing new headset bearings I think.

It will get me home though (once the pissing rain in forges les Eaux passes!).

[Von Broad]

....home, 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.

[Thing2]

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.

[T42]

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.

[rob]

being used for commuting this week, with frame plate still attached.

Yes I know this against The Rules, but sod it.

[bhoot]

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....)

[Bikeabilityman]

....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!

[rob]

Oh yeah and the chain stayed tight throughout, which has been a problem on my forward facing dropouts and goldtec hubs in the past.

[αdαmsκι]

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.

[madcow]

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.

[DCLane]

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.

[T42]

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.

[alotronic]

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.

[Pedal Castro]

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.

[simonp]

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.