Author Topic: Members' bikes (Read 2459579 times)

Tail End Charlie · « **Reply #6125 on:** 12 February, 2013, 06:21:01 pm »

Quote from: windy on 12 February, 2013, 07:50:59 am

Current re-incarnation of my Bob Jackson

P2109163a by windy_, on Flickr

Ace looking bike. My sort of thing.

iainj837 · « **Reply #6126 on:** 12 February, 2013, 11:00:50 pm »

Quote from: welshwheels on 09 February, 2013, 05:17:52 pm

N+1 for me off macb of this very parish

Lovely bike and I like the angle of the butterfly bars, mine are more upright I wonder if I could do the same with mine on my KaraKum

Wobbly John · « **Reply #6127 on:** 14 February, 2013, 09:46:55 pm »

The car went for MOT & service today, so I needed to chuck a bike in the back of the car to get 2 miles from the garage to work & back. Which was the perfect chance to give the Daewoo Shuttle an airing

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(I work, just across the road from the end of this shared-use path - less than 100 metres from here).

clarion · « **Reply #6128 on:** 14 February, 2013, 09:50:29 pm »

Is your stem a wee bit bent?

Wobbly John · « **Reply #6129 on:** 14 February, 2013, 09:58:14 pm »

As it should be - if it was straight, I'd bang my knees on the bars.

It's a very short wheel-base bike with a telescopic seatpost and fold-down handlebar stem - an alternative to a folding bike.

clarion · « **Reply #6130 on:** 14 February, 2013, 10:01:01 pm »

I can't work out the steering geometry. I guess it works OK, but it looks very Wrong.

Wobbly John · « **Reply #6131 on:** 14 February, 2013, 10:07:38 pm »

There's a few more views on my website. It's quite scary on uneven ground because of the very short wheel-base and the steering is quite twitchy. $:-\$

Fortunately, I'm used to bikes with quirky handling.

Andrij · « **Reply #6132 on:** 14 February, 2013, 10:49:36 pm »

Quote from: Wobbly John on 14 February, 2013, 10:07:38 pm

There's a few more views on my website. It's quite scary on uneven ground because of the very short wheel-base and the steering is quite twitchy. $:-\$

You should have put a warning on that post for NSTN.

MattH · « **Reply #6133 on:** 15 February, 2013, 08:11:28 am »

Quote from: Wobbly John on 14 February, 2013, 09:46:55 pm

That reminds me of Martin Staines' Elenith BMX machine - here

I've not seen one before, I like the simplicity of the idea even if it looks a bit odd - though not as odd as your velocino.

vantage · « **Reply #6134 on:** 20 February, 2013, 03:14:22 pm »

http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/af285/irish_bill/The%20Bike/IMG_4348.jpg
muh babeh

Dawes Vantage

marcusjb · « **Reply #6135 on:** 20 February, 2013, 05:31:50 pm »

Nice bike, nice lake and welcome to you!

vantage · « **Reply #6136 on:** 20 February, 2013, 06:45:30 pm »

Thank you

Canardly · « **Reply #6137 on:** 20 February, 2013, 07:48:45 pm »

That picture says a lot about cycling really, welcome!

mcshroom · « **Reply #6138 on:** 20 February, 2013, 11:12:06 pm »

Welcome to the forum and yes they are lovely bikes. Unfortunately I killed mine

RIP

vantage · « **Reply #6139 on:** 21 February, 2013, 10:27:39 am »

Thanks for the welcomes chaps.
Sorry to hear about the death of your vantage mcshroom, a sad loss.
Mine's still a virgin in that I haven't taken her touring yet but I'm hoping to fix that this year.

Deano · « **Reply #6140 on:** 23 February, 2013, 09:08:10 pm »

Nice new (well, second hand, but lightly used) Roberts Roughstuff for me. It feels less like a new bike, and more like the progression of an idea, all the way back to the bike I first toured on, built upon a crappy old hi-ten Diamondback:

Then the Peugeot which replaced it:

Then the Orange (to replace the Peugeot when that broke at the seat tube):

Then sold the Orange frame ( it was a bit small, though I put a fair few miles into it) and had the Peugeot repaired:

And here it is. For want of a more dramatic backdrop, it's at Whessoe Pond. Mind you, it's already been to Quebec

clarion · « **Reply #6141 on:** 23 February, 2013, 09:24:39 pm »

Looks good.

What's going on with the gear lever?

Deano · « **Reply #6142 on:** 23 February, 2013, 09:27:23 pm »

I fitted them the wrong way round

I'll fix them. Soon. Ish. Honest.

Or do you mean the colour? The coverings have fallen off through tough use, so I re-covered them with Sugru. The other side's black.

zigzag · « **Reply #6143 on:** 23 February, 2013, 09:31:12 pm »

i like the tidy head tube / stem interface - it gives an impression that the bike is custom designed for you!

jogler · « **Reply #6144 on:** 23 February, 2013, 09:37:13 pm »

It's got gears

It certainly looks fit for purpose

& that red will make it very fast.

LindaG · « **Reply #6145 on:** 23 February, 2013, 09:39:00 pm »

Awful colour. Hate it.

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #6146 on:** 23 February, 2013, 09:39:58 pm »

I didn't think Roberts made disc braked tourers. Useful looking machine - I hope you have many happy miles on it!

No steerer to play with but if the bike fits you, and the drop to the bars looks similar to that on your other bikes, there is nothing wrong with that. Plenty of leeway with a change of stem if the need ever arose.

clarion · « **Reply #6147 on:** 23 February, 2013, 09:45:31 pm »

Quote from: Deano on 23 February, 2013, 09:27:23 pm

I fitted them the wrong way round

That's brilliant

Deano · « **Reply #6148 on:** 23 February, 2013, 10:02:01 pm »

Quote from: Sergeant Pluck on 23 February, 2013, 09:39:58 pm

I didn't think Roberts made disc braked tourers. Useful looking machine - I hope you have many happy miles on it!

No steerer to play with but if the bike fits you, and the drop to the bars looks similar to that on your other bikes, there is nothing wrong with that. Plenty of leeway with a change of stem if the need ever arose.

It's a bit more upright than my other bikes, but not so much that it's an issue. I use the drops more, that's about it.

I was waiting to get a Surly Disc Trucker built up like yours, SP, but this was too good to resist.

PH · « **Reply #6149 on:** 23 February, 2013, 10:18:31 pm »

That's a very pretty bike, I like.

Author Topic: Members' bikes (Read 2459579 times)

Tail End Charlie

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