Author Topic: Fully Loaded - Touring Bikes (Read 235434 times)

Peter · « **Reply #550 on:** 23 May, 2016, 10:54:53 am »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 23 May, 2016, 10:22:32 am

But the bike on the left isn't fully loaded – it only has one pannier! (Why?)

I didn't post the picture - and my man carries the heavy stuff!

Peter · « **Reply #551 on:** 23 May, 2016, 10:56:11 am »

Quote from: Polar Bear on 23 May, 2016, 10:32:00 am

Quote from: Peter on 23 May, 2016, 10:20:50 am
And the bike on the left is one of the most elegant bikes you'll ever see - in one of the world's perfect spots!

Almost the most elegant of bicycles. The saddle rather lets it down in my opinion. A proper Brooks or similar saddle would be an improvement on what looks like a Selle Flite, more at home on an out and out racer methinks.

Brooks are fine if you ever need to eat one. Completely inappropriate for a vegetaran in normal circumstances, however!

Kim · « **Reply #552 on:** 23 May, 2016, 12:10:15 pm »

Quote from: Polar Bear on 23 May, 2016, 10:32:00 am

Quote from: Peter on 23 May, 2016, 10:20:50 am
And the bike on the left is one of the most elegant bikes you'll ever see - in one of the world's perfect spots!

Almost the most elegant of bicycles. The saddle rather lets it down in my opinion.

Elegant bicycles are always let down by saddles, thobut.

BrianI · « **Reply #553 on:** 23 May, 2016, 03:27:01 pm »

Quote from: Deano on 22 May, 2016, 09:38:26 pm

Brian - the one on the right has the Tektro v-brake levers which are still going strong after umpteen thousand miles*, and the shifters are Shimano 9-speed, set to friction so I could use a 7- 8- or 9-speed cassette. It's currently 9-speed, but I can't be bothered to index the gears properly.

*apart from the rubber hoods.

I'm still waiting on the new wheels for my Horizon. I could take a photo of it just now, but it in no way would qualify for being a fully loaded bike - seeing as it it just frame, fork & seatpost!

Deano · « **Reply #554 on:** 24 May, 2016, 12:50:35 am »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 23 May, 2016, 10:22:32 am

But the bike on the left isn't fully loaded – it only has one pannier! (Why?)

Peter has Staff* for such things.

*me

Peter · « **Reply #555 on:** 24 May, 2016, 12:54:57 am »

See 550!

TheRedEyeJedi · « **Reply #556 on:** 06 June, 2016, 01:33:07 pm »

A couple from the (few) good weather days we had on Lejog last month

Oscar's dad · « **Reply #557 on:** 06 June, 2016, 01:45:03 pm »

Nice. Its a shame I have an under used traditional pannier set up as I'd like to try frame bags but can't justify buying yet more kit.

marcusjb · « **Reply #558 on:** 06 June, 2016, 02:04:12 pm »

Another 'fully loaded' but lightweight setup.

BrianI · « **Reply #559 on:** 06 June, 2016, 06:20:33 pm »

Still nowhere near fully loaded! Finally got pair of budget hybrid wheels for y Dawes horizon rebuild:

2016-06-06_05-46-47 by BrianInnesPhotography, on Flickr

Just waiting on £300 order from Spa cycles...

IanDG · « **Reply #560 on:** 06 June, 2016, 06:25:49 pm »

Quote from: BrianI on 06 June, 2016, 06:20:33 pm

Still nowhere near fully loaded! Finally got pair of budget hybrid wheels for y Dawes horizon rebuild:

Not even fully equiped!

IanDG · « **Reply #561 on:** 06 June, 2016, 07:07:41 pm »

Quote from: marcusjb on 06 June, 2016, 02:04:12 pm

Another 'fully loaded' but lightweight setup.

Careful Marcus - I got into trouble with OP for less

Ruthie · « **Reply #562 on:** 06 June, 2016, 08:39:51 pm »

Quote from: BrianI on 06 June, 2016, 06:20:33 pm

Still nowhere near fully loaded! Finally got pair of budget hybrid wheels for y Dawes horizon rebuild:

2016-06-06_05-46-47 by BrianInnesPhotography, on Flickr

Just waiting on £300 order from Spa cycles...

Oh, good, we're back to being bike twins Brian

My friend Christine also rides our bike, she is also awesome, so I guess you need to be awesome to ride one of these

Ruthie · « **Reply #563 on:** 06 June, 2016, 09:10:58 pm »

A mate came round for his tea last night, and my fully loaded bike was in the kitchen waiting for me to take it on holiday. I really wanted him to be impressed (because I still like to impress boys), so I asked him to move it out the way so he could feel how heavy it was, but instead he thinks I'm insane for wanting to ride something like that when I could perfectly well go by car.

Ah, well

Torslanda · « **Reply #564 on:** 07 June, 2016, 01:15:29 am »

That's a sign the it was the wrong boy...

Ruthie · « **Reply #565 on:** 08 June, 2016, 04:50:21 pm »

NCN 68 yesterday.

Haltwhistle June 2016 013 by Ruth Irving, on Flickr
Haltwhistle June 2016 016 by Ruth Irving, on Flickr

Haltwhistle June 2016 023 by Ruth Irving, on Flickr

Peter · « **Reply #566 on:** 08 June, 2016, 04:59:40 pm »

Good pictures, Ruth! Coincidentally, I was on the NCN 68, yesterday, too. It gets about a bit, that route: I was using it to bypass Foulridge Tunnel on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, near Burnley. I was not fully loaded, except by water, thanks to a stunderthorm. Sorry your expecition didn't work out (have I got that right?).

Ruthie · « **Reply #567 on:** 08 June, 2016, 05:09:09 pm »

As S240s go it could've been much worse Peter

I had a lovely time pottering about yesterday, and that was enough adventure this time. It's brilliant to be home.

BrianI · « **Reply #568 on:** 09 June, 2016, 04:54:50 pm »

Quote from: Ruthie on 08 June, 2016, 04:50:21 pm

NCN 68 yesterday.

Haltwhistle June 2016 013 by Ruth Irving, on Flickr
Haltwhistle June 2016 016 by Ruth Irving, on Flickr

Haltwhistle June 2016 023 by Ruth Irving, on Flickr

Nice choice of Bike! Hopefully my Dawes Horizon will be up and running soon!

Kim · « **Reply #569 on:** 14 June, 2016, 04:48:54 pm »

Streetmachine doing its thing amongst perilous seagulls in Étretat:

MagnusOpus · « **Reply #570 on:** 21 June, 2016, 09:58:34 am »

Mac my trusty Saracen Conquest, just about to start his first outing after a rebuild, a midsummer's jaunt (well slog tbh) along the Ridgeway from Ivanhoe Beacon to Avebury.... near the start I stumbled across the Valiant Trooper in Aldbury....a lovely pub with very good food...sadly it was shut.....

_1020122 by Mike Clampitt, on Flickr