Pictures of your bike(s)

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Oops, another bike just arrived, wonder how that happened?

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Perhaps it was just to keep Mrs BFB's Whyte company :wink:

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Hi,
Wait till you see what I am planning at Xmas :mrgreen:
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I've just recently been diagnosed with osteoarthritis in the neck, which has served to explain why riding my drop-bar bikes has been so painful over the last few years. I almost unconsciously switched to riding recumbents, but there have been a lot of times where the relative anonymity of an upright would have been appreciated.

So I set about tinkering in the garage with various bits and pieces and this is what I came up with...

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The frame is a Tange double butted "winter training frame" from SJSC maybe 15 years old and has suffered a bit from neglect with a fair bit of rust round the BB. The flat backswept bars were nicked from one of my recumbents (temporarily). The only bling is a pair of Dura Ace 7 speed indexed shifters. Up until a couple of weeks ago it was my winter/nasty weather bike but hadn't ridden it for several years because the bars were too low and too far away - the frame has a substantially longer top tube than my other bikes despite the same seat tube length.

Initial impressions are good: I can look behind again and I don't finish a ride feeling crippled. I think I might need to move the shifters up to the bars though, and a more upright position and 90psi in the tyres suggests a Thudbuster might be in order to cushion the shock a bit. I think maybe I will need to get round to replacing the frame and a Surly Pacer or Cross Check looks interesting... That said, it would be a lot cheaper just to make the same conversion to my other drop bar bikes!
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Hello Harry,

if you're watching here's a quick snap of your old BG still going strong......sorry about the stem but it's easier on my back!! I'm slowly changing all the Campag bits but will retain them for posterity.

She's up for a new set of wheels when I get home (well a good 2nd hand set recently purchased off here - Open Pro on Ultegra hubs) & a 9 speed cassette to replace the 6 speed maillard fitted. I will retain the DT shifters. Happy days.

Can't wait to get off this ship, looks like late February....

All the best, Simon

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SimonCelsa wrote:.................I will retain the DT shifters....................................

All the best, Simon

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Attaboy Simon.
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If this post is inappropriate for this topic, let me know and I'll put it somewhere else...
...not my bike but from the picture I've just used to create my avatar - does anyone remember these bikes (quads?) for hire at the seaside? I'm the ginger one :P

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Hi,
"Bonefishblues" Interesting.
Just scrapped this for parts £ 7, Also the six foot tall radiator was £ 3.
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Hi all, I am fairly new here and I thought I would share my bikes.

I hope you enjoy.

ImageUntitled by Simon Kirk, on Flickr

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freiston wrote:If this post is inappropriate for this topic, let me know and I'll put it somewhere else...
...not my bike but from the picture I've just used to create my avatar - does anyone remember these bikes (quads?) for hire at the seaside? I'm the ginger one :P


We hired a 4 seat one last year in Santa Barbara, CA and took it along the seafront. So they're still about.
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freiston wrote:If this post is inappropriate for this topic, let me know and I'll put it somewhere else...
...not my bike but from the picture I've just used to create my avatar - does anyone remember these bikes (quads?) for hire at the seaside? I'm the ginger one :P

I've seen them at campsites in Denmark. Last year, when we were there, I hired a similar one with my children. Ours had 3 seats (one behind the others) and steering wheels instead of handlebars, but was otherwise similar. There were a couple with bench seats, that looked more like that in the photo. There were also some with 4 seats (two with pedals), and one with bench seats and a big box behind.

I saw similar things in other camping places.
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satkin55 wrote:We hired a 4 seat one last year in Santa Barbara, CA and took it along the seafront. So they're still about.

Vorpal wrote:I've seen them at campsites in Denmark. Last year, when we were there, I hired a similar one with my children. Ours had 3 seats (one behind the others) and steering wheels instead of handlebars, but was otherwise similar. There were a couple with bench seats, that looked more like that in the photo. There were also some with 4 seats (two with pedals), and one with bench seats and a big box behind.

I saw similar things in other camping places.

My picture was no-where near as exotic - somewhere on the Lincolnshire coast (I'm from there originally) - most likely Mablethorpe or Ingoldmells in the early '70s.
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lostonthetrails wrote:Hi all, I am fairly new here and I thought I would share my bikes.

I hope you enjoy.

ImageUntitled by Simon Kirk, on Flickr

Is that your bike shop too? :D
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This is my project Bike, need some TLC to bring it back to life.
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Bmblbzzz wrote:
lostonthetrails wrote:Hi all, I am fairly new here and I thought I would share my bikes.

I hope you enjoy.

ImageUntitled by Simon Kirk, on Flickr

Is that your bike shop too? :D


No, but I do work there :D
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Well here she is!

ImageRaleigh front by William McFadden, on Flickr

ImageRaleigh side by William McFadden, on Flickr

ImageRaleigh rear by William McFadden, on Flickr
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