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UndercoverElephant
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Urgh - its got gears on it- you need to get that sorted out sharpish before it catches onWant to know the Spen666 behind the posts?
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Is that an old steel framed Orbea? How charming and splendid....0
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UndercoverElephant wrote:to my new commuter!
I think I'm in love. :oops:
Don't take it too far!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7095134.stm"Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"0 -
Wallace1492 wrote:UndercoverElephant wrote:to my new commuter!
I think I'm in love. :oops:
Don't take it too far!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7095134.stm
They used a hybrid for the photo? That's disgusting!0 -
Nice! looks like an enormous frame though! Yet you still have a lot of seat post showing. You must be very tall!Do not write below this line. Office use only.0
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UndercoverElephant wrote:Wallace1492 wrote:UndercoverElephant wrote:to my new commuter!
I think I'm in love. :oops:
Don't take it too far!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7095134.stm
They used a hybrid for the photo? That's disgusting!
Yes, but its got a great rack, and I am sure he could have used that in his defence...."Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"0 -
UndercoverElephant wrote:vorsprung wrote:Is that an old steel framed Orbea? How charming and splendid....
Why, yes it is! Columbus steel with internal cable-routings. It's larvely. I'm riding it home tonight as a test-run.
Edit: Oh, and I'm keeping the gears.
Ahh Shimano RSX if I'm nit mistaken - a good sturdy setup. I am also a fan of the skinnier tube and find your new steed most pleasing to the eye. This is what a bicycle SHOULD look like. Dead jealous of your internal cable routing.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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rjsterry wrote:Ahh Shimano RSX if I'm nit mistaken - a good sturdy setup. I am also a fan of the skinnier tube and find your new steed most pleasing to the eye. This is what a bicycle SHOULD look like. Dead jealous of your internal cable routing.
Good eye, Sir! Should I mention the SunTour Superbe Pro Chainset whilst I'm about it?0 -
She shure is purddy, yessiree.Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
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Why not? I'm guessing a mid- to late-90s vintage. I may have to look up a chainset like that for my Giant, as the unbranded one I have is looking decidedly battered. What rear mech is that?1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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I had the RX100 on my Giant until the joints got so loose that it could almost change gear without moving the cable. A shame, as it was much better made and prettier than the Acera piece of stamped junk I have at the moment (although the latter does work perfectly well).1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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No no no.. you're doing it wrong!
With a classic bike like that you need to remove all the gears, chop the handlebars to around 3inches and remove any braking mechanisms. You then need to aquire a pair of skinny jeans and start drinking flat whites.
<---LFGSS is that way
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Wallace1492 wrote:Don't take it too far!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7095134.stm0 -
amnezia wrote:No no no.. you're doing it wrong!
With a classic bike like that you need to remove all the gears, chop the handlebars to around 3inches and remove any braking mechanisms. You then need to aquire a pair of skinny jeans and start drinking flat whites.
<---LFGSS is that way
You're quite right. The best way to keep a classic is to mutilate it. I think this is pretty safe, vertical drop-outs, you know. :P0 -
UndercoverElephant wrote:amnezia wrote:No no no.. you're doing it wrong!
With a classic bike like that you need to remove all the gears, chop the handlebars to around 3inches and remove any braking mechanisms. You then need to aquire a pair of skinny jeans and start drinking flat whites.
<---LFGSS is that way
You're quite right. The best way to keep a classic is to mutilate it. I think this is pretty safe, vertical drop-outs, you know. :P
Zackly! Nothing says shameless crowd-follower like cutting your handlebars to a width narrower than your shoulders. And even Henri Desgrange, Grand High Sadist of Cycling eventually concluded that gears might be an improvement. Vive le dérailleur1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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Wallace1492 wrote:UndercoverElephant wrote:Wallace1492 wrote:UndercoverElephant wrote:to my new commuter!
I think I'm in love. :oops:
Don't take it too far!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7095134.stm
They used a hybrid for the photo? That's disgusting!
Yes, but its got a great rack, and I am sure he could have used that in his defence....
Not sure the BBC should have outed the victim like that. :x0 -
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Serious jealousy here Nice one UCE0
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That's a very nice frame. How did you come by it? Auction, good spot in a second hand shop, murdered a relative?0
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rjsterry wrote:UndercoverElephant wrote:vorsprung wrote:Is that an old steel framed Orbea? How charming and splendid....
Why, yes it is! Columbus steel with internal cable-routings. It's larvely. I'm riding it home tonight as a test-run.
Edit: Oh, and I'm keeping the gears.
Ahh Shimano RSX if I'm nit mistaken - a good sturdy setup. I am also a fan of the skinnier tube and find your new steed most pleasing to the eye. This is what a bicycle SHOULD look like. Dead jealous of your internal cable routing.
God Moaning. Zat is wounderfool butt of ongeneering, You could have a shat at booting all udders as you p*ss them by on the stroot.
Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:'snice!
I like the yellow.
+1
yellow looks great on bikes
on cars, not so much“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
Right, all niggles are now solved. Brakes centered, gears adjusted and if anyone has a RSX left hand shifter which doesn't change down correctly and is stuck in the big-ring the solution is simple: WD40 the shite out of it. Works a treat now, just spray it into the bit where the gear changers are and wiggle them a bit. Went straight from working sometimes if you were lucky to working smooth as silk.
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itsbruce wrote:That's a very nice frame. How did you come by it? Auction, good spot in a second hand shop, murdered a relative?
Good old eBay! The seller told me if he'd know how little it'd sell for, he'd have kept it! Poor bloke injured his back quite badly, was selling quite a fleet.0 -
Kieran_Burns wrote:rjsterry wrote:UndercoverElephant wrote:vorsprung wrote:Is that an old steel framed Orbea? How charming and splendid....
Why, yes it is! Columbus steel with internal cable-routings. It's larvely. I'm riding it home tonight as a test-run.
Edit: Oh, and I'm keeping the gears.
Ahh Shimano RSX if I'm nit mistaken - a good sturdy setup. I am also a fan of the skinnier tube and find your new steed most pleasing to the eye. This is what a bicycle SHOULD look like. Dead jealous of your internal cable routing.
God Moaning. Zat is wounderfool butt of ongeneering, You could have a shat at booting all udders as you p*ss them by on the stroot.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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UndercoverElephant wrote:Good old eBay! The seller told me if he'd know how little it'd sell for, he'd have kept it! Poor bloke injured his back quite badly, was selling quite a fleet.
Shame. I hope he's consoled by the thought it went to somebody who appreciates it. Must be cutting him up, to sell off his bikes.0 -
itsbruce wrote:UndercoverElephant wrote:Good old eBay! The seller told me if he'd know how little it'd sell for, he'd have kept it! Poor bloke injured his back quite badly, was selling quite a fleet.
Shame. I hope he's consoled by the thought it went to somebody who appreciates it. Must be cutting him up, to sell off his bikes.
I'd think that was the best you could hope for when selling a bike like that - that it goes to someone who will appreciate it.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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