Picked up one of these today...

joelsim

well I tried to, not strong enough.

http://www.pashley.co.uk/products/roads ... reign.html

Lovely looking bike, but how damn heavy???

CrackFox

This beautiful machine transports the rider to a more relaxed age using the finest handbuilt quality.

Very reasonably priced for a time machine. How fast do you have to pedal to activate the flux capacitor?

Are bikes like this practical for day-to-day usage, or are they just for tweed enthusiasts, retro poseurs and country vicars?

Moodyman

CrackFox wrote:

This beautiful machine transports the rider to a more relaxed age using the finest handbuilt quality.

Are bikes like this practical for day-to-day usage, or are they just for tweed enthusiasts, retro poseurs and country vicars?

Yes they are, but they're workhorses.

When I was in The Netherlands a couple of months back, everyone rode bikes like this for utilitarian purposes.

Guess, if you had one these, you'd buy a second lighter bike for weekend jaunts.

Andrew N

Can be fun to ride but stroll in a park job with the GF type of thing

Mr Plum

CrackFox wrote:

This beautiful machine transports the rider to a more relaxed age using the finest handbuilt quality.

Very reasonably priced for a time machine. How fast do you have to pedal to activate the flux capacitor?

I believe 88mph to be the standard velocity to activate such devices.

unixnerd

Reminds me of the ancient black Raleigh my father rode to work for about 40 years, I doubt it ever had a service in all that time! The chaincase must have reduced chain wear an awful lot when used in all weathers.