carlton88
Guru
- Location
- East Anglia
Somewhere in darkest Norfolk.
My picture of the day-Where's yours?
- Thread starter bigjim
- Start date
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smokeysmoo
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bolton, not very far from Nob End
I was doing a job the other at Blackpool Pleasure Beach on Friday last week and saw a herd of BSO's locked up at the back of the ARENA.
Now considering these bikes are clearly used for commuting purposes, I would have thought that they would be subjected to some basic routine maintenance at least, but as the pics show, this is not that case.
The only one that had no obvious signs of rusting components was the red Trax at the back of picture 2, and that was because it was obviously pretty new.
I didn't study them as I was busy TBH, but they all seemed to have others faults, such as snapped brake cables and the like. If I hadn't been busy and I'd had some oil with me I'd might have just mickled their chains for them at least.
Beware, the following pics contain scenes that some readers might find offensive
Now considering these bikes are clearly used for commuting purposes, I would have thought that they would be subjected to some basic routine maintenance at least, but as the pics show, this is not that case.
The only one that had no obvious signs of rusting components was the red Trax at the back of picture 2, and that was because it was obviously pretty new.
I didn't study them as I was busy TBH, but they all seemed to have others faults, such as snapped brake cables and the like. If I hadn't been busy and I'd had some oil with me I'd might have just mickled their chains for them at least.
Beware, the following pics contain scenes that some readers might find offensive
madferret
Über Member
- Location
- Manchester
Not from today but couldn't get online last week
sunset at Rhosneigr
Nigel-YZ1
Guru
- Location
- Somewhere else... maybe soon.
Somewhere in darkest Norfolk.
Is that a Carlton Kermesse with the Aero cranks?
If it is I've got one too - but not looking as good as yours
carlton88
Guru
- Location
- East Anglia
Is that a Carlton Kermesse with the Aero cranks?
If it is I've got one too - but not looking as good as yours
Yes, it's the Kermesse. The cranks are Shimano 600 ax which are original to the bike.
hensteeth
Active Member
- Location
- Newbiggin by the Sea
An abomination!!!
http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/keithstephen/9504078650/
http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/keithstephen/9504078650/
Teuchter
Über Member
- Location
- Erskine, Scotland
That's a BSO all right... Banana Shaped Object!
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
Bloomington, home of Beer Nuts.
JohnClimber
Guru
Merseyside waterfront this morning before the clouds came in
And last week Fatty goes to Wales
And last week Fatty goes to Wales
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
Heavens they are serious tyres 
JohnClimber
Guru
Heavens they are serious tyres
There my skinny race tyres, the one on my avatar picture is on my other fat bike and is 4.8" wide for riding local sand dunes
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
Someone was not amused by the goings-on near the Trail.
