Show us your steel.....its real...

[IncoherentJeff]

The Motobecane Concorde rides again!
Absolutely gutted she's too big for me, went for a 15 mile test ride around London on Saturday great fun (once I remembered to stop on my tip-toes! ).

If anyone has one with a frame smaller than this monster 24" frame... name your price

 

[Teuchter]

Strange (to me at least) seeing a chain guard like that on a bike with derailleur gears. I presume it doesn't clash though.

 

[IncoherentJeff]

Strange (to me at least) seeing a chain guard like that on a bike with derailleur gears. I presume it doesn't clash though.

I thought so too when I collected the bike.
It's a 5 speed. One sprocket at the front, 5 at the rear with a Sachs-Huret Commander indexed system.
Quite smooth shifting I've had it up and down through the gears no problems.

 

[Enid Agnus Dei]

Latest purchase at the cost of £20-00 rides well to say she was built in October 1978! Was bought to restore and sell on but now decided to keep her!

 

[Enid Agnus Dei]

Here's my steel bike, an old Galaxy, better than throwing it away

Great idea!

 

[fossala]

This will be mine in a few days, have nitto randonneur handlebar and stem in the post to replace the ones on it. Also going to pick up some barend/downtube for it along with brakes.

 

[carlton88]

A chum visited for a few days and we enjoyed some pleasant outings on the Carltons. Hope you can stand another snap of them.
I bet someone will know where this pic was taken.

 

[Cycleops]

A chum visited for a few days and we enjoyed some pleasant outings on the Carltons. Hope you can stand another snap of them.
I bet someone will know where this pic was taken.

What are those flat bars called? I bought a bike recently with a similar pair and bar end shifters.

 

[carlton88]

North Road Bars. The owner maybe here soon to comment.

 

[George Johnson]

My friend Carlton 88 is correct.

This is my bike, and the bars are one of the various similar shapes called North Road bars.

I never could cope well with the full-on drop bars, but the Carlton looked very wrong with a modern flat bar, and so I did some research ...

They look well on a classical English frame, are comfortable and give superb control, though a slightly higher rider stance than drops as a rule. Good for older cyclists like me, and yet they are quite narrow and you can crouch down for a low wind resistance. I have the gears on the down-tube and the brakes fall to the hands very nicely, and allow for all the stopping power you could want on old style callipers, compared to riding on the hoods!

I like them. Not everyone would though ...

ATBfrom George

 

[Simmer]

Here is my ebay bargain which I've just added some bar-ends and mudguards. Dawes Backstreet circa 1993.

 

[uphillstruggler]

A chum visited for a few days and we enjoyed some pleasant outings on the Carltons. Hope you can stand another snap of them.
I bet someone will know where this pic was taken.

can I guess Cromer?

that glass tower is the Cromer RNLI museum I think. the pier is in the background?

do I win a prize? a dressed crab will do nicely

 

[carlton88]

can I guess Cromer?

that glass tower is the Cromer RNLI museum I think. the pier is in the background?

do I win a prize? a dressed crab will do nicely

You guessed right, it's Cromer.

Sorry, no crab!

 

[George Johnson]

Yes, Cromer! They do a nice sandwich and cup of tea up in Morrisons!

The two cycles shown are the same frame, same size, and mine is a few years older, but much altered from original. When I was given the cycle - about five years ago - it was borderline derelict, but looked just like Carlton 88's one less some chrome plate.

We had a nice few days of ambling about on the beautiful quiet lanes of Norfolk, and hills that are like nothing we have in Herefordshire and Worcestershire!

A strange thing about these two cycles is that in the right wind their front forks sing a beautiful little note, and this note is exactly in tune between the bikes!

ATB from George

 

[Dan B]

Winter commuter/pub bike, been riding for two weeks but still testing. Can't put handlebar tape on it until I've figured out where the creaking noise is coming from. And it needs a rear rack