Keith Oates
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- Location
- Penarth, Wales
A working bike that has definitely 'earned it's keep'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sometimes you just want to take it home..
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Awww some unkind attitudes to what, as Keith pointed out, is clearly a hard working bike that is still going strong after.. what? 40 years?
I was intrigued by the rod brakes, and how they pulled the blocks (which were pretty new by the way) up onto the inside of the rim rather than the sides. Also like the way the rear brake is tucked away under the chainstays, although I suppose the blocks are more susceptible to dirt there.
The saddle isn't a brooks by the way, I did note the make, but forgot straight away.
I was intrigued by the rod brakes, and how they pulled the blocks (which were pretty new by the way) up onto the inside of the rim rather than the sides. Also like the way the rear brake is tucked away under the chainstays, although I suppose the blocks are more susceptible to dirt there.
The saddle isn't a brooks by the way, I did note the make, but forgot straight away.
mickle
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She sho is purdy, I would.
Rhythm Thief
Legendary Member
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- Ross on Wye
I like that. Classy and practical.
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- the post-brexit wasteland
but it's a girl's bike guys
It really ought to have a pair of sprung-steel trouser clips hanging from the top tube. If it were a gent's bike and had a top tube, that is. Ah well. I used to have a bike with rod brakes, just like that. And of course woods valves, cotter pins, 3-speed Sturmey Archer... plus of course the obligatory (albeit a bit rusty) lamp bracket on the steerer...
mickle
innit
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alecstilleyedye said:but it's a girl's bike guys
Woops! Faux pas or what? You're not very PC alecstilleyedye, its technically an 'open' frame as opposed to a 'standard' frame, not a 'girls', 'ladies' or even 'wimmins' bike.
I am surprised at you.
Tut tut.
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- the post-brexit wasteland
well a spade's a spade as you say in yorkshire.
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
alecstilleyedye said:but it's a girl's bike guys
So? I had a very similar bike, but a 'mans' frame, for a while, got for £3 from the tip, lovely for about town in the summer.
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- the post-brexit wasteland
well girls can use men's stuff and look cool. doesn't really work the other way round though.
i would never recommend an open frame to a lady cyclist anyway, they arn't as rigid and the back brakes seem to suffer a loss of power as a result of the routing of the cable. much better a "standard" frame with suitable alterations for the female form. unless you need it for a timotei advert of course
i would never recommend an open frame to a lady cyclist anyway, they arn't as rigid and the back brakes seem to suffer a loss of power as a result of the routing of the cable. much better a "standard" frame with suitable alterations for the female form. unless you need it for a timotei advert of course
bobg
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- Crosby Merseyside
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Don't think you would for long if you tried fixing a puncture on the back wheel or changing the chain and threading it though that chainguard/oilbath .... said he, having spent most of yesterday afternoon doing same
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Don't think you would for long if you tried fixing a puncture on the back wheel or changing the chain and threading it though that chainguard/oilbath
.... said he, having spent most of yesterday afternoon doing sameAh! well it wouldn't matter with that bike - rod brakes, you see! Come to think of it, ISTR my old sit-up-n-beg, with rod brakes, but 'gents' frame, had the rod routed along the down tube, pivot at the B/B, then along the chain stays. I think, if it had been routed along the top tube, the pivot would have got in the way of the seat post.alecstilleyedye said:
