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- hubgearfreak
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that's really beautiful mike. you've not got one in 24-25" have you
- MikewsMITH2
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that's really beautiful mike. you've not got one in 24-25" have you
No but you could have 6 inches taken out of your legs!
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1971 Raleigh Mercury
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1971 Raleigh Mercury
2010 Condor Fratello
1980 Peugeot Tandem
1989 MBK Aventure MTB
195? Viking Severn Valley
1951 Raleigh Lenton Sports
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I bought this frame a few weeks ago:
Clamont Series 300 (Hi-Ten Steel, 72-degree frame angles, 62cm ST 55cm TT, 46cm chainstays)
And I have just bought this saddle:
Roland Leather, similar to Brooks B33 Original Vintage from the 1950's/1960's NOS
I also have a set of black mudguards, and a 1" threaded headset on the way.
I also have an old stem stem, chromed steel north-road handlebars, a steel seat-post
I have a Sturmey-Archer AG hub, a generic front hub, and some wide 700C rims (aluminium alloy, because I want my brakes to work!)
I think you can see where I am going with this...
Clamont Series 300 (Hi-Ten Steel, 72-degree frame angles, 62cm ST 55cm TT, 46cm chainstays)
And I have just bought this saddle:
Roland Leather, similar to Brooks B33 Original Vintage from the 1950's/1960's NOS
I also have a set of black mudguards, and a 1" threaded headset on the way.
I also have an old stem stem, chromed steel north-road handlebars, a steel seat-post
I have a Sturmey-Archer AG hub, a generic front hub, and some wide 700C rims (aluminium alloy, because I want my brakes to work!)
I think you can see where I am going with this...
Martin Hartley from Sydney, Australia
Self-confessed Raleigh Twenty tragic.
http://raleightwenty.webs.com
Self-confessed Raleigh Twenty tragic.
http://raleightwenty.webs.com
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MikewsMITH2 wrote:Dare I ask what a pretty frame like that might fetch?
To you Graham nothing...
Don't be silly, that's too pretty not to have a price.
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fossil wrote:Greybeard wrote:Thanks for the crumb of comfort, Tim
Don't forget to switch to BBC 4 tonight - it's cycling progs all the way through from 8.30 - including Edwardian stuff
Steve
what a Fantastic cycling documentary
a well written and presented program documenting the different era's of cycling and how they influenced the next
I also liked the way he showed he was pesrsonally paying for the parts for his bike
i will watch it again as i have "videoed it"
on dvd
!! Personally I thought he was a bit "shouty" and too full of his own self-importance.
Given that it was touted as a history of cycling, I also felt that far too little emphasis was placed on the history.
As for him personally paying for the parts, I only saw that once (Cinelli) and I'd put money on the BBC having paid him enough to pay them!
To be perfectly honest, I switched off as he was cycling past Lake Como with Colombo. I'd had enough of his lycra-clad enthusiasm for anything that cost over a grand, endemic of a large amount of cyclists I meet sadly (perhaps it's a central london thing?). Without wishing to cause offense, I take more pleasure and pride from keeping 50+ year old "bread and butter" machines tootling along than ever I would from riding the latest all-singing-all-dancing carbon fibre beast. It's mostly jealousy as I can't afford one
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MikewsMITH2 wrote:No but you could have 6 inches taken out of your legs!
I misread that - but I'm not sure what I read it as Is that really bad?
Steve (wot's seeing the doctor this morning )
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Greybeard wrote:MikewsMITH2 wrote:No but you could have 6 inches taken out of your legs!
I misread that - but I'm not sure what I read it as Is that really bad?
Steve (wot's seeing the doctor this morning )
It's started
Graham wot didn't think it would take long to start
- hubgearfreak
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MikewsMITH2 wrote:No but you could have 6 inches taken out of your legs!
it's clearly a lovely frame, but not nice enough to become a short-arse for
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Roadstersrevenge wrote: I'd had enough of his lycra-clad enthusiasm for anything that cost over a grand, endemic of a large amount of cyclists I meet sadly
me too. 1800 euros for gears, 100s more for graphite bars. utter sillyness imo.
perhaps he's not heard of the law of diminishing returns?
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it's clearly a lovely frame, but not nice enough to become a short-[rude word removed] for
Ditto your Red Raleigh but substitute "longshanks" who obviously have a genetic problem with colour perception
S.O.S - Save Our Steel!
1971 Raleigh Mercury
2010 Condor Fratello
1980 Peugeot Tandem
1989 MBK Aventure MTB
195? Viking Severn Valley
1951 Raleigh Lenton Sports
See them here http://tinyurl.com/Mikewsmiths-Bikes
1971 Raleigh Mercury
2010 Condor Fratello
1980 Peugeot Tandem
1989 MBK Aventure MTB
195? Viking Severn Valley
1951 Raleigh Lenton Sports
See them here http://tinyurl.com/Mikewsmiths-Bikes
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Short people have bigger brains
Graham - wot just invented that fact
Graham - wot just invented that fact
- MikewsMITH2
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Short people have bigger brains
This is of course absolutely true Leonardo da Vinci and Michaelangelo were short people, as was Albert Einstein and of course ET!
S.O.S - Save Our Steel!
1971 Raleigh Mercury
2010 Condor Fratello
1980 Peugeot Tandem
1989 MBK Aventure MTB
195? Viking Severn Valley
1951 Raleigh Lenton Sports
See them here http://tinyurl.com/Mikewsmiths-Bikes
1971 Raleigh Mercury
2010 Condor Fratello
1980 Peugeot Tandem
1989 MBK Aventure MTB
195? Viking Severn Valley
1951 Raleigh Lenton Sports
See them here http://tinyurl.com/Mikewsmiths-Bikes
- hubgearfreak
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MikewsMITH2 wrote: obviously have a genetic problem with colour perception
i didn't choose the colour. if it ever needs painting, it'll be blue
as for ET, he was tall for his species
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hubgearfreak wrote:Roadstersrevenge wrote: I'd had enough of his lycra-clad enthusiasm for anything that cost over a grand, endemic of a large amount of cyclists I meet sadly
me too. 1800 euros for gears, 100s more for graphite bars. utter sillyness imo.
perhaps he's not heard of the law of diminishing returns?
I watched it last night.
Maybe it was pitched that way simply in order to appeal to the lycra clad masses! Spending so much on the bike seemed a bit at odds with his comments throughout the show about how cycling increased in popularity durinng periods of economic downturn
Having said that I really enjoyed it - apart from the wheelbuilding guy, who for some reasaon irritated the hell out of me!
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spark303 wrote:... apart from the wheelbuilding guy, who for some reasaon irritated the hell out of me!
He was just American, that's all Awwwesoooome