Well I never...the hipsters steed!
Well I never...the hipsters steed!
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Re: Well I never...the hipsters steed!
It looks nice.
I am not sure why you'd buy one of these when you could get four or five bikes of similar design and equal quality for about the same price though.
I am not sure why you'd buy one of these when you could get four or five bikes of similar design and equal quality for about the same price though.
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random37 wrote:It looks nice.
I am not sure why you'd buy one of these when you could get four or five bikes of similar design and equal quality for about the same price though.
Are you thinking about second hand bikes? If not can you point out some new similar bikes going for £110-£137.50? Just interested, not looking forn an argument
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Secondhand.
There's no reason to make another road bike of this design. There are thousands of machines of equal or better quality out there, some of which have never been used. The going rate for such a bike is £50-£150.
There's no reason to make another road bike of this design. There are thousands of machines of equal or better quality out there, some of which have never been used. The going rate for such a bike is £50-£150.
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From the article:
For modern riders? For gravel bikes?
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear....
But the bike also considers the needs of modern riders. There are lugs for racks and mudguards, and room to fit wider 32mm tyres as used on gravel bikes for better comfort and stability.
For modern riders? For gravel bikes?
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear....
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May one complain here about the style writing? The article rambles a lot to start with
Entertainer, juvenile, curmudgeon, PoB, 30120
Cycling-of course, but it is far better on a Gillott
We love safety cameras, we hate bullies
Cycling-of course, but it is far better on a Gillott
We love safety cameras, we hate bullies
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The use of retro down tube levers neatly gets round the fact that on budget bikes the dual control brake / gear levers usually look very chap, nasty and very plasticy. From a purely aesthetic point of view not having those cheaper dual levers makes the bike look less budget and more classy.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HRCZoi6iRo
2 x 8 would have been better.
TBH I was more shocked at the £65 T-shirt directly under the bike article.
2 x 8 would have been better.
TBH I was more shocked at the £65 T-shirt directly under the bike article.
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Spinners wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HRCZoi6iRo
You'd have thought they could have set up the indexing before they did the video!
Yes, absolutely. One chainring = corner cutting.
Re: Well I never...the hipsters steed!
random37 wrote:Spinners wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HRCZoi6iRo
You'd have thought they could have set up the indexing before they did the video!
Yes, absolutely. One chainring = corner cutting.
Personally I think it looks very pretty, but I agree about the single chainring is mean. I wouldn't want to go up serious hills with that gearing.
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Not for me. Straight forks are a no-no and that style of saddle was the most uncomfortable I have ever ridden.
T shirt - check out the trousers at 19 sec's into the video.
Obviously the bike is aimed to look like something from the 60s/70s.
Also not aimed at the people who frequent this forum.
T shirt - check out the trousers at 19 sec's into the video.
Obviously the bike is aimed to look like something from the 60s/70s.
Also not aimed at the people who frequent this forum.
You'll never know if you don't try it.
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Just being devil's advocate.......... in the 60's and 70's a single chainring would have been the norm on most sports bikes, albeit with a five speed block - typically 14 - 24T. If you weren't 'ard enough to smash it up the hills then you could always walk.
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in the 60's and 70's a single chainring would have been the norm on most sports bikes, albeit with a five speed block - typically 14 - 24T
My first tour was in 1950 with a school friend when we were both 15. It was 2 weeks of youth hostelling, riding from London to Lands End and exploring Devon and Cornwall. Gears were 14-16-18-20 with a 46 chainring. We rode everything, including Countisbury Hill, apart from a notorious one - name escapes me - up to one of the youth hostels.
My triple now has a 22 chainring and 28 sprocket
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If already have your hipster ride, but now need gears.
https://www.fyxation.com/products/six-f ... ersion-kit
What is interesting is a the 6 speed 120oln cassette hub,
would be very nice for my 50's Ellis Briggs.
Kind of modernized Baylis-Wiley Unit Hub.
https://www.fyxation.com/products/six-f ... ersion-kit
What is interesting is a the 6 speed 120oln cassette hub,
would be very nice for my 50's Ellis Briggs.
Kind of modernized Baylis-Wiley Unit Hub.
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cycleruk wrote:Not for me. Straight forks are a no-no ...:
Actually, the best forks I ever had in terms of smoothness over coarse road surfaces were straight steel forks. Forks with bends don't actually feel better.