How many from UK?
#576
Newbie
Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: Surrey, UK
Posts: 9
Bikes: 1970s Peugeot Phantom, 1989 Bottecchia Equipe (?), 2010 Colnago World Cup CX
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New UK member here - originally from West Yorkshire and now in Surrey, via Johannesburg.
I had a blinding flash of comprehension a few years ago when I realised that a really good old bike can be better than a decent-ish new one. I also love the conversations they start at cafes.
Paul
I had a blinding flash of comprehension a few years ago when I realised that a really good old bike can be better than a decent-ish new one. I also love the conversations they start at cafes.
Paul
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#579
[QUOTE=A Northern Soul;21659669]New UK member here - originally from West Yorkshire and now in Surrey, via Johannesburg.
I had a blinding flash of comprehension a few years ago when I realised that a really good old bike can be better than a decent-ish new one. I also love the conversations they start at cafes.
Hi and welcome here.
That's some indirect route from West Yorkshire to Surrey .
That's what you get when you put in 'avoiding tolls' into Google Maps route finder!
How long did it take for you to cycle that?
Regards,
Robin.
I had a blinding flash of comprehension a few years ago when I realised that a really good old bike can be better than a decent-ish new one. I also love the conversations they start at cafes.
Hi and welcome here.
That's some indirect route from West Yorkshire to Surrey .
That's what you get when you put in 'avoiding tolls' into Google Maps route finder!
How long did it take for you to cycle that?
Regards,
Robin.
#580
Newbie
Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: Surrey, UK
Posts: 9
Bikes: 1970s Peugeot Phantom, 1989 Bottecchia Equipe (?), 2010 Colnago World Cup CX
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Ha ha - well as you might imagine, going down was easy....... :-)
New UK member here - originally from West Yorkshire and now in Surrey, via Johannesburg.
I had a blinding flash of comprehension a few years ago when I realised that a really good old bike can be better than a decent-ish new one. I also love the conversations they start at cafes.
Hi and welcome here.
That's some indirect route from West Yorkshire to Surrey .
That's what you get when you put in 'avoiding tolls' into Google Maps route finder!
How long did it take for you to cycle that?
Regards,
Robin.
I had a blinding flash of comprehension a few years ago when I realised that a really good old bike can be better than a decent-ish new one. I also love the conversations they start at cafes.
Hi and welcome here.
That's some indirect route from West Yorkshire to Surrey .
That's what you get when you put in 'avoiding tolls' into Google Maps route finder!
How long did it take for you to cycle that?
Regards,
Robin.
#581
Hi!
Im from near Oxford! Looking to do a bike restoration on a barn find but need some help on identifying the bike!
Need to get my posts up so I can put some pictures up 😂
Hi Laura and welcome.
Yes can be annoying, that.
You need help;
We want to help;
Can't post photos to complete the loop.
Ah well, I suppose it's to prevent unwelcome misuse of the forum.
You'll also find you can't post more than 4 (or is it 5?) messages in a rolling 24hrs, so it takes a while to get your score up.
Best regards,
Robin.
Im from near Oxford! Looking to do a bike restoration on a barn find but need some help on identifying the bike!
Need to get my posts up so I can put some pictures up 😂
Hi Laura and welcome.
Yes can be annoying, that.
You need help;
We want to help;
Can't post photos to complete the loop.
Ah well, I suppose it's to prevent unwelcome misuse of the forum.
You'll also find you can't post more than 4 (or is it 5?) messages in a rolling 24hrs, so it takes a while to get your score up.
Best regards,
Robin.
#582
Hi good peeps, another Uker here (Bonny Scotland) . Just like Laura I have a barn find and want to post pics but have just joined so can't post photos yet. The bike frame is really perplexing. It is a vintage shopper/folder but has the weirdest rear frame section I have ever seen. The rear "forks"/braces are not welded to the seat post at the top like any normal bike I but are detached and have a bracket where I presume a bolt goes to join it all up. So as well as tightening the saddle pole in the seat post you also tighten the whole rear of the bike, or the top of the rear "forks" remain loose. Why this would be so is a mystery. I can't see what the thinking was behind it. I don't know what kind of bike it is as someone debadged it and started sanding it before presumably losing interest and I found it years later when tidying someone's barn. It's got surface rust but seems solid and I'd like to renovate it.
#584
I'm in exactly the same situation, Laura. I have a barn find that I would love to find out more about. Someone started to sand the frame before dumping/stashing it - thus leaving it with no badges or decals, just a weird frame. Aargh!
#590
Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2020
Location: Nr. Helston, Cornwall. U.K.
Posts: 13
Bikes: One whole Raleigh mountin bike,and lots of other bit,parts,and left over cut offs.
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I'm From Cornwall
I have a 1960's cycling map of the Wirral here. I think it's a bit out of date now. The wirral way was a well used branch line then.
What Part are you ion ? Chris.
#592
Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2020
Posts: 5
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Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire here. I’ve a number of bikes, from Brompton to Boardman and Specialized road bikes (and a couple of off road hybrids). Love riding, and also doing bike mechanics.
Like others, also want to get my post-count up, so I can post photos on the things I need help with.
Like others, also want to get my post-count up, so I can post photos on the things I need help with.
#594
New
From London, ride gravel and the occasional long distance road adventure. London to Istanbul last year, the East Coast of the US the year before, waiting for the next opportunity!
#596
Junior Member
Hello from Hertfordshire, St. Albans area. Currently trying to get my mileage back up after a knee problem last year and currently dealing with a shoulder ligament issue (the joys of growing old!). Looking to ride Velo Retro in the Lake District this September and hopefully Eroica Limburg too, both postponed from last year.
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#597
Ageing Warrior
UK here too. Living in W. London. Not ridden in twenty years since brain injury but recently came into possession of a Bianchi frame to be rebuilt with Campag parts and used when illness permits. Decades ago, put in many serious road miles in E.Yorks on a variety of decent machinery and, when working in London, diced with the traffic daily.
#598
Junior Member
UK here too. Living in W. London. Not ridden in twenty years since brain injury but recently came into possession of a Bianchi frame to be rebuilt with Campag parts and used when illness permits. Decades ago, put in many serious road miles in E.Yorks on a variety of decent machinery and, when working in London, diced with the traffic daily.
#599
Ageing Warrior
#600
Junior Member