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at1withmyself · 30-10-2010 03:41PM

Mutz · 30-10-2010 10:58PM

^^ Sweet! Do you own one??

seve65 · 31-10-2010 08:19PM

I know not beauty, but...

Before & after bike renovation (new cranks, chain, bb, freewheel, mudguards and mudflap). (all cheapest parts except guards and flap).

Renovated it just for deepest winter riding when the rain or snow is bucketing down for the commute.

But boy do I regret not just buying a second hand road bike, as riding this is awful compared to the road bike I got in April.

Cant believe I commuted on this for the best part of 5 years up until April, as this year I now fly home on my Scott (I would like to think!)
and have got stuck into sportifs and weekend cycling which I never did at all before.
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72hundred · 31-10-2010 09:44PM

Baby internet jesus cries a little when someone uploads images too big (3,072px × 2,304px) for threads :mad:

seve65 · 31-10-2010 10:31PM

Apologies jesus

Hail 2 Da Thief · 31-10-2010 11:00PM

^^^ All you need now is the correct cycling gear & you're good to go!

* I'll get my coat

Jawgap · 01-11-2010 08:34AM

From this morning

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Lemag · 01-11-2010 09:37AM

Jawgap wrote: »

From this morning

I don't get it. Where's the bike?

Also..

72hundred wrote: »

Baby internet jesus cries a little when someone uploads images too big (3,072px × 2,304px) for threads

Lumen · 01-11-2010 09:46AM

Lemag wrote: »

I don't get it. Where's the bike?

Jawgap · 01-11-2010 09:51AM

I was wondering where Beasty was this morning:)

.......and why is he on the wrong side of the road?

thebouldwhacker · 01-11-2010 03:26PM

As a mod Beasty is never at the wrong side of the road, it is possible however for the road to be on the wrong side of Beasty, and being at the wrong side of Beasty aint a good place to be.......

ednwireland · 02-11-2010 09:45AM

sunday mornings are great - shame my legs weren't (1km from the house end of first climb)

just-joe · 03-11-2010 03:08AM

Is this bike an image of beauty? Got it second hand for quite cheap a while ago. Its a bit old but apparently quite a decent bike, dura ace parts.. complete newbie to cycling but I'm having the time of my life on it so far!

If the bike isn't, hopefully these are..

Jawgap · 03-11-2010 02:28PM

Nice, but judging by the size of your ironing board the frame is too big for you:)

Where were pictures 2 & 3 taken?

just-joe · 04-11-2010 10:15AM

haha nah its actually for my umpa-lumpa servant, takes care of my household chores.

the pics are from outside Kashiwazaki city, Niigata prefecture, in Japan.

Jawgap · 04-11-2010 10:36AM

You can't just post

just-joe wrote: »

the pics are from outside Kashiwazaki city, Niigata prefecture, in Japan.

and leave it at that without getting a ban

Surely there's a decent story as to how the bike (and you?) ended up there - hopefully it starts with "One afternoon I told the missus I was just nipping [no pun intended] out to Tesco Clare Hall for some milk......"

Lumen · 04-11-2010 10:46AM

just-joe wrote: »

haha nah its actually for my umpa-lumpa servant, takes care of my household chores.

Deadly.

just-joe · 04-11-2010 11:14AM

haha yeah maybe that was a bit random I guess.. not quite the same story but..

One afternoon I told the missus I was just going to pop over to Japan for a bit, teach English and maybe start cycling when I get there. Hopped on a plane and its goin grand so far.

Hense the umpa-lumpa servant sized ironing board and tatami mats in the background.

= I'm on the JET programme teaching English for (at least) a year, thought I'd give cycling a try and got really lucky with this bike. Got it second hand in Tokyo a few weeks ago from a sound Australian bloke who had been living here in Japan for about 15 years. Japan seems to be a great place to cycle as the roads are in really good condition and the scenery is beautiful. Hopefully I'll keep it up and do some longer journies when the weather gets good again. Has anyone else here cycled in Japan?

Speaking of which, theres a team which cycles from the top to the bottom of Japan every year over a few months, BEE Japan. Probably a good place to give them a shout out, they have a cool website, worth checking out!

If theres any other questions I can answer to distance myself from the ban, go for it.

penexpers · 04-11-2010 01:37PM

Better pictures later, but for now

tomasrojo · 04-11-2010 04:46PM

Welcome to the Brompton club! Great bikes.

I don't think that plastic caps on the wheel nuts serve any purpose once the bike is delivered. Well, I took mine off anyway.

penexpers · 04-11-2010 07:19PM

Thanks

I have still to take them off (but I will).

Ordered a front bag with it too but waiting for it to come into the shop.

Really liking it so far - marveling at the fold mechanism. It really is brilliant.

christeb · 04-11-2010 09:28PM

Giant MCR SS - This one has been a while in the making. I dragged these wheels through half of Boston to get 'em home (no money left for the T

)

New horizontal dropouots were machined for it, thanks to Michael (mech) and Paul @ The Bike Hut in Howth - superb job lads.

I thought they'd take off the tri-bars but they add to the overall OTTness of the bike, so they may just have to stay.

abcdggs · 04-11-2010 09:59PM

Amazing bike, the axle is very far back in the drops, would you not consider removing a link?

niceonetom · 04-11-2010 10:22PM

Bah
naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
nahs.

What's the bike used for? and what's going on with those pedals?

tomasrojo · 04-11-2010 10:23PM

penexpers wrote: »

Thanks

I have still to take them off (but I will).

Ordered a front bag with it too but waiting for it to come into the shop.

Really liking it so far - marveling at the fold mechanism. It really is brilliant.

Did you get the touring pannier?

The front-mounted baggage is ingenious too, just like the fold. Very fast to put on and very secure. Mine came with a rain hood for the bag too. These bikes are great.

Raam · 04-11-2010 10:24PM

Who is Barry Heron?

christeb · 04-11-2010 10:36PM

abcdggs wrote: »

Amazing bike, the axle is very far back in the drops, would you not consider removing a link?

thanks, and point taken

Raam wrote: »

Who is Barry Heron?

an uncle, it's his old room

christeb · 04-11-2010 10:48PM

niceonetom wrote: »

Bah
naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
nahs.

What's the bike used for? and what's going on with those pedals?

Agreed, they're cheap POSs

tomasrojo · 04-11-2010 10:55PM

They look like Wellgo pedals. They're certainly quite cheap, but they're not POSs, I think. I had a pair of Wellgos that lasted over five years (with servicing). Always spun nicely during that time.

niceonetom · 04-11-2010 11:05PM

It's not that they're cheap or whatever, it's that they're flat pedals more at home on a DH bike than a TT machine - that's why I was asking what the bike is for. Speed is unlikely to be a concern if those are the right pedals, so then why the bars? Or maybe it's for the type of triathlete who thinks doing the bike leg in their asics is a good idea. Then again if the bike is just for being mental then, well, mission accomplished I suppose. I want one.

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