Yes, they are close to what my Grandad would have described as 'a bike'. Many 'crossers' are actually just slightly sportier tourers.
It's funny how things come around.
Bicycles - what do you have?
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Yes, they are close to what my Grandad would have described as 'a bike'. Many 'crossers' are actually just slightly sportier tourers.
It's funny how things come around.
I have a Rans long wheel base recumbent road bike. Ive recently replaced the original T bar steering with a set of chopper bars which gives me a nice place for a smallish bag, and combined with the racks on the back I can really load her out for a good long multi day trip when the mood suits.
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For those of you interested in combining bushcraft with a bit of cycling - http://www.bikeandbivi.co.uk
I just put some mudguards on mine, hopefully I will start commuting again in the new year, after 9 months absence due to having acces to a company van.
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I've always loved touring, and have owned literally hundreds of bikes.
Last year, I was burgled and lost my whole collection. However, my friend in the bike trade was given this in part exchange:
He let me have it for such a low price I couldn't resist. And although it isn't as "special" as a lot of the bikes I owned in the past (I've had some seriously exotic things before, including custom frames), I find it fits beautifully. Certainly a lot less "whippy" when loaded with luggage and thanks to the thicker walled tubing far less likely to pick up dents than a frame in, say, Reynolds 853.
Last year, I was burgled and lost my whole collection. However, my friend in the bike trade was given this in part exchange:
He let me have it for such a low price I couldn't resist. And although it isn't as "special" as a lot of the bikes I owned in the past (I've had some seriously exotic things before, including custom frames), I find it fits beautifully. Certainly a lot less "whippy" when loaded with luggage and thanks to the thicker walled tubing far less likely to pick up dents than a frame in, say, Reynolds 853.
Thanks Beorn! A IGH is exactly the plan when I can afford to do so. Rohloff is a desire, but not sure if that will happen for awhile, they are quite expensive.
Cannondale prophet lefty. Love it , but its ready for a fork service and could use a new rear damper 
92 Lava Dome
93 M800 Beast of the East
94 RSP ti, (broken downtube)
96 Klein Pulse
00 Giant XTC
Onza mini bike
Dahon Hammerhead
(HI! My names Dave and I'm an alchoholic)
93 M800 Beast of the East
94 RSP ti, (broken downtube)
96 Klein Pulse
00 Giant XTC
Onza mini bike
Dahon Hammerhead
(HI! My names Dave and I'm an alchoholic)
My Rans Stratus with the "Chopper" bars added.
Wolf
(Ok - so I know it says BIcycles - what do you have .....)
This reminds me that I had a go on an ICE trike
(eg see http://www.youtube.com/v/63jJiw9QZrA&fs=1&rel=0)
a few years ago - only for about 10 minutes on a quiet road (from Dtek of somewhere near Cambridge). It was a fantastic ride - so comfortable. And the three wheels made it really stable so that you didn't have to have too much of a look out for pot-holes and so could have a good look round.
As I always seemed to get the blood supply cut off from my nether regions when I rode my bike (now donated to son) I always fancied getting one .... never have though - the £2000+ price tag put me off
Interesting your opinion on a trike. I once tried one and liked it so now I'm building a tadpole trike (2 wheels at the front) for my a level technology project (significantly cheaper than £2000!)
Good luck with your project - I envy your opportunity to carry it out.
As regards getting an ICE trike .... well I'm at the other end of the age range to you and the best rationalisation I can come up with to to say that looking to the future it's all I'll be able to cope with soon! (but still have to be second-hand at those prices)
That's an interesting perspective. I'll have to put that in my folder when analysing potential other clients (I have to do a whole research, development and design folder as if I was making it for a particular client with the potential of mass production).
To be fair, I'm more interested in getting a decent a-level result and therefore decent uni and decent degree and job etc. The trike is just an added bonus
the standard classic railegh metro, brilliant for mant commutes, the downside is i totaly load the daylights out of it and as such is rebuilt twice a year,
this weekend we have done a new back axel , the last one only lasted two months before bending and bearings and new to me back tyres as the walls on the other had split.
what it lacks is top quality lights so we have several red back lights and two standard battery powered fronts, this year i hope to find an old dynamo so i can then store the juice in a small capacitor and then from there into a propper hard wired light system.
I will commute at any time of year winter or summer and up to about the 16 mile each way mark, after that i go in the car, or if i am working away i take it with me,
the trailer is a curver box with a unistrut frame the bike connector is a pipe clamp with a bolt in it stuffed into a 15mm piece of 3/4" hose pipe stuffed into the old tent pole that connects the two items,
loads wise 25kg in the beer crate back box is very common if not more. i want to find on of the old fshioned fibre glass top boxs off the old c90 hondas or such like. the trailer easily carries 50 Kg very often it has gone to 78 kg of a water based product once, trailer was ok but my legs were on fire
winter weekly wash down after the weeks commute
this weekend we have done a new back axel , the last one only lasted two months before bending and bearings and new to me back tyres as the walls on the other had split.
what it lacks is top quality lights so we have several red back lights and two standard battery powered fronts, this year i hope to find an old dynamo so i can then store the juice in a small capacitor and then from there into a propper hard wired light system.
I will commute at any time of year winter or summer and up to about the 16 mile each way mark, after that i go in the car, or if i am working away i take it with me,
the trailer is a curver box with a unistrut frame the bike connector is a pipe clamp with a bolt in it stuffed into a 15mm piece of 3/4" hose pipe stuffed into the old tent pole that connects the two items,
loads wise 25kg in the beer crate back box is very common if not more. i want to find on of the old fshioned fibre glass top boxs off the old c90 hondas or such like. the trailer easily carries 50 Kg very often it has gone to 78 kg of a water based product once, trailer was ok but my legs were on fire
winter weekly wash down after the weeks commute
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