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TheBigYin
TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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Can't believe we haven't had a "Readers Rides" thread yet...

I'll start - then you can all feel smug and post something far more posh...

Here goes then...

Main Roadbike

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Planet-X Superlight Team Alu. Frame, Ultegra 9 speed Groupset, FSA and Specialised finishing Kit, Fulcrum Racing 5's with Vittoria Open Pave Evo CG2's


Mountain Bike

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On-One Inbred 456, XT 9 speed Groupset, Ritchey finishing kit.


So there you go - they're built for strength - bear in mind up until this summer there was 400lb of me bouncing up and dow on them, so we're not talking carbon flying machines here...
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  • DrIanKellar
    DrIanKellar Posts: 38 Member
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    Aravis Supertourist

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    Bakfiets Cargotrike (for lugging kids and shopping around on Saturdays)

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    Specialized Tricross fixed (67")

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    Circe Helios Alfine
  • sillygoose1977
    sillygoose1977 Posts: 2,151 Member
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    This is my Sexy B****

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  • StuAblett
    StuAblett Posts: 1,141 Member
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    1988 Cannodale SM700 converted to Single Speed, will build a Fixie wheel for it sometime soon!

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    My Charge Mixer 8 in trailer tugging livery.
    This bike had a Nexus 8 speed hub, and Shimano hydraulic disk brakes, I've lowered the gearing on it for heavy loads and hills, so around town without the trailer I'm constantly looking for a 9th or 10th gear :laugh: this is why the bike mostly hauls the trailer only and I use the Cannondale SS for errands around town.
    I have built a 26" front wheel for it with a Dynamo hub to run my lights etc, I ride a lot in the dark here in the winter. I'll be building a 26" wheel for the back as well. I've gone to the 26" wheels to be able to run some fatter tires, the 700C wheels I have fit really tight in the frame, I can only run a 28-700C tire. Great bike, a real workhorse for me!

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    This is my Lrrb (Long Ride Road Bike)
    I bought a good NOS (New Old Stock) steel frame on auction, actually my wife bought it for me as a birthday present :bigsmile:
    I bought some new parts, used some old parts and was even given some parts by some cycling buddies :drinker: I really enjoy riding this bike on the long rides, the old school steel frame is very comfortable, but it is not too sloppy, yeah it is not the latest fastest, lightest bike around but I'm not that fast or light either, not to mention that young anymore :laugh:
    The whole bike as it stands cost me less than $600, staying in a budget and having a good ride too is very cool. I will build a new front wheel for it soon, with a Dynamo hub, I hate having to charge my iPhone which I use for a GPS all the time, the dynamo hub and a few gizzmos will take care of this problem :bigsmile:

    That is it for me, three bikes!
  • TDSeest
    TDSeest Posts: 1,089 Member
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    Great, pictures…Now, I have to go into the other room for some "alone" time...:heart:
  • CDGolden
    CDGolden Posts: 343 Member
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    Great, pictures…Now, I have to go into the other room for some "alone" time...:heart:

    NICE
  • CDGolden
    CDGolden Posts: 343 Member
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    Hope these pics don't turn out to big.

    My Surly....Crossbike, commuter, townie bike

    My Orbea...carbon, light, quick...

    Santa Cruz Chameleon, has since had a face lift and has become "pumpkin orange"

    And my fixie/singlespeed, townie, CX racer (someday)....Motobecane Fantom Cross Uno

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  • fatboypup
    fatboypup Posts: 1,873 Member
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    Mmmmm bike porn
  • FatDadSlim
    FatDadSlim Posts: 497 Member
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    Alpinestars AlMega DX (1991)
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    Kona Cowan (2004)
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    Verenti Rhigos.02 (2011)
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  • Ant_M76
    Ant_M76 Posts: 534 Member
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    Verenti Millook (Sunday Best)
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    Concorde 105 (Day-to-day bike/commuter)
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    Giant Revel 2 (Not used enough MTB)
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    Dawes Audax (spare/hack - curently rigged up to turbo)
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  • dazlite
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    Giant TCX 2 - My all-rounder cyclo-cross :glasses:

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  • StuAblett
    StuAblett Posts: 1,141 Member
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    Alpinestars AlMega DX (1991)
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    Kona Cowan (2004)
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    Verenti Rhigos.02 (2011)
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    Very nice stable of bikes you have there!

    Your images did not post because in the link from PB there is a space......


    http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt357/chriscarley_photos/MFP bikes/IMG_20111222_154054.jpg

    .... right in the middle there it says /MFP bikes/

    The software here fills that space in with a %20 and that screws up the link to PB.....

    http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt357/chriscarley_photos/MFP bikes/IMG_20111222_154054.jpg

    See it now says /MFP%20bikes/ which is NOT the correct address of your pic on PB.

    Annoying as heck, but that is the way it rolls here :tongue:

    I copied your pics and put them up on my PB account, I just had to share, nice bikes!

    Cheers!:bigsmile:
  • FatDadSlim
    FatDadSlim Posts: 497 Member
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    Thanks for taking the time to fix the links and explaining the problem.
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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    Ok a couple more... some of these share a few components - I've sort of got a big box of bits, that I fit to the frame when I fancy taking one for a ride on a pleasant summer afternoon spin.

    Raleigh Dynatech (with totally wrong forks for it's geometry..)
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    With more Suitable forks
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    And a "storage room" shot with the original forks...
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    A real "Old School" ride...
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    (Dawes 531 Custom frame refinished in LBS livery, real "mongrel" componentry (iirc its a combo of Shimano 600 & Suntour Gears, Campag brakes, and SR bars/stem - all finished off with that lovely slippery Benotto Bar tape) - This is currently on "long-term loan" at one of my mates... though he's swapped the wheels - it was cheaper to buy some affordable clincher wheels than keep on buying Tub's for these ones :laugh:

    Raleigh 531c (Special Products Division Frameset)
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    Shimano 600 gears, hubs, brakes & pedals, Campag Chainset, Rigida Ceramic rims, modern (awful) tyres and handlebars, and the Awesome Rolls Saddle

    Raleigh Dynatech 701 Frameset
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    Same 600 gears, brakes and pedals and Campag Chainset as above, but with modern wheels and "Brifters" - really fast handling bike - it's a pretty light frameset for steel as well - around 4.5lb plus the fork - it's a custom 753 tubeset, that was optimised for the Dynatech "Bonded Lugs" - so the tubes have really, really short butted sections as they never needed to dissipate the brazing heat like traditional frames did. Clearances are incredibly tight - you could barely fit a cigarette paper between the frame and the tyre at the back with Michelin Pro-race 3 23mm tyres - my usual 25mm Conti GP4000 just wouldn't fit at all!

    (please excuse the "insurance valuation - up against the brick wall" shots - they're the onls ones I have... keep meaning to set up a proper "studio shoot and get decent quality images of the bikes, but tbh, I'sd sooner get out and ride them :laugh:)
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  • fatboypup
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  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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    Oh - just realised, I'd another one...

    bit of a restoration project here... my little fixie...

    Before

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    Needs that chain re-tensioning


    After

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    Cleaned up a little, and re-tensioned...

    Nice little bike, but it's a bit small for me :wink:
  • zoom2
    zoom2 Posts: 934 Member
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    Ha, that is too funny--where'd you find that?!
  • StuAblett
    StuAblett Posts: 1,141 Member
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    Oh - just realised, I'd another one...

    bit of a restoration project here... my little fixie...

    Before

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    Needs that chain re-tensioning


    After

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    Cleaned up a little, and re-tensioned...

    Nice little bike, but it's a bit small for me :wink:

    Belt drive too!

    The saddle looks uncomfortable :laugh:

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