DougK
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Ack, I hit the wrong option in the poll...I voted for what I want, not what I have.
I have a couple multi-gear road bikes (a hybrid and a racing bike) that are fun, but I want a single-speed or fixed-gear along the lines of a classic Raleigh 3-speed for commuting. I no longer feel the need to ride swiftly, but I would like to arrive in style. A coaster brake would be a plus in my book.
I have a couple multi-gear road bikes (a hybrid and a racing bike) that are fun, but I want a single-speed or fixed-gear along the lines of a classic Raleigh 3-speed for commuting. I no longer feel the need to ride swiftly, but I would like to arrive in style. A coaster brake would be a plus in my book.
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nobbylon
Veteran
I have a few bikes myself, Giant tcr carbon with all the Dura ace goodies and some Tune wheels, a Pinarello and a specialized mountain bike.
If anyone's interested have a look at my flickr site for the pictures of Alpe d'Huez and Mt Ventoux. I love riding these hills!
www.flickr.com/photos/nobbylon
pages 5 & 6
If anyone's interested have a look at my flickr site for the pictures of Alpe d'Huez and Mt Ventoux. I love riding these hills!
www.flickr.com/photos/nobbylon
pages 5 & 6
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normclarke
normclarke
I have a 1980's homemade racer that I copied from the Hinault machine that he last won the Tour on. Columbus SL tubes, Prugnat lugs, Cinelli bracket and Campag ends it has served me since then as a summer mount to supplement my winter Olmo. Still try to get a few miles before the joints finally seize up. I completed my one and only race in 1951 as a junior under BLRC rules, what a farce that was, big pile up as we entered the final half mile, seven of us avoided the action and I finished seventh! Four years in the RAF stifled any more biking until 1970.
There is still nothing like it though!
Cheers,
normclarke
There is still nothing like it though!
Cheers,
normclarke
berci
Photographer Level: ****
I have got a proper city bike, mudguards, basket and such.
I don't have a car, I use public transport to commute and cycling in my free time.
I don't have a car, I use public transport to commute and cycling in my free time.
amateriat
We're all light!
Yet another thread that somehow escaped my notice until now...
I'm "down to" three bikes now (a fourth, a restored 1967 Moulton Speedsix, is getting sold after it's taken out of storage and cleaned up). The oldest one in the current lineup is an Alex Moulton AM14S that I bought new in 1985, supposedly one of the first ten that landed in the States. It's been idle for a while, but with new tires and a bit of tweaking, it'll likely be on the road again within the month:
There's a go-go-fast bike that's almost ready to be assembled, based around a Geof. Butler road frame (late, lugged 531C), just waiting on my ordering a Nitto Noodle bar, plus pedals, from Rivendell. Hoping to get that wrapped up in a few weeks, in time to take it with me for a week vacationing in MA. Here's a pic of it as its previous owner had it built up (just picture it with Dura-Ace DT shifters instead of STI, Cane Creek brake levers [brakes are Cane Creek 200sl], a black San Marco Regal saddle, MKS Keirin pedals/ALE clips & straps, a much shorter stem, and black Ritchey OCR wheels):
Finally, the bike project that's been literally almost a decade in the making: FauxFix, my second attempt at an all-purpose, hop-on-and-go machine that still has some degree of élan. The last bike, Trash Canyon, was a metallic Mandarin-orange Schwinn-via-Bridgestone frame with S-A alloy drum-brake hubs, the rear hub also housing a five-speed geartrain. That bike worked great for commuting and errands for eight years ('86-94) and 12,000 New York City miles. But I wanted to get away from cables and levers. The new bike started nine years ago when I got hold of a NOS Sachs Torpedo two-speed automatic/"kick-back" coaster-brake hub, which has the virtue of allowing complete control of braking and shifting by pedaling/back-pedaling alone – no cables or levers required. (Hey, it was good enough when I was a ten-year-old...)
My big hangup, up till now, was finding the proper frame to build around it (along with the usual life-happens-while-you're-busy-making-other-plans stuff). In that time period, the mountain bike's market domination came and went; fixed-gear bikes came and stayed, with single-speeds following right behind. I wanted the simplicity of a fixie, but not the hair-shirt sensibility that came with it. And SS bikes still required brakes and levers of some kind, so that wasn't happening for me either. The Torpedo was as close to a perfect solution as I could find (it was only later that I realized just how rare a find this hub was...just try and find one now).
After acquiring a couple of older road frames that didn't quite work out (and which I'm now in the process of trying to unload), I came across a pretty but worn-'round-the-edges mid-80s Dawes Atlantis on the 'Bay, complete, for fairly cheap: all 531, perfunctory but nice lugs, and classic stage-racing/sport-touring geometry that I like best (the Butler frame comes a bit closer to crit geometry, but thankfully not too close). Between my work and the work of a local bike shop, FauxFix was completed a little under two weeks ago, and, wow, was it worth the wait. Other than wanting to gear it down a tad overall (likely meaning moving to a BMX or compact road crank to give me 38t instead of 42...ideas, anyone?), the thing is a sweet ride. Eventually, the frame's rather tired paint will get a serious makeover, new Reynolds stickers and all, along with fenders, and the shiny bits polished up a bit. As long as this two-speed hub lasts, this bike's a keeper.
Not that I want to come off as obsessive or anything...
- Barrett
P.S. Heard Richard Thompson sing "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" live in Prospect Park around the same time FauxFix was being wrapped up. In a thunderstorm. Yeah, I'm obsessive, all right...
I'm "down to" three bikes now (a fourth, a restored 1967 Moulton Speedsix, is getting sold after it's taken out of storage and cleaned up). The oldest one in the current lineup is an Alex Moulton AM14S that I bought new in 1985, supposedly one of the first ten that landed in the States. It's been idle for a while, but with new tires and a bit of tweaking, it'll likely be on the road again within the month:
There's a go-go-fast bike that's almost ready to be assembled, based around a Geof. Butler road frame (late, lugged 531C), just waiting on my ordering a Nitto Noodle bar, plus pedals, from Rivendell. Hoping to get that wrapped up in a few weeks, in time to take it with me for a week vacationing in MA. Here's a pic of it as its previous owner had it built up (just picture it with Dura-Ace DT shifters instead of STI, Cane Creek brake levers [brakes are Cane Creek 200sl], a black San Marco Regal saddle, MKS Keirin pedals/ALE clips & straps, a much shorter stem, and black Ritchey OCR wheels):
Finally, the bike project that's been literally almost a decade in the making: FauxFix, my second attempt at an all-purpose, hop-on-and-go machine that still has some degree of élan. The last bike, Trash Canyon, was a metallic Mandarin-orange Schwinn-via-Bridgestone frame with S-A alloy drum-brake hubs, the rear hub also housing a five-speed geartrain. That bike worked great for commuting and errands for eight years ('86-94) and 12,000 New York City miles. But I wanted to get away from cables and levers. The new bike started nine years ago when I got hold of a NOS Sachs Torpedo two-speed automatic/"kick-back" coaster-brake hub, which has the virtue of allowing complete control of braking and shifting by pedaling/back-pedaling alone – no cables or levers required. (Hey, it was good enough when I was a ten-year-old...)
My big hangup, up till now, was finding the proper frame to build around it (along with the usual life-happens-while-you're-busy-making-other-plans stuff). In that time period, the mountain bike's market domination came and went; fixed-gear bikes came and stayed, with single-speeds following right behind. I wanted the simplicity of a fixie, but not the hair-shirt sensibility that came with it. And SS bikes still required brakes and levers of some kind, so that wasn't happening for me either. The Torpedo was as close to a perfect solution as I could find (it was only later that I realized just how rare a find this hub was...just try and find one now).
After acquiring a couple of older road frames that didn't quite work out (and which I'm now in the process of trying to unload), I came across a pretty but worn-'round-the-edges mid-80s Dawes Atlantis on the 'Bay, complete, for fairly cheap: all 531, perfunctory but nice lugs, and classic stage-racing/sport-touring geometry that I like best (the Butler frame comes a bit closer to crit geometry, but thankfully not too close). Between my work and the work of a local bike shop, FauxFix was completed a little under two weeks ago, and, wow, was it worth the wait. Other than wanting to gear it down a tad overall (likely meaning moving to a BMX or compact road crank to give me 38t instead of 42...ideas, anyone?), the thing is a sweet ride. Eventually, the frame's rather tired paint will get a serious makeover, new Reynolds stickers and all, along with fenders, and the shiny bits polished up a bit. As long as this two-speed hub lasts, this bike's a keeper.
Not that I want to come off as obsessive or anything...
- Barrett
P.S. Heard Richard Thompson sing "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" live in Prospect Park around the same time FauxFix was being wrapped up. In a thunderstorm. Yeah, I'm obsessive, all right...
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DMG
waiting for friday
Barrett I like your Geoff Butler, I just ordered a nitto flat bar (waiting on bulls to come back into stock in the UK but I may just chop and flop the stock drop bars I have).
amateriat
We're all light!
DMG: Bet you weren't expecting this big a response (or this rich...I'm pretty floored by the stuff people are putting forth here).
As an aside, the second and third bikes are replacing a pair of bikes that were stolen last year. The Alex Moulton needed relatively hard-to-find tires/tubes (now no longer quite so hard to find), so I was mostly using galfriend's bike for utility stuff, but wasn't riding for fun – a major drag. Can't tell you how much fun it's been since getting FauxFix up and running. It'll take a while to shave off the extra fifteen pounds I've been carrying, but I'm not too worried – I'll probably drop at least 20 by summer's end.
- Barrett
As an aside, the second and third bikes are replacing a pair of bikes that were stolen last year. The Alex Moulton needed relatively hard-to-find tires/tubes (now no longer quite so hard to find), so I was mostly using galfriend's bike for utility stuff, but wasn't riding for fun – a major drag. Can't tell you how much fun it's been since getting FauxFix up and running. It'll take a while to shave off the extra fifteen pounds I've been carrying, but I'm not too worried – I'll probably drop at least 20 by summer's end.
- Barrett
markinlondon
Elmar user
Love your Dawes 2 speed, Barrett, but please get those mudguards on. A bike just isn't dressed without them
Oh, and RT is about the only guy I'd stand out in a thunderstorm to hear too.
Oh, and RT is about the only guy I'd stand out in a thunderstorm to hear too.
amateriat
We're all light!
Will-do. Looking at my options now.markinlondon said:Love your Dawes 2 speed, Barrett, but please get those mudguards on. A bike just isn't dressed without them
Wish you'd been here. Good-sized crowd, and next to no one left, even with some mighty close lightning strikes. RT and band played a killer-long encore set as a thank-you, including a sing-along of "Tear-Stained Letter". Won't forget this one.
- Barrett
Warren T.
Well-known
kbg32
neo-romanticist
Here's a story I took pictures for - http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/interviews/coast/
My friend Rob interviewed local NYC builder Johnny Coast.
My friend Rob interviewed local NYC builder Johnny Coast.
DMG
waiting for friday
Barrett, yeah we should ask Stephen to start another sub-forum I'm glad there are more bike and camera geeks out there. I'm waiting on some bike pron to get dev'd
I'm glad there are more bike and camera geeks out there. I'm waiting on some bike pron to get dev'd
amateriat
We're all light!
Big thanks for the link, Keith...I need reminders like this of what's going on in this lil' borough of mine!kbg32 said:
Warren: very cool ride you have there.
(What number is this thread up to? I think we're all gonna to have to colonize a planet or something...)
- Barrett
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rich815
Guest
I used to mountain bike my butt off.
Lately, though I like photographing bicycles more than riding. Especially with nice backgrounds.
Lately, though I like photographing bicycles more than riding. Especially with nice backgrounds.
eli griggs
Well-known
I have two bikes, a old USA Huffy Coaster that my wife sometimes rides to and from work; about a 1 1/2 mile commute. The other is a 78-79 Peugeot UE-9 I was given not too long ago. It's a nice old bike that I'm still trying to fix up so I can use it for commuting to school and photography/painting day trips. Charlotte area busses have bike racks and we've the start of a commuter train here, so I can use these to get into an area I want to explore and peddle about in a easy fashion looking for interesting things to paint, shoot or draw. Trying to do the same from a car is harder for me because I tend to pass-up opportunities at shots because of traffic, parking etc. Thirty years ago I use to bike with cameras and sketch pads and did some of my best b&w work with found objects.
Cheers
Cheers
ernstk
Retro Renaissance
Flying Scot
Flying Scot
Hi,
I'm also a keen cyclist and photographer. I'm slightly retro in my cycle tastes too.
I love the ride and feel of steel frames, preferrably lugged.
I have several Flying Scots, from the '50s throught to the late '70s. This one is my favourite. It's built from Accles & Pollock 'Kro-Mo', with Nervex Professional lugs. It has a livelier ride than comparable 531 frames from the same era.The frame is from 1954 but it's been updated with Campag. Nuovo record.
I also have an original Gios Torino from 1975.
I've started to build frames too. Attached is a lugged steel, silver brazed frame, built using Dedacciai Zero Uno tubes and Sachs Richie-issimo lugs.
Looks like we have an emerging sub community here?
Ernst
Flying Scot
Hi,
I'm also a keen cyclist and photographer. I'm slightly retro in my cycle tastes too.
I love the ride and feel of steel frames, preferrably lugged.
I have several Flying Scots, from the '50s throught to the late '70s. This one is my favourite. It's built from Accles & Pollock 'Kro-Mo', with Nervex Professional lugs. It has a livelier ride than comparable 531 frames from the same era.The frame is from 1954 but it's been updated with Campag. Nuovo record.
I also have an original Gios Torino from 1975.
I've started to build frames too. Attached is a lugged steel, silver brazed frame, built using Dedacciai Zero Uno tubes and Sachs Richie-issimo lugs.
Looks like we have an emerging sub community here?
Ernst
lff
Established
update- I've ridden the fixie a bit more & was genuinely pissed when the future-father-in-law gipped me out of the ride home yesterday.
While being a devoted retro-grouch myself: in the order of liking steel but having been lucky enough- TWICE- to get good titanium (for way less than reasonable), the fixie is aluminum.
The Santa Cruz Roadster has proven to be a versatile purchase (vertical & horizontal dropouts) and now works nicely with one speed & the supplied horizontal dropouts. Looking forward to the commute tomorrow(today?).
While being a devoted retro-grouch myself: in the order of liking steel but having been lucky enough- TWICE- to get good titanium (for way less than reasonable), the fixie is aluminum.
The Santa Cruz Roadster has proven to be a versatile purchase (vertical & horizontal dropouts) and now works nicely with one speed & the supplied horizontal dropouts. Looking forward to the commute tomorrow(today?).
jrong
Too many cameras
Specialized Sirrus Comp here (2006 model). It's a lovely bike. Definitely feels better than it looks!
Jin
It's a lovely bike. Definitely feels better than it looks!Jin
robert blu
quiet photographer
jobe
Member
You bet I do. I love every minute on my Seven Odonata even when I can only ride on the unfriendly streets of Baltimore...
Joe
I love every minute on my Seven Odonata even when I can only ride on the unfriendly streets of Baltimore...Joe