Lunchtime stroll

[munga]

just print and laminate some signs for each rack - 'dungers', 'mtbs', 'italian classics', 'fixies', 'australian road bikes'. it'll totally work! o.O

[Kermit TF]

sure they're not ventos? shamal's were 12h, ventos were 16h, with the same pink labels.
zonda's had blue labels and were 16h, and sciroccos were 20h and lower profile, again with blue labels.
today's nerd lesson is complete.

Arrrgh, for 12 minutes I thought I was an EXPERT ! Couldnt you wait for a few hours at least even Andy Warhol got 15 mins of fame ..Lol.

[munga]

you should go hang out with the foa guys. learn something every damn time i open my mouth

[Lots of steel bikes]

An old Raleigh with chainstay mounts for spare spokes.

[ldrcycles]

I like neat little details like that. Like the seat tube mounted shift lever WyvernRH had on a touring bike to activate his dynamo.

[Lots of steel bikes]

I'd never heard of a Lotus. Googled and found this nice little website devoted to the vintage Lotus bicycle. If I come across it again I'll get details for their database.

[landyacht]

heres my tip pick up of the week. with snake stays.
a really nicely set up diamondback,with top of the line fit out.
pity its an axtra large frame , so its pump up the tyres polish ,tune up and gumtree

[ldrcycles]

Those brakes look interesting?

[Mulger bill]

Those brakes look interesting?

Why's that? They look like pretty standard G1 non Shamino Vs. Added reflector excepted of course.

[Lots of steel bikes]

A Reynolds 653 frame with a lot of seat tube above the top tube.

[ldrcycles]

Those brakes look interesting?

Why's that? They look like pretty standard G1 non Shamino Vs. Added reflector excepted of course.

That thing's a reflector? I've never seen anything like it, my first guess was some sort of weird Pedersen SE kind of thing.

[Lots of steel bikes]

An early Trek. 1970s ?

[landyacht]

Those brakes look interesting?

Why's that? They look like pretty standard G1 non Shamino Vs. Added reflector excepted of course.

they are awesomely effective its one of the few MTB's Ive ridden where I can consistently stop on the frontwheel without faceplanting.
after an hours ride the 8sp shifter stopped working ,so i'll pull it apart and have a look.
meanwhile I bumped into a malvernstar LA 84 during a cleanup , hopefully the owner, who was going to throw it out will decide to sell it too me
then i can post a before and after happy pic

[Lots of steel bikes]

Another Rapallo/Concorde.

[Lots of steel bikes]

Peugeot Izoard with a bit of seat post showing.

[ldrcycles]

Looks good to me .

[Lots of steel bikes]

Gazelle Tour de France.

[Lots of steel bikes]

Moser decals but I'm not convinced it's a Moser.

[Lots of steel bikes]

That's a lot of seatpost but how far above the limit line is that stem. Yikes!!!

[WyvernRH]

An early Trek. 1970s ?

Oh yes, I want that one, back in the days when Trek was a 'real' bicycle company....

Richard

[Lots of steel bikes]

A bit of patina with this one.

[Lots of steel bikes]

Apollo III. The twin of the one I just bought.

[find_bruce]

You work in a better location than me. Most interesting I saw today was an 80s fluro Europa

[Lots of steel bikes]

No braking from the drops without dislocating the wrists.

[Lots of steel bikes]

I really like those shifters. Are they Simplex?