Let's see your bicycle

[azkid]

Apparently many of us share more than one hobby.

Let's see your bicycles, folks. Mine is a Felt "1903" (that's the model name; it was manufactured in the late 90's)

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180905/269cc0103732ffae86108e5617f43fb0.jpg

I got it well-used, with a poorly maintained rear single speed coaster brake hub, plenty of chips and dings, and old tubes and tires.

I installed a new wheelset from ABC with Nexus 3 speed (hills are too hilly, legs too scrawny and ??? too fat), and new presta tubes.

Also swapped to a more swept back handlebar. The mirror is really nice to have. Vintage style headlight on front. I will be installing some other kind of grips, and a vintage looking taillight later.

The box I build out of scrap wood and attached to an aluminum rack. My goal was to be able to go to the store for a gallon of milk (which I have now accomplished twice).

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180905/3f93e0dd838ffba9fe7af3a2edafe5ae.jpg

I had to 3d print a bracket adapter for the rack as the bike doesn't have attachment points on the frame.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180905/447c3b99f9942abc1502509cc4570f57.jpg

Cast iron bottle opener because why not? :D (it is for come bottles not beer, don't worry)

[Rapidray]

The Surly Pugsley. Fat tire bike made for the mountains, snow and sand! All steel frame. Heavy but worth it. Will go anywhere you think you would want to go. Cross the river, it will float because of the tires. Lower the air pressure and snow and sand is nothing to it. I wouldn’t mind getting the Big Fat Dummy which has the extended frame and is the station wagon/pick up of the bikes. Very happy with it. Decked out with Revelation Design bags. Military tent, military sleeping bag - etc. The perfect off the grid bike.

[Morgaine]

I bought a box of postcards in July... Some interesting ones in there.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51PR0HjUAFL._SX391_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

Some of the postcards have been making their way across the globe enclosed with letters!

[FredRydr]

My current ride. I've added fenders and a rack over the rear wheel (2nd photo). The Brooks B-72 has been with me since I sold my Raleigh 3-speed decades ago.

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My prior ride. I installed touring bars long ago. Two years ago, a Kiwi living in NYC had me ship it to her after paying almost what I paid for it new in '78. She wanted a vintage bike in the big city. Wonder if it's been stolen yet?

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[Rapidray]

Well that’s pretty cool...wonder...are the cards from a coffee table book with same name??? The book, if it is, is packed with great information, from folding bikes, military bikes and fire department bikes. Enough information to where I bought the book. :)

[usk15]

Diamondback Maravista Hybrid Bike, I have the bicycle for about 8 years now:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7253/13348835023_3f0167f5f1_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/mkAgzZ)

[Scooby921]

Current bike is a 2017 Nukeproof Mega 275 Comp.

https://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=42120&d=1536202084


I just sold my old bike which was a home-build. Leader LD-516 frame which was hand-made in San Diego, CA. It was rather patriotic.

https://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=42121&d=1536202739

[christof]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4764/25296466067_106a2be2c0_c.jpg

Moulton TSR 2 with belt drive.

[BlkWhiteFilmPix]

Gary Fisher Hybrid, my second.

First one took a beating after swerving to avoid a driver talky who ran a stop sign. Thanks to a helmet, after bouncing off the pavement, I limped away from it. :bounce:


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Lucky, God rest him, loved riding along in his Tail Wagon.

[TAYLORPUPPY]

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[Ray-VIgo]

I've been re-building old bikes for maybe 23 or so years now, with some of that time more active in re-building than other times. I've probably owned a few dozen bikes over that time, all stuff I've cleaned up, fixed and re-built. It was much harder in the days before the internet became a commonly used thing - you had to go by word of mouth mainly, and common sense. Written materials were around, but scarcer. As of today, I'm down to 9 vintage bikes dating from the 1930s through the 1970s. I guess that is still a high number, but it's less than what I used to have back when I'd rebuild a bike every few weeks as a main hobby of mine.

I did keep a log of quite a few repairs:

https://bikeshedva.blogspot.com/

I'll throw up a sampling here:

Mid-1930s Phillips

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9_Kd4hCaDH4/XDGH6DW2QhI/AAAAAAAAIlw/qjnypwRGZ1EZiRRHh5f6-UZLvy3NZwGfwCLcBGAs/s1600/20190105_155532.jpg

1972 Raleigh Twenty folder:

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rWfwXUSeM8E/W8aQt8HsJtI/AAAAAAAAIiQ/0YlWRuOcjDg3I-6GuQjKQMotR3eoL-dZwCLcBGAs/s1600/20181012_174054.jpg

1974 Raleigh Sports:

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dI-1wuyX3Bc/W8aQuj-phNI/AAAAAAAAIic/udFG90qdgeoZF-GscnEg9hN6BRxNQRX4gCLcBGAs/s1600/20181013_171430.jpg

1958 Raleigh Sports (4-speed hub instead of the usual 3):

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nvx2fcDZINY/W3i0RtgtR4I/AAAAAAAAIc8/_UiqokVo2ZkN_tiYEYrPYY3jQUf-G_cHgCLcBGAs/s1600/20180817_163941.jpg

1962 Raleigh roadster:

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p8J1r4-5uz8/W29gmJ_Kc_I/AAAAAAAAIcM/gVX2yCpllbk7Wmmbpk7JbSILYtu80zIEQCLcBGAs/s1600/20180728_180033.jpg

1978 Raleigh DL-1:

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uqlVVvf4xLw/V8X2pQ3YATI/AAAAAAAADns/v58w8EfPmHEBFWuR0Rcfd3ht41mMP3Z1gCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/20160828_170822.jpg

1947 Schwinn New World:

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L5tJ2DOFFxk/WzaApLD44YI/AAAAAAAAIYQ/jtGJLVOj37szh-l7vm1bgsJbGEdbC5UGwCLcBGAs/s1600/20180627_201657.jpg


The biggest bike I ever owned was this 1935 Hercules:

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g4ihYoLqJqc/UghKjdAhB3I/AAAAAAAABRE/21jz9QQUIUM/s1600/IMG_3007.JPG

That Hercules was a beast - I used to have to hop on by kicking the bike into motion, standing on one pedal throwing my leg over the bike while it was starting to move. You can learn to do it with enough practice, but it's a pain if you're in traffic at a stop light or a stop sign. I sold it off to a guy who must have been over 6 feet tall. It fit him better than me. But people used to stare at the bike because it was quite a lot of old steel in motion.

The "prettiest" bike I ever owned was a 1947 Schwinn Continental. These were the bikes one level below the "Paramount". They were basically the second-best Schwinn performance bike you could buy in 1947. The bike was the absolute nicest blue, and had ornate silver "Wings" all over the frame. It had lightened alloy parts and stainless parts all over. The frame was built by hand in the custom part of Schwinn's factory. I sold it back to the guy I bought it from. I really wasn't riding as much as I should have. It was more something you'd display and show off than ride around a lot, though it rode great.

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T2yvHu-p5_k/WwtaQ1r2hGI/AAAAAAAAIRg/sPkGfsXvQvEn2eV6oCen3vY-9nd8lHqRgCLcBGAs/s1600/20180526_144331.jpg



I still have my grandfather's 1936 Schwinn Henderson balloon tire bike, but I can't find any pictures of it. I pulled it out his barn back in the 1990s after he said I could have it. It's my sentimental favorite, though I'll admit I don't ride that one much.

The funny thing is that my wife absolutely hates bicycles. I tried to get her interested several times. I re-built the old 1960s Schwinn her parents gave her, and I bought and re-built for her a 1946 Hercules 3-speed bike. She just never got into it. She hates that I have so many still, even after I sold probably half of what I used to have off. At any one time, the most I had was probably 15 or 16 old bikes. But in the end, it's just stuff mostly. More important things in life.

Sorry to go on for so long, but there's a lot of history in these old bikes so thought I'd share the photos for anyone interested.

[FredRydr]

Thanks, Ray!

[Deb]

Excellent photographs, wonderful bikes, great blog.

[Chrissy]

Thanks Ray, loved reading the blog, and some of these pictures bring back old memories. When I worked in Nottingham I used to drive past the Raleigh factory every day.

I wonder if I'm the only visitor to this thread who doesn't own a bicycle?

[Deb]

Maybe. I own and use a bike but it's an (shock horror) e-bike. I'm fairly decrepit and I like a battery to do my pedalling for me, or most of it, anyway.

[azkid]

Ray-Vigo, those bikes are all gorgeous!

[SchaumburgSwan]

I've been re-building old bikes for maybe 23 or so years now, with some of that time more active in re-building than other times. I've probably owned a few dozen bikes over that time, all stuff I've cleaned up, fixed and re-built. It was much harder in the days before the internet became a commonly used thing - you had to go by word of mouth mainly, and common sense. Written materials were around, but scarcer. As of today, I'm down to 9 vintage bikes dating from the 1930s through the 1970s. I guess that is still a high number, but it's less than what I used to have back when I'd rebuild a bike every few weeks as a main hobby of mine.

I did keep a log of quite a few repairs:

https://bikeshedva.blogspot.com/

I'll throw up a sampling here:

Mid-1930s Phillips

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9_Kd4hCaDH4/XDGH6DW2QhI/AAAAAAAAIlw/qjnypwRGZ1EZiRRHh5f6-UZLvy3NZwGfwCLcBGAs/s1600/20190105_155532.jpg

Hi,

oh dear, I would love to have a 1920s to 1930s bike...
A neighbour had an amazing pre-war german Wanderer bike - just fascinating...

Thank You for the interesting post
Jens

[Entre2tierras]

my old Bulls Crossracer

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[FredRydr]

my old Bulls Crossracer
I hope you went for it.

I just returned from my first spring "shakedown ride" on the Cumberland Valley RailTrail (http://www.cvrtc.org), laid on the abandoned right-of-way of one of the oldest railroads (perhaps second after the B&O) in the USA. The patch on my front inner tube is holding quite nicely.

I left my pens and writing kit in the car.

[ethernautrix]

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Two bikes here - and Łapa's carriage (przyczepka) and Łapa. A couple of friends and I leave on our third Wielka Wycieczka Rowerowa (Great Bicycle Tour) next week, this time the northeast of Poland.

Mine is the Specialized in front.

[FredRydr]

I discovered yesterday that the ubiquitous white area at the bottom of the rear fender of English bicycles had been a wartime blackout requirement.

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.1900s.org.uk%2F1940s-images%2Fposter-blackout-bike.jpg&f=1&nofb=1

[christof]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4764/25296466067_106a2be2c0_c.jpg

Moulton TSR 2 with belt drive.

...the Belt on my Moulton was worn and failed. I decided not to replace it and took the opportunity to upgrade my two gear moulton with a "Schlumpf speed drive" to a 4 gear bike:

https://live.staticflickr.com/4889/45465503065_4d3f8abe15_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2cgCA4T)Moulton TSR2 upgrade with Schlumpf Speed Drive to TSR4 von -c_m_z- (https://flic.kr/p/2cgCA4T)

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[Scooby921]

Haven't been here much in recent times. Forgot about this thread and my new bike.

Pivot Trail 429. Put a decent number of miles on it this year, wet and dry.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47698696642_e4ae1976e0_h.jpg

[RWS]

Have I misunderstood the title of this thread?

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Oh, sorry, it should read "Let's see your bicycles".

[caffeinenoto]

Impressive stuff you got there.

[aquafox]

I am a fan of walking. Been a long time since I owned a bycicle.
However, I must admit I do like some very specific styles, like Shinola's

https://shinola.imgix.net/media/catalog/product/S/0/S0400001601_RedRunwell_Full_MB_3840H_2.png

However, it's priced as luxury item and therefore not for me. All of my bycicles have, sooner or later, ended in a sad state of disrepair.

[FredRydr]

...However, I must admit I do like some very specific styles, like Shinola's...However, it's priced as luxury item and therefore not for me....
That's what Montblanc did over three decades ago to fountain pens. Are there Shinola boutiques in our futures with watches, jewelry, bicycles and <gasp!> pens?

[Scooby921]

I am a fan of walking. Been a long time since I owned a bycicle.
However, I must admit I do like some very specific styles, like Shinola's

https://shinola.imgix.net/media/catalog/product/S/0/S0400001601_RedRunwell_Full_MB_3840H_2.png

However, it's priced as luxury item and therefore not for me. All of my bycicles have, sooner or later, ended in a sad state of disrepair.



...However, I must admit I do like some very specific styles, like Shinola's...However, it's priced as luxury item and therefore not for me....
That's what Montblanc did over three decades ago to fountain pens. Are there Shinola boutiques in our futures with watches, jewelry, bicycles and <gasp!> pens?
Minus the bicycles and pens the boutiques already exist. There are several of them in the shopping malls around metro Detroit. Can't argue pricing. They are expensive, but the quality does appear to be there. I've handled plenty of their watches. I wouldn't pay that much for a quartz watch when I can have a similar quality auto for the same money, but that's just the talk of someone admittedly snobbish about watches. Their leather goods are actually pretty impressive. I was in the market for a new leather messenger / laptop bag. I didn't like the overall layout / features of the Shinola bag, but the leather did feel the most supple of anything I held. Probably a better quality / price ratio than anything from Coach or LV. Their leather wallets, gloves, and notebook covers are similarly nice. Expensive, but nice.

Can't speak to the bicycles, but the rest of their items are mostly hand made. I'm sure they have sewing machines to stitch the leather bags together, but it's still a single person making each one. Watch parts are purchased, but each watch is assembled by a single person. When you buy a product you'll usually find a business card inside with the name of the person who made it. Mostly meaningless to the rest of us, but a little piece of pride for the downtrodden folks in downtown Detroit who find jobs at Shinola and are allowed to put their name on something nice.

[Ray-VIgo]

Supposedly Shinola is using Waterford brand frames (good frames made in Wisconsin). They won't be cheap. You can still find Raleigh and Schwinn type utility bikes on the used market for a reasonable amount. I'd be inclined to buy and upgrade an old Raleigh (Nottingham era) or Schwinn (Chicago era) before spending the big bucks like that.

[85AKbN]

Gios Compact Pro, circa late 90s. Still going strong year after year. Black and white pics is newer - no seat post bag, yellow grip tape, and several lights for day street riding.

https://i.imgur.com/hjK0hCk.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/vonZBVx.jpg?1

[85AKbN]

I also row this every day. My wife hops on every day also, which is nice.

https://i.imgur.com/h0EhUAZ.jpg

[FredRydr]

Cool! I have a Concept 2 - Model C, as well as a Schwinn AirDyne, but I still much prefer to see scenery passing by on my bicycle.

[SchaumburgSwan]

Gios Compact Pro, circa late 90s. Still going strong year after year. Black and white pics is newer - no seat post bag, yellow grip tape, and several lights for day street riding.

https://i.imgur.com/hjK0hCk.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/vonZBVx.jpg?1

Ah, nice. I like steel bikes.
Those classic stems! A 3ttt 2002?

Enjoy
Jens

[aremesal]

Classic one, for commuting: Bernard Dangre circa 1968, mixte style, dressed for the city

https://www.pedalroom.com/p/bernard-dangre-mixte-7683_1.jpg

https://www.pedalroom.com/p/bernard-dangre-mixte-7683_5.jpg

And then, the modern one for leisure, a Rose DX ciclocross, changed to 1x10, I use it for gravel and soft MTB

https://www.pedalroom.com/p/rose-dx-cross-2000-16507_13.jpg

[FredRydr]

Classic one, for commuting: Bernard Dangre circa 1968, mixte style, dressed for the city....
My wife had a mixte frame from Raleigh, and it was quite attractive. Alas, it hangs from the rafters of my niece's garage gathering dust, waiting to be ridden again.

[christof]

Since recreational activities are limited, the kids discovered biking in the woods. I have no MTB, but quickly adapted my Moulton TSR to a all terrain bike. It's fun to ride!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49735582496_d2c4d8ce3f_o.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49735040858_0eab88a524_o.jpg

A Sturmey Archer Kick Shift combined with a Schlumpf Speed Drive gives 4 gears!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49735582236_51112944ed_o.jpg

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[sgtstretch]

Got out for the first bike ride of the season, and the first ride in 7 months. Trails were in great shape, and it felt great to get out of the house for a mental health break. This is my well loved Surly Moonlander.
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[Herry]

Once the lug nuts have been loosened, it’s time to raise the car with the jack. Make sure that the jack is placed securely under the car’s frame, as otherwise the car could slip off and cause injury. Once the car is securely in place, use the lug wrench to completely remove the lug nuts and then remove the tire. https://tiresscan.com/best-tires-for-honda-odyssey/

[RobJohnson]

Once the lug nuts have been loosened, it’s time to raise the car with the jack. Make sure that the jack is placed securely under the car’s frame, as otherwise the car could slip off and cause injury. Once the car is securely in place, use the lug wrench to completely remove the lug nuts and then remove the tire. https://tiresscan.com/best-tires-for-honda-odyssey/

I know it sounds sad but I am almost enthusiastic when I see these old but interesting threads are revived, and then I see that it it is just by some prick of a spammer who should be removed

[joolstacho]

Stretching the subject a bit, but anyway...
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/AQMTl4.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/poAQMTl4j)

[Kaddabriolus]

That's a really interesting tidbit about the wartime blackout requirement for the rear fenders of English bicycles! It's amazing how history leaves its marks even on everyday objects. Speaking of bikes, I've actually started using mine more frequently instead of relying on my car – it's been quite a change, but I'm enjoying the fresh air and the slower pace. By the way, have you ever thought about cyclist liability (https://sundaysinsurance.co.uk/cyclist-insurance) coverage? It's something I looked into recently to make sure I'm covered in case of any unexpected incidents while cycling. Keep pedaling and exploring the world on two wheels!

[evanhouseman]

https://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=79617&d=1692385058&thumb=1&stc=1

...don't go too fast but I go pretty far.