Let's see your bicycles!

[Panache]

While kilts are not the best cycling attire (by far), I'm sure that many of our members enjoy the open air on their sturdy velocipedes and thought it might be fun to share photos our bicycles.

I'll start with mine

1974 Schwinn Twinn (Garage sale purchase)

As she looks now with a vintage rear rack and larger basket



Older photos






Thrift store 1980's Nishiki road bike I use for shopping and errands



(Hey apparently you can ride a bike in a kilt! )


I'm thinking about upgrading the Nishiki next year with a Dutch style step through bicycle better suited for running errands / shopping and would love any feedback our members might have on them.

So let's see your bicycles!

Cheers

Jamie

[ratspike]

<3 bikes!

My All City Nature Boy, roadie all-arounder and cyclocross race bike, steel is real. I absolutely love this bike to death. It has drop bars most of the year but in the fall it gets flats for racing.



Back in the day I raced with a guy who had a Fuso and I always, always wanted one. Earlier this year a frame in my size popped up and I was finally able to satisfy a 25 year jones. It's made from Columbus steel, handmade before handmade bikes were cool, and it rides like a dream.


My Singular Swift 29er singlespeed. Singular is a small company over in the UK, run by an Australian guy, that makes no-BS steel bikes. I've had lots of mountain bikes over the years but this one is my favorite by a huge margin. I'll never sell it.



A bike on a bike!


Salsa Mukluk fatbike. Big, heavy, floats over everything, loads of fun.



Yes, I went mountain biking in a kilt. Once. Dumbest idea ever.

[imrichmond]

Here's a (not very good) photo of my 2007 Trek 520 touring bike. It is fitted with mudguards and panier racks and I had the stock gearing modified to a wider range, especially at the low end -- at my age (70 next month) I need all the help I can get with some of the climbs here in coastal British Columbia. This photo was taken during a ride from Victoria, BC to Campbell River, BC with side trips to a couple of gulf islands, a total distance of around 600 kms (400 miles). I also have a Norco hybrid for tootling around town, but I really love my Trek 520.

[ratspike]

The Trek 520 is such a classic bike. I don't think Trek has changed much about it ever, because they got it right in the beginning. A friend of mine did a tour down the Oregon coast a few years ago on one and had nothing but good to say about it.

[DyerStraits]

Love the pics of your Schwinn Twinn, Panache. I briefly owned a Schwinn Twinn Sport--the 10-speed model with a dropped-style road bike handlebar, alloy steel cranksets and the lengendary Bendix rear drum brake. I used it to teach my then-girlfriend to ride a bike, then later sold it to someone who bought it as a surprise wedding gift for his bride. Wonderful beast of a machine (the tandem, not my ex-girlfriend).

One of the mechanics at one of the Local Bike Shops once told me one of his cycling buddies made his own cycling kilt by attaching a pair of standard spandex cyling shorts to the interior of his kilt, so yes, it is being done. Not for me, but To Each His Own.

Here are some pics of me and my bikes. Not pictured are my mint condition 1974 Peugeot PX-10, my 1965 Mercier Poulidor, and my red Trek Y-Foil (I mostly ride the blue one).

Happy New Year To All My Kilted Brethren! Slainte!

[McMurdo]

Here is my Raleigh. I have named her the Tardis as she is British, Blue and allows me to travel through time and space. This was originally my Uncle's bicycle when he passed I was given this bike and it is in very good condition as he never rode it in the rain, nor do I as the wheels are steel and the brakes don't respond very well when they get wet.

[tpa]

Yes you can ride in a kilt, on a dry day on tarmac. However it is much easier to wash purpose made cycling clothes than it is a kilt, so my normal garb is a little different.




The bike is a 1996 steel Kona. Only the frame, seat post and pedal cranks are original, but I see no need to change it. I also have a 53 year old Raleigh so this is relatively young in bike terms but it does make off road and hills much easier. I used to do my mountain biking on the Raleigh but it was not designed for it and the crashes and bent wheels were fairly frequent.

[Liam]

Some of my collection:

Mid 1970's roadster


My winter Commuter - note the studded tires


My summer commuter


The pride of my collection - a 1911 Canadian Cycle and Motor Company Brantford Model 534 (later to be known as CCM)


My 2 late 1960's Raleigh 20 folders

[Mael Coluim]

Here's a (not very good) photo of my 2007 Trek 520 touring bike. It is fitted with mudguards and panier racks and I had the stock gearing modified to a wider range, especially at the low end -- at my age (70 next month) I need all the help I can get with some of the climbs here in coastal British Columbia. This photo was taken during a ride from Victoria, BC to Campbell River, BC with side trips to a couple of gulf islands, a total distance of around 600 kms (400 miles). I also have a Norco hybrid for tootling around town, but I really love my Trek 520.

I have a 1995 Trek 520 that has served me well both in touring and club rides. I also have a Trek 2120 for fast club rides, but the 520 is my prefernce when the ride is long.

For kilted tours of the community I manage I use this Electra Townie.

[chasem]

My current primary road bike, a 2010 Specialized Allez.


My current mountain bike, a 2013 Specialized Hard Rock 29er


My most recent purchase, a 1973 Raleigh Super Course to be used for commuting and a spare road bike. (Some adjustments have been made since this picture - seat post turned correctly, new brake levers, and a couple other small changes).