Let's see your bicycles!

[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

[DyerStraits]

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

A fine collection, Liam. The Raleigh Twenty seems to be enjoying renewed popularity here in the US, with more people discovering the convenience and economy of inter-modal commuting by bike, and like most vintage foldies they have sharply appreciated in value. And vintage CCMs are excellent machines. I found a nice vintage CCM road bike in a resale shop a few years ago--Reynolds 531 frame, mostly original components, in excellent condition. It rode and handled like a Rolls-Royce, and I sold it to a young man from Detroit who knew and appreciated EXACTLY what he was getting. The original Canadian-built Sekines are, as you surely know, exceptional bikes too. Here is a 1974 Sekine SHC--which also rode like an absolute dream--that I refurbished and sold last summer:




Happy New Year To All My Kilted, Fellow Cyclist Brethren!

[DyerStraits]

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.

As the late, great Sheldon Brown often noted, a classic Sturmey-Archer-equipped 3-speed roadster (preferably British!) is hard to beat, and a far, far more versatile machine than it gets credit for, and they are enjoying a huge surge in popularity here in the Chicago area. I recently refurbished a beautiful Hercules women's model--original olive green frame color, original factory-installed chrome fenders, front cargo rack, Brooks saddle and head-lamp--which I sold to an absolutely thrilled neighbor.

Happy New Year To All My Kilted, Fellow Cyclist Brethren!

[DyerStraits]

My aforementioned red Trek Y-foil, and my Giant TCR Aero (the last year it was made from aluminum before they switched to carbon fiber), which was way more bike than my legs could do justice and which I later sold to a co-worker:

[2a5t2f7]

Good exercise, poor hill climber.....