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Post by Jim on Sept 19, 2023 8:01:44 GMT
Well, I asked nicely, you didn't move, I rang my bell, you didn't still didn't move over...  |
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Post by on Sept 19, 2023 8:59:53 GMT
Bikes ain't what they used to be.
Yars ago as a teenager I used to ride around on a Raleigh All Steel. Great machine if a little heavy.
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Post by Jim on Sept 19, 2023 14:14:54 GMT
Bikes ain't what they used to be. Yars ago as a teenager I used to ride around on a Raleigh All Steel. Great machine if a little heavy. Hercules with stirrup brakes for me, until I got a 5speed small frame Harry Hall 531 tube racing bike aged about 13. Did everything one would do with a BMX style bike these days, jumping ramps, rough tracks etc. |
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Post by on Sept 19, 2023 15:05:11 GMT
Odd coincidence about the 531 frames. i've had several Reynolds 531 bikes including the Raleigh Ozark which was the reason for my last job which was a paper round when I was 14 yars old. Mother offered to pay half if I earned the other half.
Good bike. Also had a Dave Marsh 531 racer (great bike), a Holdsworth 531 racer, a raleigh 531 racer, a Carpenter 531 racer and an obscure French 531 lugless frame racer with lovely pencil stays.
These all got nicked from various boats.
I am not very good about locking things up when they are on my boat.
Even had a Raleigh shopper nicked off the front deck once.
There is a message and it does not involve a big lock.
Also had a 501 framed mountain bike once.
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Post by Aloysius on Sept 19, 2023 15:14:35 GMT
Well, I asked nicely, you didn't move, I rang my bell, you didn't still didn't move over... The entirely upright riding position is rather quaint. I wonder if this is entirely due to perceptions of proper deportment? The stem is sooooo long... I bought a set of sprung forks for my current cycle which came with an oversize stem, the idea is that one cut it to suit whichever frame but I left it and made a spacer from some stainless tubing I had lying around. A bit daft but I like it. |
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Post by on Sept 19, 2023 15:39:46 GMT
Ladies in the old days used to be a lot better. There was a time when a lady could be almost certain to win a game of chess against a gentleman even if said gentleman was very well equipped to deal with such a mentally arduous task.  She's going to win. But that was yars ago! |
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Post by Jim on Sept 19, 2023 16:56:42 GMT
Well, I asked nicely, you didn't move, I rang my bell, you didn't still didn't move over... The entirely upright riding position is rather quaint. I wonder if this is entirely due to perceptions of proper deportment? The stem is sooooo long... I bought a set of sprung forks for my current cycle which came with an oversize stem, the idea is that one cut it to suit whichever frame but I left it and made a spacer from some stainless tubing I had lying around. A bit daft but I like it. Since my argument with a tram line severely spraining my wrist, I fitted sweptback handlebars and a variable angle headstock to give a more upright riding position, taking the weight off my wrists. I've kept it that way. Very comfortable. |
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Post by Aloysius on Sept 19, 2023 17:06:58 GMT
The entirely upright riding position is rather quaint. I wonder if this is entirely due to perceptions of proper deportment? The stem is sooooo long... I bought a set of sprung forks for my current cycle which came with an oversize stem, the idea is that one cut it to suit whichever frame but I left it and made a spacer from some stainless tubing I had lying around. A bit daft but I like it. Since my argument with a tram line severely spraining my wrist, I fitted sweptback handlebars and a variable angle headstock to give a more upright riding position, taking the weight off my wrists. I've kept it that way. Very comfortable. I also feel the days of head down arse up are over. |
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Post by Jim on Sept 19, 2023 17:23:08 GMT
Since my argument with a tram line severely spraining my wrist, I fitted sweptback handlebars and a variable angle headstock to give a more upright riding position, taking the weight off my wrists. I've kept it that way. Very comfortable. I also feel the days of head down arse up are over. The motor overcomes any air resistance encountered by sitting upright. |
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Post by fi on Sept 19, 2023 17:37:53 GMT
The women' waist is about the size of the head - not healthy.
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