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View attachment 142478You could take the whole family out on this contraption
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I would not feel safe in that thing in any weather.View attachment 142498My winter riding bike in Colorado USA
Come on you are taking the anti coronavirus isolation advice a little to far. Moderation in all things please.View attachment 142498My winter riding bike in Colorado USA
GOOD ONE BOB But it works!!!Come on you are taking the anti coronavirus isolation advice a little to far. Moderation in all things please.
Bob
yes smudge they was evil. i got most of my bikes from the tips, garrison lane and clay lane.there was a front Dynamo on one and i put loads of lamps front and rear. posing.Did anyone ride a bike with a fixed gear? My mate had one & it nearly killed me. Try to stop pedaling & the pedals would give you an almighty clout. Horrible type of bike. My own bike was a bitzer. Bits of this & that, sometimes cowhorn handlebars, sometimes straight or dropped. It had old fashioned Sturmey Archer gears ( stop pedaling to change gear or was it pedal backwards?) Weighed a ton!!
It was curious how many versions of pronunciation your could encounter regarding this type of cycle gears. Most had only a nodding acquaintance with the original French pronunciation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derailleur_gears
Once rode one from New Oscott to Clee, up Clee standing on the pedals, but Mucklows beat me on the way home and I don't think my legs and thighs have been the same since. My friend who rode with me had a Vechietti with a Campagnola gear system that just seemed to be gearwheels on the axle with a small pulley and the wheel position moved when he changed gear, it was supposed to be the latest thing but he struggled with it. My fixed was 12/44 ratio a killer, but coming down Clee was fun, I overtook a bus.Did anyone ride a bike with a fixed gear? My mate had one & it nearly killed me. Try to stop pedaling & the pedals would give you an almighty clout. Horrible type of bike. My own bike was a bitzer. Bits of this & that, sometimes cowhorn handlebars, sometimes straight or dropped. It had old fashioned Sturmey Archer gears ( stop pedaling to change gear or was it pedal backwards?) Weighed a ton!!
Fixed gear was all we rode in the 1940s 1950s Gears just getting popular Simplex Cyclo nad expensive Campagnolo This is me on a fixed gear racing in 1950 winning a 10 mile time trial near Brum You stopped a bike like this by appying pressure back on pedals and using the only front brake Real easy once you get used to itDid anyone ride a bike with a fixed gear? My mate had one & it nearly killed me. Try to stop pedaling & the pedals would give you an almighty clout. Horrible type of bike. My own bike was a bitzer. Bits of this & that, sometimes cowhorn handlebars, sometimes straight or dropped. It had old fashioned Sturmey Archer gears ( stop pedaling to change gear or was it pedal backwards?) Weighed a ton!!
That looks like a 12/44Fixed gear was all we rode in the 1940s 1950s Gears just getting popular Simplex Cyclo nad expensive Campagnolo This is me on a fixed gear racing in 1950 winning a 10 mile time trial near Brum You stopped a bike like this by appying pressure back on pedals and using the only front brake Real easy once you get used to itView attachment 142529
John, No mudguards, must have been great fun in the rain! If you had removed the bike pump you would have shaved at least a tenth of a second off your 10 mile time.Fixed gear was all we rode in the 1940s 1950s Gears just getting popular Simplex Cyclo nad expensive Campagnolo This is me on a fixed gear racing in 1950 winning a 10 mile time trial near Brum You stopped a bike like this by appying pressure back on pedals and using the only front brake Real easy once you get used to itView attachment 142529
Fixed gear was all we rode in the 1940s 1950s Gears just getting popular Simplex Cyclo nad expensive Campagnolo This is me on a fixed gear racing in 1950 winning a 10 mile time trial near Brum You stopped a bike like this by appying pressure back on pedals and using the only front brake Real easy once you get used to itView attachment 142529
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South of France Handle Bars? What make of bike was it? Good action photo, you are obviously pushing it there and as Smudger says..why the pump? Mind you ever since I saw the picture, I can feel the pain in my calves and thighs. Since my hip went, have had to give the bike up, but at least I am on the list now, only 12 months long! Presumably, all jesting aside, you do not do your daily mileage in the snow, because remember what happened at the Donner Pass.
Bob