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  • A step too far?
  • TandemJeremy
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    So my old “do everything” bike from years ago – decided to put it back on the road. Gears were a bit dodgy so singlespeed it is.

    IMG_2883 by TandemJeremy, on Flickr

    Funny bars are from when I used to offroad on it ( on cyclocross tubs!) – drops inverted and cut off so easy access to brakes and nice and secure I did that after I crashed once when the brake hood broke off the bar.

    I just cannot believe now I used to offroad this bike including some classic peaks / pennines stuff way back in the day

    bikebouy
    Free Member

    Too many brakes for my liking.
    Is it plugged into the telephone socket?
    What’s that silver disc on the hub on the rear.. ? a chinese supper serving plate?

    Jokes apart it must mean something to you so enjoy and convert it to fixed, roll your right jeans leg up and wear a flat cap backwards..and NHS glasses.

    TandemJeremy
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    I shall see how much I use it and maybe treat it to new wheels if its worth it

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    skywalker
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    What a shit heap

    FunkyDunc
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    Have you been doing jumps on it and bent the front fork ?

    Thats a cheap dirty looking carpet there.

    dashed
    Free Member

    No hoover in the house?

    RustySpanner
    Full Member

    Nice – not seen centre pulls for yonks 🙂

    You’ll have someone’s eye out with those levers though.

    captaincarbon
    Free Member

    Holy crap!..

    …and lets not get started on the bike!

    TandemJeremy
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    Its in the communal hallway not the flat 🙂

    It might be a shit heap now but once upon a time it was a nice bike. 531 frame ( with no bottle mounts braze ons of any kind), campag hubs and groupset, tubs etc. I got knocked off it by a car and bent the original fork so thats a cheapo replacement

    BikePawl
    Free Member

    Ah!!! Now it all makes sense. Would that be your first attempt at mountain biking as you’ve oft talked about.

    TandemJeremy
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    Indeed Bikepawl – I was riding “roughstuff” on this in the 80s – although I started in the 70s on a different bike but this one was modified for the purpose with wide ratio gears. knobbly tubs and the inverted bars

    BikePawl
    Free Member

    A cyclocross bike then.

    therealhoops
    Free Member

    skywalker +1

    thisisnotaspoon
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    Would the brakes not run better the other way arround pointing backwards?

    TandemJeremy
    Free Member

    Not really – cable run is better that way and your first 2 fingers – the strongest ones are on the long end of the lever. thats why I did it that way

    racefaceec90
    Full Member

    i like it 😀

    Solo
    Free Member

    TJ.
    Those brake levers look like they could do some damage.

    TandemJeremy
    Free Member

    Who to? 🙂 Not me 🙂

    thisisnotaspoon
    Free Member

    True, I’l admit I’ve never tried mine that way, I just stuck with convention and put the hoods at the end of the bars.

    TandemJeremy
    Free Member

    I never thought about the danger aspect.

    sillyoldman
    Full Member

    [/quote] I never thought about the danger aspect.

    Well – that’s gotta be a first!

    😉

    colonelwax
    Free Member

    Nowt wrong with that, does the job.

    Bet it makes you smile when you think about the rides you did on it.

    Thumbs up 😀

    turboferret
    Full Member

    Looks remarkably similar to what I did a summer couriering in that London on, although I only had a front brake, using an old DX lever, so the cable went under the tape. Same cut-down upside down drop bars too.

    Again it was an old-school frame which was once pretty decent (mid 70’s perhaps!) painted stealth black. Never needed to lock it, never went wrong, ideal for the job!

    You could save some weight by removing the outer chainring though 🙂

    Cheers, Rich

    Frankenstein
    Free Member

    Nothing like rebuilding an old bike you used to love.

    Enjoy!

    By the way, people suggesting using a Hoover, why not
    just use a ‘vacuum cleaner’. Hoover indeed 😉

    Nicknoxx
    Free Member

    I got the paper this morning on an almost identical bike, except mine only has a front brake.

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