phew pleased somebody has heard of this insanely expensive brew!

might pay the brewery a visit betwixt trails next week

eating nowt…

got some post trail ale called "Aass" !

(it's Norweigan…could probably afford a Independent Fabrication frame for the cost of these tinnys)

listening…The Beta Band

Germanic luggage folk Or\tlieb make a filter (paper) holder … which I cannot whole heartdly reccommend as on the 1st expd i took it on i mistakenly believed it was actually a filter itself, but no obviously it was wasn't….eventually we used the material for patching something else…brew production a mokka machine is surely the way to enjoy the magic bean…

I started using a long awhile back for whilst recovering from a broken collar bone – as the riding position offered was just right post injury…still using them now – so yes a bit of a fan. Mostly run singlespeed, but did try bar end touring shifters in the ends which looked a bit mad – but worked…

I hear Singletrackworld gets good weather at this time of year

wow…i got my Dad the Airfix kit of this aircraft for Christmas.

envious would love to see the real thing airborne!!! (for “museum type” operations only of course!)

Candodavid, coincidence!…this rider often feels slow & lethargic not so sure about the frame!?–springy and very light–i do have some concern if it can really take the riding it see’s these days. Curtis singlespeed could be an option — like the localness too!

Candodavid, it is AndyCs Curtis, maybe thats why its so heavy…prehaps the “T” stands for tons! So sliding dropouts are a more reliable solution then.

Am riding a DeKerf (R725) here, with all sorts of magical craftwork / metalwork going on. Certainly very comfortable.

Interesting to here some more on 953…

Thinking some more, its noticable that Indy Fab dont really emphasise which tubsets they use by (admitidly it is usually a mix of 853 & True Temper) but I have the impression they prefer to concentrate on other aspects of the design

that is astounding! can almost hear the dambusters theme tune playing!

Question to Candodavid: is your Curtis singlepseed EBB / disc only?

Interesting reading…thread sounds just like many a Mendip ride I’ve been sinced some friends of mine went on the Dave Yates frame building course! Incidently one of them rides a Curtis 853 also , seems very heavy to me, but a fine looking frame all the same.

I realise this is straying from the subject a little…but does anyone know anything more about Reynolds 953?…

am interested to learn what the connection is between Mr Whippy Ice Cream & Thatcher is…

had to edit the post cos i spelt thatcher wrong!!! (legacy of a 1980s education?)

I was going to ask if it was a disc only frame…but I see later in the posting you mention Hope Minis so I geuss it is?

I have a YBB & think they great…quite fancy a rigid one as simple singlespeed. If you decide to proceed with splitting it up i could be interested in the frame only…

For selling make sure you have some pics ready to email interested folk.

See also the retrobike.co.uk – there’s a good classified section there too.

Goodluck.

Ave Margatrita?

You are welcome to your opinions but at the end of the day everyone else was behind her…

Y? is that cos they were riding single(party)speeds?

as my grandad (RiP) used to say…

“thatcher,thatcher, quick as a fox,if you can catch her,put her in a box”

i often wondered what this rhyme meant.

4 a moment there I thought you had namede your new dog after Shimano hub gear! oh dear

That’s looks brilliant…will try and get over for that next yr.
The course looked cool, and tavern time too, supreme.

Bit of a geeky observation this:
John Climber in yo 1st pic there’s a nice Green DeKerf (I ride the same), it appears to running disc brakes on the back – how’ that done?

That’s looks brilliant…will try and get over for that next yr.
The course looked cool, and tavern time too, supreme.

Bit of a geeky observation this:
John Climber in yo 1st pic there’s a nice Green DeKerf (I ride the same), it appears to running disc brakes on the back – how’ that done?

i ride one, yes truly they are don.

my suggestion would be to take a look at eBay just now & see what’s out there…

sounds like a Critcal Mass protest but done in a Mild Mild West stylee…
:D

I had one one on my Brompton…ruled around Leigh Woods and far away…
Brilliant eningeering…nice work there. They even do a fixed hub gear too.

pints of ales…
O.S. paper maps of trails…
quite a few retro hardtails too…

to name some of the finest of the few…

could send by a courier to you destination ahead of time in a eBay stylee?…

I flew with KLM out to where I am (Oslo) with my Dekerf in a bike bag … no cost at all! …unless you count hours & hours of sitting around cos they’d chronically overbooked all the flights blah blah…goodluck with your trip!

You could ‘hedge your bets’ so to speak and do a British Heart Foundation Ride?…they’ve got a really good one happening on Exmoor later in the year…

Bath Ales…SPA / Gem / Wild Hare etc. if they made bike frames they’d be Independent Fabrication…(maybe a little biased)

John Bikes is a sound shop , so is AVC. palce for all things Brompton / Moulton & so on. TF is more for trialtheltes butg do mtb kt too
There’s a nice shop called Itchy Feet which is handy for outdoorys kit too.

something new..somthing gold…something old(skool)

e…potatoes baked some saute n’ting
d…Hansa Somerøl
L…DiY DJ DK Castlemorton mix

Anything that gets fossil hominins on primetime TV is a good thing.

noteeth: what’s this about fossil hopeminis??!¨…

i didn’t think they had wheels then let alone disc brakes :-)

I ride a DeKerf R725 SSpd…that’s lovely, and a decade or so old now.
Ultimately tho’ I think I’d like a either Reynolds 953 Indy Fab (not yet made) or (button moon on mr spoon) a Phil Woods Piss Off (indy fab ti v. ltd.ed) … (but with discs).

Should anyone care to offer me these please?

DiY Jack plays @ Obsession late ’92…best noises…best words…best beats…DiY
Jack @Obsession late ’92…”Let there be House”
play this tape, some fine friends, and some great steel frames…

“on the first day God said let’s have a party”…

Noteetch…like the tune linkages thingy.
me plateau saddle peneplained (fell apart) far from the Fjords…so I got back on here…chief mech is posting out replåcements -cannot get the remains out the Useless seatpost either so the Syncros is being fitted, could still do with your cranks tho!,

Yup boogie on Blackdown (we should start a thread for that?)

Nice1 noteeth…team last trail to transcentreal need a good set list

all thë above..esp. Spooky

Let’s drop Blue Monday into this as well…and,
Sub Sub, Ain’t no(teeh!) use, Ain’t no Love
F.S.O.L. Papua New Guinea
Some Global Communication: The Groove / The Way / The Deep…

I like the name.
But it looks like the front end is ready to accept some hanging baskets ? … just the thing for spring. (all those curves have confused me)

actually Merlin did a truss fork too BITD (on a e-stay!)