Ok - it's Friday today, and as it was (unusually) not peeing down this morning, I decided to take a couple of hours off and go for a ride. While climbing up through the forestry to the 1000ft mark I got round to thinking ( it takes my mind off the pain :roll: ) about buying another frame.
Now I'm not a "collector" and up until now have kept every bike that I ever owned, but the 2006 Blizzard has been stripped down and the frame will be for sale (on here, STW, fleabay, wherever...). I've tried my damnedest to like it (and , at times, convinced myself that I did) but it just never "did" it for me and I didn't bond with it (so to speak) even though it built up into a fine and very capable bike.
So, anyway, what to get to replace it (if anything)? I've entertained the thought of getting one of those Singular Hummingbirds and running it as a '69er, maybe SS, maybe Alfined or 1x9'ed.
Sort of like that crappy old blue Explosif that I ride then, but a bit prettier and with the ability to use larger section rear tyres......(although a bit of chainstay manipulation has improved that a lot).
The problem is that the "crappy old blue Explosif" is actually (according to me and everyone else who's ridden it anyway) bloody good, believe it or not - it's just that an odd time I'd like something with gears and I've only got my '88 Explosif now, but especially this time of year I'm spoilt by discs ... :roll:
At nearly 58 my serious racing days are long gone and I won't be dropping anything more than 3ft to flat either, not often anyway
so I'm not hardcore in any sense of the word :cry:
I just need a good and faithful friend to entertain me in my dotage, hence the need for suggestions.
Steel and a hardtail of course - I wouldn't know how to ride anything else
Gratuitous ride pics - the one by the gate at about 1,100 ft and the other at around 1,350ft out on Slieu Dhoo.
Now I'm not a "collector" and up until now have kept every bike that I ever owned, but the 2006 Blizzard has been stripped down and the frame will be for sale (on here, STW, fleabay, wherever...). I've tried my damnedest to like it (and , at times, convinced myself that I did) but it just never "did" it for me and I didn't bond with it (so to speak) even though it built up into a fine and very capable bike.
So, anyway, what to get to replace it (if anything)? I've entertained the thought of getting one of those Singular Hummingbirds and running it as a '69er, maybe SS, maybe Alfined or 1x9'ed.
Sort of like that crappy old blue Explosif that I ride then, but a bit prettier and with the ability to use larger section rear tyres......(although a bit of chainstay manipulation has improved that a lot).
The problem is that the "crappy old blue Explosif" is actually (according to me and everyone else who's ridden it anyway) bloody good, believe it or not - it's just that an odd time I'd like something with gears and I've only got my '88 Explosif now, but especially this time of year I'm spoilt by discs ... :roll:
At nearly 58 my serious racing days are long gone and I won't be dropping anything more than 3ft to flat either, not often anyway
so I'm not hardcore in any sense of the word :cry: I just need a good and faithful friend to entertain me in my dotage, hence the need for suggestions.
Steel and a hardtail of course - I wouldn't know how to ride anything else
Gratuitous ride pics - the one by the gate at about 1,100 ft and the other at around 1,350ft out on Slieu Dhoo.
