Late 1990's 853 Brigg built Claud Butler
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Parts have arrived, sun is out. When it stops raining inside the garage, I'll get going with some pics of the real thing perhaps.
Parts have arrived, sun is out. When it stops raining inside the garage, I'll get going with some pics of the real thing perhaps.
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It'll soon be summer, summer, summertime
Time to sit on a bike and unwind
Here it is the bike slightly transformed
Just a bit of a break from the norm
Just a little somethin' to break the monotony
Of all that hardcore carbon that has gotten to be
A little bit out of control it's cool to stride
But what about the gear that soothes that moves a ride
Give me a soft subtle groupset mix
And if ain't broke then don't try to fix it
And think of the summer rides of the past
Adjust the gears and let the shimano blast
Pop in my lbs and let me run a rhyme
And put your bike on cruise and lay back cause it's the summertime
It'll soon be summer, summer, summertime
Time to sit on a bike and unwind
Here it is the bike slightly transformed
Just a bit of a break from the norm
Just a little somethin' to break the monotony
Of all that hardcore carbon that has gotten to be
A little bit out of control it's cool to stride
But what about the gear that soothes that moves a ride
Give me a soft subtle groupset mix
And if ain't broke then don't try to fix it
And think of the summer rides of the past
Adjust the gears and let the shimano blast
Pop in my lbs and let me run a rhyme
And put your bike on cruise and lay back cause it's the summertime
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Built
fast
pics tomorrow
Built
fast
pics tomorrow
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Still fast. 18c Hutchinson Turbo tyres might be the answer there rather than rider prowess.
Took it out today during a hail storm. Phone pic didnt come out. Have been looking for excuses to ride it out for 'errands' for the rest of the day.
Still fast. 18c Hutchinson Turbo tyres might be the answer there rather than rider prowess.
Took it out today during a hail storm. Phone pic didnt come out. Have been looking for excuses to ride it out for 'errands' for the rest of the day.
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I've only gone and actually ridden the damn thing!
Some car boot sale Shimano £20 RS10 with Vittoria tyres transformed the ride (its the tyres, they're a 'normal' width) and has allowed me to trundle the highways and byways of the slightly woldy Northants/ Cambs border
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I've only gone and actually ridden the damn thing!
Some car boot sale Shimano £20 RS10 with Vittoria tyres transformed the ride (its the tyres, they're a 'normal' width) and has allowed me to trundle the highways and byways of the slightly woldy Northants/ Cambs border
Heres the original
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I might have to go modern-ish and go for sti or at least bar-end shifters.
I think the initial problem with the white/yellow (56cm) frame was the top tube length, its quite short on both frames. I got a stiff back on the first proper distance ride on the blue/white (59cm). Moving the seat back and raising it about 0.5cm helped straight away.
One thing I noticed out and about was a: theres a hell of a lot more cyclists about! b: new road bikes seem to have the rider bolt upright? Even as far back as 2011 I noticed the cheap to mid priced bikes sitting more upright - wasnt the whole point of a roadie to be aerodynamic or am I just plain daft?
I might have to go modern-ish and go for sti or at least bar-end shifters.
I think the initial problem with the white/yellow (56cm) frame was the top tube length, its quite short on both frames. I got a stiff back on the first proper distance ride on the blue/white (59cm). Moving the seat back and raising it about 0.5cm helped straight away.
One thing I noticed out and about was a: theres a hell of a lot more cyclists about! b: new road bikes seem to have the rider bolt upright? Even as far back as 2011 I noticed the cheap to mid priced bikes sitting more upright - wasnt the whole point of a roadie to be aerodynamic or am I just plain daft?
