Jonny69
Senior Retro Guru
Believe it or not I still have this and it’s about to go back into daily service. I’ve not ridden it at all in the last year because the tubs are shot and I was actually struggling to find any in 25mm wide when I last looked. I had another look last night and hopefully got some Vittoria Rally tanwalls on their way. Not the best tubs, but that’s all I could justify.
Why is it going into daily use? I split most of my commuting duty between two bikes: the yellow Hobbs I built last winter and a 1980s Soviet track bike which I’ve never posted about on here. The CHOPT has been in daily use since ~2013 and I do the bulk of my miles on it. I repainted it in 2018 but it’s looking decidedly past it best again and it is now time for a professional repaint:
So, logistics-wise, this leaves me with no fixed gear bike to ride. The purple Makino was supposed to take over while the CHOPT was repainted, but I haven’t figured out a suitable brake situation for it yet. I may as well press the Parkes into daily service. It just needs a pair of new tubs and I’ll swap on the CHOPT’s SPDs since I’m going to be commuting on it. The Unicanitor has also come off the CHOPT because the original one on this ended up on the Hobbs and the Wrights is on the Herse.
Why is it going into daily use? I split most of my commuting duty between two bikes: the yellow Hobbs I built last winter and a 1980s Soviet track bike which I’ve never posted about on here. The CHOPT has been in daily use since ~2013 and I do the bulk of my miles on it. I repainted it in 2018 but it’s looking decidedly past it best again and it is now time for a professional repaint:
So, logistics-wise, this leaves me with no fixed gear bike to ride. The purple Makino was supposed to take over while the CHOPT was repainted, but I haven’t figured out a suitable brake situation for it yet. I may as well press the Parkes into daily service. It just needs a pair of new tubs and I’ll swap on the CHOPT’s SPDs since I’m going to be commuting on it. The Unicanitor has also come off the CHOPT because the original one on this ended up on the Hobbs and the Wrights is on the Herse.
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