Folders! Foldable bicycles, minivelos and demontables

[novocaine]

@bikeworkshop is in Bristol.

but he lives in South Wales.
I know, weirdo right?

 

[Scott-S]

This was posted on FB apparently the brand is birdy, although that means nothing really.
It’s rather interesting chainring caught my attention

 

[bikeworkshop]

This was posted on FB apparently the brand is birdy, although that means nothing really.
It’s rather interesting chainring caught my attention
View attachment 970671

Birdys ride quite nicely for a folder, but I wouldn't take one near salt water

 

[bikeworkshop]

My colleague jo brought his mini velo mtb gravel hipster mount over the quantocks with us, rhs:


Sadly his derailleur chucked the chain behind the cassette...

fortunately he was in the presence of 4 other long serving bike mechanics so we got to have several arguments about what had gone wrong and how best to fix it with no more than a tyre lever and credit card, sticks and stones.

Popular points were:
that the wheels were too small,
a true mechanic can never be bothered to set his own bike up properly
and the rider had bent it doing tricks like a muppet.

It didn't come to fisticuffs, as the pub was only a few minutes ride down the valley.
Immersion in lager appeared to fix the issue.

 

[novocaine]

My colleague jo brought his mini velo mtb gravel hipster mount over the quantocks with us, rhs:
View attachment 970684

Sadly his derailleur chucked the chain behind the cassette...

fortunately he was in the presence of 4 other long serving bike mechanics so we got to have several arguments about what had gone wrong and how best to fix it with no more than a tyre lever and credit card, sticks and stones.

Popular points were:
that the wheels were too small,
a true mechanic can never be bothered to set his own bike up properly
and the rider had bent it doing tricks like a muppet.

It didn't come to fisticuffs, as the pub was only a few minutes ride down the valley.
Immersion in lager appeared to fix the issue.

ah yes, the age old issue of 1 guy digging a hole and 3 telling him how to do it.

 

[Scott-S]

My colleague jo brought his mini velo mtb gravel hipster mount over the quantocks with us, rhs:
View attachment 970684

Sadly his derailleur chucked the chain behind the cassette...

fortunately he was in the presence of 4 other long serving bike mechanics so we got to have several arguments about what had gone wrong and how best to fix it with no more than a tyre lever and credit card, sticks and stones.

Popular points were:
that the wheels were too small,
a true mechanic can never be bothered to set his own bike up properly
and the rider had bent it doing tricks like a muppet.

It didn't come to fisticuffs, as the pub was only a few minutes ride down the valley.
Immersion in lager appeared to fix the issue.

But ohhhh the pisstake and banter opportunities it made