non-fixie
Senior Retro Guru
One of my favourite bikes, and one I have been touring on quite a bit over the years, is my Roy Thame.
I bought it as a frame and fork some ten years ago:
Built it up for a vacation trip to France in '17:
After a few more trips and some minor alterations I got distracted by other bikes, but it was such a nice ride that in early '20 I decided to rebuild the Roy Thame. I had discovered the joy of "brifting" and chose to Shimergo it:
Vacation trips to France and Italy followed. This is the closed railway station of Ospedaletti on the Ligurian coast in September '20:
Parked in front of the Faggin shop in Padova in September '21:
After that other bikes got in the way again, until a couple of weeks ago. Ready for a new look I replaced the black accessories with aluminium and chrome. A previous owner had blacked out the down tube decals, which I undid with a bit of polish.
Well, it does look different. The Pletscher front rack is something I picked up recently and wanted to give a try. Although it is surprisingly sturdy, I may replace it with something a little more elegant.
Yesterday morning on a ferry across a local waterway:
I bought it as a frame and fork some ten years ago:
Built it up for a vacation trip to France in '17:
After a few more trips and some minor alterations I got distracted by other bikes, but it was such a nice ride that in early '20 I decided to rebuild the Roy Thame. I had discovered the joy of "brifting" and chose to Shimergo it:
Vacation trips to France and Italy followed. This is the closed railway station of Ospedaletti on the Ligurian coast in September '20:
Parked in front of the Faggin shop in Padova in September '21:
After that other bikes got in the way again, until a couple of weeks ago. Ready for a new look I replaced the black accessories with aluminium and chrome. A previous owner had blacked out the down tube decals, which I undid with a bit of polish.
Well, it does look different. The Pletscher front rack is something I picked up recently and wanted to give a try. Although it is surprisingly sturdy, I may replace it with something a little more elegant.
Yesterday morning on a ferry across a local waterway:
