His bikes

[non-fixie]

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:

 

[LondonClassic]

Great seeing a touring bike used extensively!

 

[juvela]

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wunnerful textillium, greatly enjoyed here!



...and then there is a certain Teval...

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others much loved are the Garage Indesteege et les trois jeune filles mixte de MCML's

as they be not royduhz they doona wreally belong here...so perchance they may fit elsewhere upon a day...

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[non-fixie]

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wunnerful textillium, greatly enjoyed here!



...and then there is a certain Teval...

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others much loved are the Garage Indesteege et les trois jeune filles mixte de MCML's

as they be not royduhz they doona wreally belong here...so perchance they may fit elsewhere upon a day...

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Thank you!

Ah yes, the Téval. Bought that frame set as an impulse buy along with a Jabo I'd been lusting after. The Jabo seller said "I have another frame you might like ...". (Will get back to the Jabo later.)

Eduard Téval was a mechanic at Plume Sport who started his own business. His frames were made by Plume's frame builder and carry Plume Sport serial numbers.



I haven't built it up yet as there are a couple of challenges. I'll get back on those later as well, as I do want to build and ride it.

The Indesteege, with a frame probably built by Royal Nord:



Lots of issues with this one, so destined to be a wall hanger for the foreseeable future.

The three French ladies were extracted from a gigantic collection of dilapidated French bikes I stumbled across locally:



I picked the three most interesting and made an offer, not really knowing what to do with them (other than to look at them lovingly ).

#1:



#2:



#3:



This is the one I like best. A Peugeot-made frame, possibly originally sold as a Griffon. It is currently sitting in my study, waiting for mrs non-fixie to want a classic French city bike. That may never happen. But if it does, I'll be taking the nicest bits of all three and build her something nice.

 

[juvela]

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thanks so much @non-fixie !



see that you have posted one of your oytoy film star leading men

IIRC thar be a second as well

be he currently built or unbuilt?

please pardon this old man's roosty "memory"


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