MacRetro chat and rides thread

[jimo746]

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What mtb you left with after the last shake up?

I seem to have a shake up every week at the moment
A 2008 Cannondale Scalpel.

I think the last few months of not riding much with a mysterious calf injury has meant I've been spending more time buying/building/selling etc...

 

[kaiser]

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The new 2018 Charge Plug is due out . Steel frame , road / cx / gravel capability , 1 x 11.
What more could you want ?
Hope it comes in at the cycle to work £1000

Its a very nice looking bike, really happy with my older Plug otherwise I'd be tempted by these too.

 

[keithyr]

Still got it mate, been a right guide workhorse on my commute.

Would be tempted to buy it back when yer ready - unless yev Frankenbiked it :shock:

Think the only thing I changed was the bar to a kore red ane at a whole 585mm width lol, ergonomic touring grips and another saddle.

Will drop ye some picks when I'm allowed to upgrade lol.

 

[Jamiedyer]

Hi guys
Can I ask a favour of you all, could you go over to the retro road section and vote for the RBotM ?
Just pick which ever one floats your boat and click submit.
I only ask as this month I made it a themed month as Reynolds 531 to try and boost some interest. Now usually nothing is awarded to the winner other than being able to bask in the glory of being the winner, but this month I went to Reynolds themselves and got a prize for the winner along with a personal letter of congratulations for the winner. They have shared it on all their social media etc and it's all good,....except next to no one has voted, even less than usual, which is a bit poor when Reynolds look at it.
So if you can help me out a little with a vote, then it would be much appreciated. There's lots of beautiful machines on their so something for everyone.
It ends tonight at 9.30!

Cheers
Jamie

 

[clubby]

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Done.
Have to say, it's not a section I look at much since I sold the Colnago. Good to see so many properly old (compared to mtb's) bikes still being used.

 

[DynaCol]

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Done!

How come your mercian didn't make it to the vote though?

 

[Jamiedyer]

Cheers guys, much appreciated.
I didn't put it through as I run the comp and it just feels a bit weird putting my own machine up for it, even though it's not anywhere near the standard of these, it was more to try and encourage entries. Though once I finish my Jack Taylor, well there might just be a Jack Taylor month
There is a lot of riding goes on with these old machines but not a lot post about it, which is a shame.
When I looked at the readers ride pages there were 24 or so 531 machines on the first page and there are 105 pages of bikes in readers rides, so maybe we could have had a few more entered? We do tend to get some very high quality machines so quality over quantity I suppose and what I really like is that most have a story behind them and most, still get ridden regularly. There are the wall hangers and members who don't really ride, just restore but the majority tend to get used.

Jamie

 

[DynaCol]

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I reckon the effort you put in to run and push the comp means you're perfectly entitled to put your own bike up Jamie, not as if you can rig the vote or anything.
Like Clubby, it's not a section of the site I tend to frequent very often. I've considered getting a retro road bike project but don't have the same affinity with them as the mountain bikes plus I don't have the room!

I did own a 531 Peugeot road bike for a few years in a rather fetching pink/black fade but gave it away to the bike recycling place in Edinburgh several years ago.

 

[RobMac]

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Jamie the one and only reason I've never entered a BotM comp is I don't have a build thread in fact I cant be arsed putting one together. I thinking thats one reason for poor entries, I'm sure I'm not the only lazy git on here, I can just about get off my butt and take a pic or two. I also think the recent issues with PhotoBucket wouldn't have helped either.
Don't get me wrong I know why we have the "build thread" requirement.

 

[kaiser]

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Sorry Jamie, missed the voting. You should give us a wee prompt with plenty of time.