Today's Ride

[PhillB]

This was one of my earlier restorations and it's fair to say if I did it again now, I would do a lot differently. I also really didn't like the wheels I built for it - it rode like a dog.

I recently rebuilt the wheels and put them on another bike (and they feel much better) and slung these ones on it - mainly so I could store it easily.... but it was looking at me at the corner of the shed -asking for another chance.....

So, it got one this evening - what a flippin' difference!! I flies now! Was only supposed to be a ride around the block... but ended up being 12km.



Ended up on the dock overlooking the Thames at sunset. Was 18C - very little wind.

We are due another spell of warm weather apparently and then that's probably gonna be it... you can feel the season changing.

 

[FZRIP]

Nice couple of hours this morning.

 

[Repacker]

 

[db95]

Nice couple of hours this morning.

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So nice, I reckon next few years will see a rise in the early 2000s Splat graphic Konas. My first bike/project last year was kinda similar to yours; rigid fork, billy bonkers etc. Geometry looks pretty similar too though I think the year after yours is when they started to square out the tubes a bit. Ended up stripping it to build my Inbred but still kept the frame, half tempted by a black Blast I keep seeing on fb marketplace. Cheap as chips to pick up, no PITA standards and they make for a great all day ride.

 

[thom04]

Today's spin round the lanes of north Somerset, nothing special, but was a perfect day to eat up some miles!

 

[wynne]

Beautiful out on the Downs tonight. Getting colder in the evenings now. Not too cold for a pint afterwards though.