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Post by goldie on Jul 18, 2013 21:41:06 GMT
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Post by goldie on Jul 18, 2013 21:50:34 GMT
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Post by sprockit on Jul 18, 2013 22:05:35 GMT
Lovely bikes Goldie and great to meet you at the Death Fork Rally.
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Post by velocipete on Jul 19, 2013 16:00:52 GMT
Great thread. That's me in the red top in the centre of the group photo.
I'll post some photos when I can work out how to. Can't help being a bit
of a Luddite!
Cheers,
Velocipete.
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Post by sprockit on Jul 23, 2013 22:40:16 GMT
Velocipete:
Lovely to see you on the thread. Didn't catch your name at the Death Fork Rally, and glad I can identify you now.
I'm in black to the left of you in the Rally picture, and you yourself are familiar with Blackshaw Head - just down the road from here!
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Post by velocipete on Jul 24, 2013 5:58:19 GMT
Twas up in the frozen hell that is The Wirral yesterday picking up a 1954 Clifton bike.
These were made in Birkenhead in small numbers and very rarely come up for sale. Promise
not to sell a Viscount to make room in the garage!
Cheers,
Pete.
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Post by Jem on Feb 14, 2014 10:29:50 GMT
Just admiring these great photos again. Also dreaming of summer.
Are you coming to DFR2 Goldie?
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Post by goldie on Jan 15, 2015 23:10:03 GMT
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Post by triitout on Jan 16, 2015 3:30:30 GMT
While I profess to knowing squat about English geography, I thoroughly enjoyed the word picture you painted in your blogs. Scarborough sounds like a great place. Best of luck on the move!
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Post by goldie on May 11, 2015 21:14:28 GMT
I've basically spent the whole winter in bike purgatory, slogging around North Yorkshire on my battered, unreliable and crushingly heavy British Eagle "mountain" "bike" and wondering why my chuffing legs ached so much:  The Aerospace has spent the winter taking it easy in the shed. Which turned out to be the right decision as the British Eagle's bottom bracket has been turned into rusty scrap metal by a combination of road salt, gloopy mud and salt water. But I got the Aerospace out a few weeks back, as spring kicked in. And blimey it is nice to be riding it again. I know you all know this already, but it really does have that magic combination of comfort and sharp handling.   The Aerospace's achilles heel has always been the gearing. If I want to go up a hill, I've got the standard 42 teeth on the front and 25 out back - and there are a LOT of hills round here. But actually it's been fine, more or less. There's a bit on the blog about exploring Troutsdale, a perfect little Alpine valley, round the corner from Scarborough: thelangsett.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/troutsdale.html |
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Post by goldie on Jun 5, 2015 10:09:22 GMT
Boom! The courier's just dropped off new 27 x 1 Panaracer Paselas from the States. I do like to keep my sidewalls clean, as it were. A less good development is a three inch long strip of rust and bubbling along the underside of the down tube, of the kind that makes you think "I hope that's not a crack...". The longer I own the Aerospace, the more emotionally fraught the relationship becomes; it was in good shape when I bought it (under the muck), so that means anything that does happen to it is on me.
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Post by 54roadie on Jun 5, 2015 15:56:52 GMT
Ouch, that must be nerve racking. I hope it's not serious, but if it is, can you get it repaired easily? Thank you also for the great blog story of the Troutsdale ride. Sounds quite lovely.
Frank
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Post by goldie on May 20, 2019 8:55:34 GMT
Finally finished what must be the world's slowest wash and tyre change on this thing yesterday (apart from truing up a rear wheel) and cor blimey I had forgotten how nice it looks:
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Post by Jem on May 22, 2019 18:43:58 GMT
Looking good Gouldie.
I love a bit of wisteria too...
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