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This picture is the best.

Thanks, Bill! I'm normally not into unisex, but as we managed to - erm - forget the bag with our complete vintage outfits when we left home :o, we had to get some new appropriately vintage-looking gear on the spot.

Luckily we arrived early, so we managed to get a pair of the limited edition Retroronde jerseys at the registration desk. The Saturday jumble yielded the wool shorts (complete with vintage moth holes), a pair of caps and the shoes. The shoes are recent Vittoria 1976 models. These. They work fine, and look the part too.

However, I prefer my leather-soled Rogellis, especially when walking up those cobblestone-paved hills.

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Cancer awareness ride summer 2015. Frank the Pirate and my favorite Fat Tire Ale shirt.

Wooo! First post. This is me in Milwaukee next to one of the largest 4 faced clocks in the world. Besides bikes I'm kind of into clocks.....

This was my first build, a 72 Super Sport. Bought the frame all by itself and built it into a very comfortable single speed. (Forks are not original)

Welcome to BF, @Sre312!

I like clocks (and watches) that you can actually read in one glance, and at a distance. This one would do nicely, thank you. :)

Thank you for the welcome, Non-fixie!

I am close to needing a new picture. I have dropped 10-15 pounds in the last month or so. I already feel lighter, hehe. Going to do a 50 mile organized ride in October. 2 days after my 49th birthday.,,,,BD

That's not you in your avatar pic?

I have a similar robe and a goatee, but sadly not the hair.,,,,BD

Here I am with The Motobeast, just after the Sunday ride. 12-15 pounds lighter than just a month or so ago. Feeling good, and I don't get as hot or winded as I used to. Not bad for having all of my original components.;),,,BD

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The Dued Abides......

My Benotto Modelo 850.
 

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Hi to you all out there. I thought that you might like look at my totally restored and re-stove enamelled Genuine Italian Benotto (not Mexican) Modelo 850.
It is now fitted with all Campagnolo hubs and running-gear and sports an 8spd Mirage set-up on Mavic XP30 rims.

It was purchased some three years ago as a sadly neglected and seriously bodged example of what not to do with an otherwise Tasty Little Italian (bike - that is).
The bike has been Retro rebuilt and was done by me to suite me. It is a 52cm frame and has the unusual choice of 140mm cranks and a Triple Stronglight set-up. Built after total left knee replacement in 2010.
At pushing 71 years of age I can still enjoy both of my bikes - the other is a 50cm Bianchi Via Nirone 7 Alu Carbon (my Avatar image).

Modeling new cap from my daughter.

^ ^ Looking good, Stuart!

My pictures are C&V, onFilm.

They'll scan in just fine.

My wife checking out this old Benz three-wheeler:

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... and posing with our slightly later-model Benz sporting her beloved new trike:

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... after a vigorous morning ride around the nearby park:

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I, in the meantime, was checking out the merit of this all-Chinese Phoenix (vs. that yellow folding Feida on the left) as a neighborhood conveyance:

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And here's the Feida:

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Making a stop for water on a dusty morning earlier this week:

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@sjanzeir I am really curious. What is it like to cycle in the kingdom?

@northbend I can only speak of my experience around the areas near to our home in Jeddah, since that's where I do almost my entire cycling.

That said, Jeddah is hot and humid in the summer and really nice - even pleasantly cool - around December-January. No matter how hydrated I try to keep myself, I still find it hard and exhausting to ride between about 9 AM and 5 PM during the hot months (April to October.) Usually, I'd wear a white baseball cap under my helmet and always try to keep it wet, and keep my bottle filled at all times. Water is fairly easy to come by; there are plenty of small grocery shops if you have to buy any, and there are people who have charity outdoor water coolers in front of their homes or shops. So unless I'm riding in particularly empty areas, I've never had a problem staying hydrated.

Just like any other major city in the world, you gotta be careful, and you gotta know what you're doing. The local motoring scene is still far from getting used to - much less accepting - the cyclist as a regular road user. You got motorists subconsciously blocking you out of their field of vision because they're not used to seeing cyclists on the road. You got people who go against traffic and catch you by surprise pulling out of an intersection. Hell, I almost ran over a Pakistani dude on a Chinese Phoenix because he was going against traffic; I was just about to pull out of a side street, and naturally, I was looking left for oncoming traffic and didn't see him almost barreling into my right-hand front fender. Words were exchanged and fingers were flipped, but we were alright.

Speaking of which, the Asian communities have the most cyclists, but most of them do it to get around wherever they happen to be living and/or working. They mostly ride big, heavy Chinese rigs, and some of them ride BMX-like Chinese Cobras or Indonesian-made, locally-branded bikes. The Filipino community seems to have the most interest in recreational/sporting cycling, and the sport is gaining popularity among the Saudi and Arab communities, but I haven't met any Saudis or Arabs who actually cycle to get around.

That picture of me with Chinese bikes was at a nearby toy shop; most people around here still consider the bicycle more as a toy rather than a viable means of transportation. Wheels, the Trek dealer, is the only professionally dedicated game in town. Sun and Sand, a sporting goods outfit, sells some Fujis and a few SEs, but their aftersales support is virtually non-existent. There are no other established brandname (Giant, Raleigh, Specialized, Peugeot... etc.) dealers. As for the cheap, mass-market, Chinese-made, off-brand and off-off-brand stuff, downtown Jeddah is where the action is at, but you won't find any high-end, quality brands there, or quality spare parts, components, and tools. If you're looking to buy quality parts/components, Amazon and the like are your only friends.

That's about it.

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You have just described riding in this part of Mexico.

sjz, nice report. Some of those pics could be Boston except that I can't read anything on the banner on the bridge. :D And I suspect it is a lot hotter there than here!

@jimmuller It most certainly is - outside of what I've seen in movies that happened to be set in Boston, I have no idea what the weather is like there, but I guess I can safely say that Jeddah's "winters" are about as cool as Boston's summers.

And that sign on the bridge is promoting an app through which you can check the veracity of energy efficiency labels on automobiles and home appliances before you buy, and report any possible or suspected fraud to the Ministry of Commerce and Investment. It literally says, [top line] "before you buy, #verify; [bottom line] through the Taakad [Verify/Check] and Reporting Commercial Fraud app." Sort of like the Better Business Bureau.