Who exactly are Bike Forums members? Post pics of you and your bike!
02-17-14, 03:12 PM
#1251
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Sunday ride with the wife to Aci Castello Sicily
02-19-14, 04:40 PM
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02-21-14, 11:51 AM
#1255
Newbie
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Location: Washington DC
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Bikes: 1967 Raleigh Sprite
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Hello, I'm a casual bike rider who unknowingly picked up a really awesome bike that I'm super charmed with. Me and my 1967 Raleigh Sprite.
02-21-14, 12:54 PM
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This is a poor quality photo, this is my oldest daughter and I on a ride this past fall. We were on a twenty mile ride, on the way back, about 8 miles out she got a flat and then I realized I had not packed a tube for her bike and did not have any patches. I ended up stuffing leaves in the tire to make it ride-able but that didn't work.
This is my boy about four years ago, we were out on the mountain bike trail.
Several times a year we have a 30 mile ride that he loves, 15 out to the ice cream shop and 15 back. This shot is at the end of this past summer. He does the ride on a 20" wheel bmx bike with wide knobby tires and we average about 12-15 mph. When he gets a geared road bike I think I will probably have a hard time keeping up with him.
This is my boy about four years ago, we were out on the mountain bike trail.
Several times a year we have a 30 mile ride that he loves, 15 out to the ice cream shop and 15 back. This shot is at the end of this past summer. He does the ride on a 20" wheel bmx bike with wide knobby tires and we average about 12-15 mph. When he gets a geared road bike I think I will probably have a hard time keeping up with him.
02-21-14, 01:31 PM
#1257
Spin Forest! Spin!
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Your Raleigh is in superb condition and a great shade of green! Nice find.
And welcome to the C&V Forum.
It's a wonderfully friendly and diverse forum. Any questions, just ask...the folks are helpful.
02-21-14, 02:50 PM
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Cat 6
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Cool bike, and don't worry. Many of us started off casual and with one bike, but the addiction will grow on you.
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72 Frejus (for sale), Holdsworth Record (for sale), special CNC & Gitane Interclub / 74 Italvega NR (for sale) / c80 French / 82 Raleigh Intl MkII f&f (for sale)/ 83 Trek 620 (for sale)/ 84 Bruce Gordon Chinook (for sale)/ 85 Ron Cooper / 87 Centurion IM MV (for sale) / 03 Casati Dardo / 08 BF IRO / 09 Dogma FPX / 09 Giant TCX0 / 10 Vassago Fisticuff
02-23-14, 09:37 PM
#1260
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Finally got to the place where I can post these. First pic is me on my Boneshaker (swapped an old Palo Alto Bike Shop 10-speed for her)
Second - my Speedwell Mk I with full first-generation Campy Super Record Ti group, Regina Ti chain & freewheel, bought from the founder's son
Third - my Larry Blake-built Lineseeker (predecessor to the Exxon Graftek) with American-made Weyless group, Cool Gear seat
Fourth - my first-gen Rigi with Shimano Dura-Ace 10 pitch track group incl seat post and handlebar stem, Brooks Swift seat
Fifth - my Teledyne Titan (with both prototype and production decals), full Hi-E group and 200 gram rims, Galli Ti brakes, Huret Jubilee changer
Sixth - my Masi with "interesting leftovers group" incl. Ofmega Mistral crank, prototype Hi-E front hub, original Campagnolo Nuovo Record long-cage (pre-Rally) derailleur
Seventh - my Colnago Master with Regina Record Extra (aluminum-cog Oro) freewheel, Campy Hi-Lo rear hub & Colnago-pantographed parts
Eighth is my Look Equipe Team Issue restored to La Vie Claire team specs except for the Campagnolo Delta brakes
Ninth - my Exxon Graftek with first-generation Shimano Dura-Ace parts (that included "safety levers" on the center-pull brakes!)
Tenth and final pic - my 120-speed Trek recumbent, because the "bicycle man" must have more gears than other mortals!
Not pictured - Guerciotti Alan mountain bike with AMP Research front fork, second Teledyne (16 pound track bike), second Rigi & second Graftek which all get ridden
(#1 - #9 I can't afford to break so they hang in the Bike Room)... but I'm not as bad as I was...twelve others (from 40's-80's) were sold off when I lost my last job.
Enjoy!
Second - my Speedwell Mk I with full first-generation Campy Super Record Ti group, Regina Ti chain & freewheel, bought from the founder's son
Third - my Larry Blake-built Lineseeker (predecessor to the Exxon Graftek) with American-made Weyless group, Cool Gear seat
Fourth - my first-gen Rigi with Shimano Dura-Ace 10 pitch track group incl seat post and handlebar stem, Brooks Swift seat
Fifth - my Teledyne Titan (with both prototype and production decals), full Hi-E group and 200 gram rims, Galli Ti brakes, Huret Jubilee changer
Sixth - my Masi with "interesting leftovers group" incl. Ofmega Mistral crank, prototype Hi-E front hub, original Campagnolo Nuovo Record long-cage (pre-Rally) derailleur
Seventh - my Colnago Master with Regina Record Extra (aluminum-cog Oro) freewheel, Campy Hi-Lo rear hub & Colnago-pantographed parts
Eighth is my Look Equipe Team Issue restored to La Vie Claire team specs except for the Campagnolo Delta brakes
Ninth - my Exxon Graftek with first-generation Shimano Dura-Ace parts (that included "safety levers" on the center-pull brakes!)
Tenth and final pic - my 120-speed Trek recumbent, because the "bicycle man" must have more gears than other mortals!
Not pictured - Guerciotti Alan mountain bike with AMP Research front fork, second Teledyne (16 pound track bike), second Rigi & second Graftek which all get ridden
(#1 - #9 I can't afford to break so they hang in the Bike Room)... but I'm not as bad as I was...twelve others (from 40's-80's) were sold off when I lost my last job.
Enjoy!
02-26-14, 01:56 PM
#1261
aka Tom Reingold
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My wife shot this of me, with my new pride-and-joy.
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02-27-14, 05:57 AM
#1262
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This is the latest project, finished restoring it last summer (replaced cables, housing, bar tape, and tires...everything else is original). 1971 Raleigh International. Was my father's first new bike purchase after college. He's enjoyed it for 40+ years, now it's my turn to take it for 40 years.
02-27-14, 06:19 AM
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aka: Dr. Cannondale
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Ooo-goo-ga-choo!
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03-21-14, 06:54 AM
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haha the weather was slightly better than last year, luckily, although it was still extremely windy out there. Next up is the LBL (26th of april), friends of mine are going, I think one of them is even going to ride it on a vintage Koga. Before that there's also the first 200k brevet in Zuid-Holland, I might give that a shot (5th of april).
03-21-14, 07:06 AM
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haha the weather was slightly better than last year, luckily, although it was still extremely windy out there. Next up is the LBL (26th of april), friends of mine are going, I think one of them is even going to ride it on a vintage Koga. Before that there's also the first 200k brevet in Zuid-Holland, I might give that a shot (5th of april).
I did the LBL classic last year, somewhere in June I believe. Or was it August? Anyways, it was a lot of fun: 150k in the good old Ardennes and the weather was sweet to us
03-21-14, 07:31 AM
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haha the weather was slightly better than last year, luckily, although it was still extremely windy out there. Next up is the LBL (26th of april), friends of mine are going, I think one of them is even going to ride it on a vintage Koga. Before that there's also the first 200k brevet in Zuid-Holland, I might give that a shot (5th of april).
03-21-14, 07:55 AM
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03-21-14, 12:16 PM
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Shifting is fun!
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Very normcore, Tom! But you gotta lose the fixie: that's sooo 2013. 
03-21-14, 01:19 PM
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Bicycle Repair Man !!!
03-21-14, 10:34 PM
#1272
aka Tom Reingold
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I had to look up "normcore." Thank you ... I think.
i think I look awfully paunchy in that picture. I'm not used to that. I'm also startled to see how bald I am in pictures.
i think I look awfully paunchy in that picture. I'm not used to that. I'm also startled to see how bald I am in pictures.
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03-22-14, 04:17 AM
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Shifting is fun!
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03-22-14, 08:33 AM
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smelling the roses
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03-22-14, 10:46 AM
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My balding is far from complete so far, and it's happening slowly. I think it wasn't long ago I had half my hair left. And looking at myself straight on in the mirror, I appear to have more than I really have, which is pictures of me startle me. When my father died at 81, RIP, he still had thick and copious hair, but that's irrelevant, isn't it? My maternal grandfather was totally bald.
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Tom Reingold, tom@noglider.com
New York City and High Falls, NY
Blogs: The Experienced Cyclist; noglider's ride blog
“When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments.” — Elizabeth West, US author
Please email me rather than PM'ing me. Thanks.
