Originally Posted by
decosse
ROFL! Nothing like going out- or rather arriving - in style.
Indeed. I want to go out one of two ways. Heh.
Originally Posted by
wahoonc
I try to buy bikes with chain guards and fenders get added almost immediately. I have used skirt guards on both mine and my wife's bikes. I quite often wear longer coats in cold weather. I bought a couple sets of metal skirt guards from Morgan Imports. Apparently all they have left now are
the plastic ones. Most of my saddles are Brooks, they make a "ladies" version where the nose is a bit shorter to keep it from catching on your skirt.
My wife loves vintage clothing, especially the 50's style sun dresses. She rides in them quite often on her Raleigh 3 speed.
Chain guards for derailleur bikes are few and far between.
Here is the closest thing you are going to find to a WM valued dutch styled bike. FWIW WM was selling them as was Amazon.
Aaron
Your wife has good fashion sense.
I love the vintage look myself.
I found Dutch aftermarket chain guards for bikes with derailleurs. So, they do make the things. But the shipping was 50 dollars alone!!
If I found a donor one.. I could use metal snips on it and file it down/repaint. I'm just not sure how to size it. I think it goes by teeth? The bike I'd like to fit one on has a Shimano 52-43 on it. For what it is worth, it's an 85 (I believe) Schwinn World Tourist. I know the bike has little monetary value.. but I'm still restoring it bit by bit to ride. I've read on this forum somewhere that these bikes ride very closely to a Dutch city bike. They rather look the part too; but for the chain guard.
Here she is. Mostly together. Just cleaning up the paint and chrome right now. I don't have tools or know-how to fix wheels and hubs so I have to take her to the shop at some point. I lack a gargage... so I do all the work in the kitchen. Luckily my guy is forgiving of my oddities. All he asks is that I keep repotting plant dirt out of the plates he eats off.. LOL. Bike degreaser though? Doesn't seem to bother him..
And, this one was free! (but for the paint, tools, time and...)