Originally Posted by
maunakea
SC, congrats on your folder fleet. Folder Fleet Syndrome is manageable. My wife being the clinicial psychologist she is, and me with four folders and a fifth expected, the clinical explanation is that your mental health benefits from the stress reduction of a folder fleet. Riding my road bike today, I caught up with another rider and was shocked to learn he only had 1 bike... the one he was on.
EvilV, only last week I rode a Moulton (cromo, full Campy Record, drop bars) for the first time. WOW!!! Felt almost as fast as the Maunakea bike (difference being the Capreo on the Maunakea bike) but handled a bit better at speed as a result of the drop bars and being able to shift weight lower. I choked on the price tag.
I'm just buying a next to new hand built Pashley Moulton. I'll be setting off to pick it up 300 miles away in a couple of hours. I should be packing not idling here! This one has a retail price of £1450, but I'm paying somewhat less. The guy works at the factory and bought this for his grilfriend. Because there's a two month waiting list he had to wait, and she dumped him. He's had it ten days and it has done only 20 miles. He already has a new one of his own, so this one has to go.
The one above is the bike I'm buying, the ones below are views of a different bike, but same model.
I'll be gone a few days, because I'm going to play with my new bike on a picturesque long distance ride on the Kennett and Avon Canal tow path.
http://www.paulspages.co.uk/bbcycle/
Specs:
http://www.tsr.uk.com/bikes/tsr30.php
features:
http://www.tsr.uk.com/features/