Sister Annie
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Hauraki Plains District, New Zealand
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Bikes: Retro Hercules adult tricycle, 1953 Hercules ladies roadster, 1950s Wearwell fixed gear 'Club' pathracer, 1980s Malvern Star 'Super Star', 1980s Healing GTX-105 Arabesque, 1980's Morrison Concorde & etc & etc.......
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Originally Posted by
Sixty Fiver
For Sianelle...
The sun was shining and the lilacs are in bloom so when it came down to choosing what I was going to ride there was really no choice... one had to Rudge it...not trudge it.
Riding this bike invokes a sense of calmness and peace... it can go quite fast but why would one want to do that when the ride is so incredible ?
1948 Rudge Whitworth
Oh my word!
What a beautiful Rudge! Thankyou very much for posting this photograph
On the subject of oil lubed bicycles I have a Hercules Roadster and a Raleigh Sports that are 'oilers' and they are waaaaay smoother bicycles to ride than a 'greaser' bike. Both bicycles are rolling around on their original bearings and a touch of the oil can is all they need from time to time to keep them rolling smoothly (I have this nice ex-NZ Railways steam era oilcan which is perfect for the job
).
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