Black & Tan
01-08-12 | 07:50 PM
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01-09-12 | 04:24 PM
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You gonna eat that?
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Truth be told, I kind of like the aRX FD that's on there now just fine, but this is a vanity thing.
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Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
09-15-12 | 01:13 PM
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Ah, well, back to this thread. In reference to the Cyclone II FD above, I didn't put it on the bike. The tube clamp was for a bigger diameter than the seat tube is.
However, I jockeyed around my seats a bit. The dark brown B17 I had on my fixie broke a rail, so I got a replacement seat. In the meantime, I sent the damaged B17 to rhm and he repaired it. It not proudly rests on the Black & Tan. It makes the bike a LOT more comfy. The Wrights saddle was a W.3N, which would be good for a racing style bike I guess, but I ride a little more upright, like a touring bike, and the wider B17 feels much better, based on the 40 mile shakedown ride I did this morning.
However, I jockeyed around my seats a bit. The dark brown B17 I had on my fixie broke a rail, so I got a replacement seat. In the meantime, I sent the damaged B17 to rhm and he repaired it. It not proudly rests on the Black & Tan. It makes the bike a LOT more comfy. The Wrights saddle was a W.3N, which would be good for a racing style bike I guess, but I ride a little more upright, like a touring bike, and the wider B17 feels much better, based on the 40 mile shakedown ride I did this morning.
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I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
09-15-12 | 03:03 PM
#54
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Sweet looking bike!
More on Black and Tan:
From Wikipedia:
Contrary to popular belief, however, Black and Tan as a mixture of two beers is not a drink commonly consumed in Ireland. Indeed, the drink has image problems in parts of Ireland and elsewhere due to the association with the Royal Irish Constabulary Reserve Force which was sent into Ireland in the early 1920s and nicknamed the Black and Tans.[1][2]
More on Black and Tan:
From Wikipedia:
Contrary to popular belief, however, Black and Tan as a mixture of two beers is not a drink commonly consumed in Ireland. Indeed, the drink has image problems in parts of Ireland and elsewhere due to the association with the Royal Irish Constabulary Reserve Force which was sent into Ireland in the early 1920s and nicknamed the Black and Tans.[1][2]
They are not recalled fondly, down there on the Irish @#$% list with Oliver Cromwell and the Famine Queen.
Good ridance to them. Like the song says, thank god for the sea. Nice bike, though.
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10-01-12 | 09:35 PM
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Okay, okay... maybe time for a new theme, a new name. I dumped the bike a couple weeks ago and decided to replace the natural handlebar tape with a darker brown to go with the dark brown Brooks B17... so now maybe I should call it Café Mocha.
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I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
10-01-12 | 11:47 PM
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Looks good, sorry to here about the dump. I did the natural cork also because of this thread, but then got doored and me+it is ruined. Had some champion corks for plugs too. Natural cork is not meant to be i guess.
10-02-12 | 08:11 AM
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It was a minor incident. I was crossing through an intersection, watching traffic, and drifted just a bit to the right... when I looked forward I saw I was about to run up the curb. I tried to avoid it. I did not succeed.
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I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
10-02-12 | 10:34 AM
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What a lovely old Raleigh! I know this is aesthetics, and to each his own....but I think this bike is begging for some skinwalls. They'd look awesome. Guess it depends on how much tan you want in your black! I like how they match the buff bar tape, so I put them on this old Fuji I recently worked up as a commuter.
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