Most fun bikes to ride?
03-13-13 | 03:33 PM
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03-13-13 | 05:39 PM
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Sturmey Archer Hub
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From: New England
Bikes: Old Schwinns and old Raleighs
So far this year, I'm having a blast with this 1947 Schwinn New World. It's a single speed freewheel with caliper brakes. I originally thought it would combine the worst of a single speed and lack of coaster brake, but I was dead wrong. It's really a blast to ride. The fillet brazed frame is deceptively light, and the bike has a lot of pep.
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03-13-13 | 06:32 PM
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From: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada - burrrrr!
Bikes: 1958 Rabeneick 120D, 1968 Legnano Gran Premio, 196? Torpado Professional, 2000 Marinoni Piuma
This was my first build and really taught me a lot about the world of standards in bicycles. I've owned quite a few bikes since then. Some of which were considered more modern or advanced I suppose. Nevertheless, I always LOVE the ride of this bike. The steel, the 7400 dura ace (shifts magnificently), and I can't help but enjoy looking down while I am gliding along. Smooooth. And I have since replaced the saddle to something much more comfortable (admittedly, I was thinking more about look with this Zoncolan).
As for the most fun bike to ride for me, it was not the most exotic, or rare, or sophisticated. Rather, it was a dump found, spent not a cent on, entry level Legnano. What a great and memorable fifty, or so miles...
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03-13-13 | 07:40 PM
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So far this year, I'm having a blast with this 1947 Schwinn New World. It's a single speed freewheel with caliper brakes. I originally thought it would combine the worst of a single speed and lack of coaster brake, but I was dead wrong. It's really a blast to ride. The fillet brazed frame is deceptively light, and the bike has a lot of pep.
That is quite a beautiful bike SirMike - Ignaz would have been proud of that one!
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03-13-13 | 10:09 PM
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Lately? This thing!! I need to take more pics today, before it starts raining later. Yesterday I traded one of my ex's old frames, for a Cinelli Pista track stem. It ended up sitting level, and dropped the bars down seriously, but still at a comfortable level to ride. LOVE seeing that red logo on the front view.,,,,BD
03-14-13 | 09:03 AM
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From: Hervey Bay, Qld, Australia.
Bikes: Colnago (82, 85, 89, 90, 91, 96, 03), 85 Cinelli, 90 Rossin, 83 Alan, 82 Bianchi, 78 Fountain, 2 x Pinarello, Malvern Star (37), Hillman (70's), 80's Beretto Lo-Pro Track, 80's Kenevans Lo-Pro, Columbus Max (95), DeGrandi (80's) Track.
This is representative of the fun bikes I have liked to ride over many years:
I have so many great memories involving me and an old track bike just like the bike above.
I have so many great memories involving me and an old track bike just like the bike above.
03-14-13 | 11:23 AM
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Bikes: 2022 Soma Fog Cutter, 2021 Calfee Draqonfly 44, 1984 Peter Mooney, 2017 Soma Stanyan, 1990 Fuji Ace, 1990 Bridgestone RB-1, 1995 Independent Fabrications Track, 2003 Calfee Dragonfly Pro
Most fun bikes to ride? Easy: whichever bike I happen to be riding at the time! 
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03-14-13 | 11:49 AM
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Bikes: See my signature
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03-15-13 | 05:47 AM
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From: New England
Bikes: Old Schwinns and old Raleighs
That was one of the things that drew me to it. No two of these bikes ever seem the same because they had so many options. How is the blue New World coming?
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