My LBS does love me, I break'em and Don fixes'em, usually while I wait.

Single speed? Everyone needs a single speed. I might need to run to the store for hotdog buns some day. Haven't you watched the epic movie? https://www.xtranormal.com/watch/6272...boomer-version

Looking at all these bikes has my N+1 juices flowing. I've got to find me a lugged steel frame and build it up fixed.

That's what I did. I found an 80's purple Raleigh out at the curb waiting for the trash man and put some new parts on it, a Brooks B17-N and gave it a rattle can paint job.

I guess I could put brakes and a freewheel on my Fuji and paint it pink with Krylon...

...NOT (the paint, that is)!!!

Here is what I'm riding.


I don't have a recent picture of my Mountain Bike.

Link:https://www.cyclofiend.com/working/20...clark1008.html

have changed some components since, but fundamentally not.

6 others..

I need to take a clearer picture. Anway, all mine are vintage, and I ride each and everyone of them like crazy. Except for the fastest, smoothest and lightest one, the 1996 Litespeed Classic, gets ridden very seldom. The two 79 Raleigh Competition GS(s), the 85 Raleigh Prestige, the 85 Raleigh Competion, the 86 Schwinn Prelude, and the 88 Centurion Ironman Expert all get ridden one after another every week. Today I am on the Schwinn 86 Prelude. I do have a 86 or 87 Raleigh Grand Prix, which is a rust bucket and the beater bike, that I ride when I start out and it is raining.. It even has the nerve to give up a good ride.

As you all can see, I am VINTAGE all the way. Something about the old bikes looks, and ride, that the new and latest can't even get close.. That is my opinon.

I have about 25 bikes or so. 15 antique or classic, two downhill racers, two BMX, one trials bike, one MTB and one modern road bike. This is the modern bike.



This is my '84 Team Fuji




and my oldest bike, 1898 Nashua.





Trials bike




DH bike


fbombfront by frankthewelder, on Flickr

Frank, toooo cool!!! Great bikes!!

cehowardGS, can we see some closeups of those nice machines?

I'm a chick who LOVES machinery as much as she does jewelry - really!!! This is a great thread.

Right now I'm down to 3

2010 IF ClubRacer



2008 Soma DoubleCross



2006 Kona Dr Dew

My "ride and joy":


(Currently my only ride.)

You must be missing part of your photobucket link.

Looks fast, doesn't look practical for the road though, your right at tailpipe level for the cagers.......

I can't believe I have not posted mine, here yet.

I have a mountain bike, which is fitted with a rear rack and fenders, it's got more aggressive tires, and higher bars then the picture in my sig now, but it's my jump-on-and-go-in-street-clothes bike. It's also now nicely fitted for gravel roads, which are common around here. I bought it in October 2005 from the distributor as it had been a demonstrator unit. It first saw service in the spring of 2006, so now that it's 5 years on the road, it's due for a refurbishing. It's odometer is sitting at 12.2km shy of 5,000 at the moment.

I added the Raleigh last year, it's a model Raleigh made in Waterloo, Qc in 1975, a neighbour was throwing it away, just after I had hernia surgery, so I snagged it, completely disassembled it and rebuilt it, this photo also needs to be redone, as I have made a couple of alterations to it, since the photo was taken.

My garage door door is decidedly non-photogenic so you'll have to settle for pics of the bikes in situ (except for the newest). Years '72, '73, '82:







No di-lithium was used in the taking of these photos.

Me to, but I took a Trek Madone 5.2 out for a ride a few weeks ago and I cant get it out of my mind. Man is that a nice bike.

Only if you lollygag behind them. Ridden as intended, the cagers will be smelling your Old Spice!

And knowing BP, he rides it as intended.

I have two mountain bikes at the moment, a 26er and a 29er, both full suspension.

Here's the 26er I got a few months back:



and here's the 29er I got several weeks ago:




Both of which I like to ride for quite different reasons, mostly on singletracks. I'm a geocacher, and end up taking the Mongoose into some quite rough territory to find the caches. I may end up taking the Specialized instead at some point (after the new wears off).

First bike is a 2010 Steelwool Tweed setup for light touring.






Second bike is a 1977 Sabatini Record, owned since new.

The photos of the pristine older bikes is so compelling! It's fascinating to see how the quest for lightness and strength has evolved over time. The drivetrains look pretty much the same down through the, umm, ages - but the frames! Wow. There is an intrinsic beauty to those almost spindly creations. They are graceful, almost delicate, but quite purposeful.

That tandem reminds me of the Motobecane I used to have.

Okay this thread motivated me to take some new photos of the bikes as they are today, instead of the old photos on my sig... This photo is a fleet photo, front left is the 1975 Raleigh Delta road bike, yes those are hose clamps holding on the bottle cages, front right is the Norco Bushpilot, and the goofy looking thing in the back is the missus bike.

Cool! That means that at least I picked a good color! For do you see, that is a Peugeot TH8, one French bike compared to another. This past winter I revived that bike from neglect, some abuse, and the effects of a scavenger. It now carries the original style braking system, nearly original style derailleurs, half-original drive train, and fresh paint.

Oh, but I forget, this forum isn't about C&V bikes, it's about C&V riders. (We qualify for that too. )

That is a fine looking Bridgestone. One of the best I've seen. A tip of the helmet to you sir.