lexm

Too...many...Moulton...pics. Overcome...with...desire. Must...call...friendly...local...dealer...Bruce...Metras.

jur

Could this actually be the most expensive bike on the planet?

ro-monster

Thanks, everyone, for a very enjoyable day! So many lovely bikes, and a fun ride. I didn't know we were going off-road!

Sorry I didn't get to say goodbye to all of you. When we hit the Great Highway, well, that was my planned route home, so I headed southward. I stopped for coffee at Java Beach, then took in the view from the beach for a while. Rode around Lake Merced, stopping to admire the ducks and little birds flying through the reeds, then went over to Daly City BART and caught the train down to Millbrae. After a snack break I rode the rest of the way home to San Mateo. Most of the way I could ride the Bay Trail and admire the scenery and shorebirds.

It was great to meet everyone, and I hope to see you again!

BruceMetras

The DP S/Crunchie orders should top it significantly... I think he wants HED wheels.. a Schlumpf and a Rohloff ..

BruceMetras

Alan Bruce and Nigel with the San Francisco Bay in the backround.







Alan pointing out how nice his Mk3 is..



Hal in deep thought with his signed Moulton fixie.




TSR with Rohloff ready for touring ..



Nicely set up ABP..





Yikes!







A little snack before heading off for a jaunt..



Alan won't be able to sleep tonight..

ewebster1

Greetings everyone,

Well, I SAW most of you on my loop around the concourse looking for parking. I was running late and missed out on the good spots. I hope to meet all of you at another Moulton Meet-Up.

Cheers,

Earl Webster
AM7/3x7, APB FX-80 #21

lexm

In my book, your Mk3 has greater star power, SC. I'm interested to know the impetus for the blue and gold color scheme. Proud Cal grad? Bike Forums header?

mulleady

Beautiful isn't it Lexm? This is the one I'm planning to steal

lexm

"Shocking, mulleady! I'll hear no more of this dastardly plan!"

(Okay, here's the plan: I'll make a diversionary move on the Moulton Lava. As SC moves to defend his rightful property, you swoop in and grab the Mk 3. He'll never know what hit him.)

SesameCrunch

Yup, Cal undergraduate studies.

Stanford grad school, though....

SesameCrunch

Ugh! Sorry to hear about that. It was rather busy on a nice day at the Park. Perhaps next time we'll meet at another, less popular location.

SesameCrunch

It is entirely possible. If one adds up the individual components at retail value, the total cost would be staggering.

Want to hear the funny part? The owner purchased the frame and built up the bike right after graduating college. Spent his entire wad on the bike. That's PASSION! Gotta love it.

SesameCrunch

You guys will have to work hard to out-Ninja me!

I'll be ready for the evil Irish and his Chicago sidekick...

kamtsa

If I got the story correctly, the owner had the Rohloff and wanted to build a bike around it. He ordered the frame with custom dropouts and used components of his choice (I think he mentioned something about 'french components').

Hopefully he will join this forum so we can get the story first hand. SesamyCruch was very active promoting this forum.

lexm

I'm really glad you didn't try to split the difference when painting the Mk 3.

mulleady

It will be too late before you notice. It will be winging its way across the pond to a destination and what happens to it will out do the mystery of the famous racehorse Shergar once stolen in Ireland.

lexm

I mean, look at this train wreck combining similar colors (Notre Dame and Ohio State):

mulleady

Let's raise a toast to SesameCrunch! You can ogle over the high spec bike and it is mightily impressive but as a combination of nice parts and aesthetic looks his blue gold beauty takes the prize!

If you ever feel the urge to sell it SC I'm your man lol! Damn I forgot it's not separable lol!

ewebster1

Good day SesameCrunch,

The location was fine, I was running more than a little late that morning. I mostly wished to participate in the "meet and greet" session and left as I could see you were about to ride. The day wasn't a totally loss, I went car shopping (or should I say, "dreaming") with a buddy at the Land Rover and then the Lotus dealers. I know what I would be driving if I had a spare 80K, except the Evora's cargo bay is a tad restrictive. I think an AM could be made to fit if the rear cargo carrier was off.

Cheers,

Earl

kamtsa

Here is a similar one with few modifications

https://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/1029901...15102/name/n_a

IslandHopper

That looks like an expensive and painful modification.

jur

He was probably admiring his reflection in a shop window.