clangers - are you referring to the TV series?
or the seat tube levers you had to bend down to shift the chain on the front - I had one of these.
Bike trends that went out of fashion
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clangers - are you referring to the TV series?
or the seat tube levers you had to bend down to shift the chain on the front - I had one of these.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Even more of them seem to be driving motor vehicles, thoughThere are plenty of them around.
BorderReiver
Veteran
Spats! These would be really useful if they made a comeback and were manufactured out of a suitable breathable material. Kept the bottom half of your legs dry but weren't too hot and sweaty.
Racing roadkill
Guru
Spokey dokeys, playing cards held onto the seat stays with clothes pegs, hitting the spokes, to sound like a motorbike. One bar grip, replaced with a battery powered twist grip thing, that emulated various engine noises. Mag wheels on a Raleigh BMX. Rotors on the stem of a BMX. Air powered groupsets.
further
Guru
- Location
- Glastonbury Somerset
All my bikes have these
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Kids on bikes.
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
It was a bad day when they stopped naming a lightweight bike with drop bars a "racer", and worse when they were renamed "road" bikes.
Many have been disappointed to find "road" bikes are not altogether suitable for many of the conditions likely to be encountered on UK roads
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IMHO
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Many have been disappointed to find "road" bikes are not altogether suitable for many of the conditions likely to be encountered on UK roads
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That's one sight that's a rarity nowadays.On Christmas day the street was awash with new Christmas present bikes..
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Not rare here. Can't say about the Christmas bit but one of my very young neices already has a pedal trike which just makes me
Racing roadkill
Guru
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/..._dm|pcrid|161810673982|pkw||pmt||prd|448796UK
Anyone who can't service these, needs to take a long hard look at themselves.
Bazzer
Setting the controls for the heart of the sun.
- Location
- On the edge of reality
Do recall last year walking in Dunham Massey a day or two after Christmas and seeing loads of kids on new bikes and balance bikes. Not aware of it being translated into kids on bikes on the road, but may be it is the times I ride or the places I ride which give me this impression.
When I rebuilt a Dawes Fox a few years back, I recut the grotty metal mudguards into these wee mudguards - very fashionable at the time - for the simple reason that they help to keep dust, dirt & other debris from getting shotblasted into the brake spindles.
BalkanExpress
Guru
- Location
- Brussels
And rubber hoods on shifter levers
CanucksTraveller
Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
- Location
- Hertfordshire
Those yellow speakers that emitted 3 different siren noises when you pushed the button on the handlebar. A fixture on every Raliegh Grifter in the 80s.
Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
You haven't seen me heading for work then! I will be sporting one, (right side only) again tomorrow - more to prevent my trouser leg getting hooked by a tooth on the big ring than to protect from oil.
