hello from the black country

[mick h]

Hi. From good old dudley. Having giving up smoking after 30 yrs I thought getting back on a bike might help repair some of the damage so I went down my shed and found my old and I mean old 5 speed out not loking to bad so I thought I'd take up cycling

 

[guitarpete247]

. Enjoy the exercise and soon you'll be longing for something faster. I've got my 30 year old 12 speed. Weighs a ton but will have to do for the time being.
What is your old 5 speed. Lets have some pics.

 

[StuartG]

The bike to the left was built 34 years ago in Birmingham with a saddle from Smethwick. 5 speed with a double clanger.

Dudley ... I was brought up in Tividale and lived and worked in Brierley Hill (Round Oak steel works before it became the Merry Hill Shopping Centre). A hilly place and good training to living on the side of the biggest hill in South London (Crystal Palace) for the past 26 years.

My ambition is to cycle back to the Black Country in a single day. Well over the ton ... and I only started cycling again 3 years ago so maybe we will meet half way some day?

 

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[mick h]

Will put some pics on over the weekend. Stuart what's a double clanger I hope you manage that ride it sounds like a good un

 

[upsidedown]

Welcome Mick. Stourbridge resident here. I gave up smoking 3 years ago after 30 years and i'm comfortably doing 6000 miles a year. If i can do it anybody can !!

 

[guitarpete247]

Will put some pics on over the weekend. Stuart what's a double clanger I hope you manage that ride it sounds like a good un

Double Clanger is the term for a crankset with 2 chainrings. It turns the 5 speed to a 10 speed. It's a term I've not heard for years. Today you would get a double, or a triple.

 

[mick h]

Thanks for the welcomes and for explaining what a double clanger is

 

[mick h]

Oh by the way my bikes a halfords ventura

 

[marshmella]

Hello and a belated welcome from up the road in Walsall. keep up the hard work, the benefits are really worth it.