vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
Having eschewed the notion of ever acquiring another bike, I called into Woodrup Cycles to pick up a granny ring for my Flying Gate and Tony Woodrup insisted on showing me some of the bikes that they took to the Lea Valley.
I saw an object of great beauty and so desirable that I dare not look at full pictures of it lest I succumb to its allure. So here's an excerpt:
The paintwork is stunning, the lugwork is perfect, the flowing lines.....
If I underwent some serious weight loss this would be a very attractive proposition.
Changing the subject for my own sanity - Tony Woodrup brought a present for me back from the show. A book of Rohloff stories produced by the Rohloff factory. There's some great stories and images. They are proud of their ability to resurrect most dead or failing hubs but had to concede defeat with a hub that was melted in a shed fire. The most bizarre failure recovery was a hub that had been shot by the Dutch police.
To add to my pleasure I was asked to take my bike in for a free service as it's one of their first production models and they want to see how it's bearing up after two and a bit years.
Off to read more bike porn and pack for next weeks Avenue Verte ride - well the French bit of Avenue Verte.
Life is good.
I saw an object of great beauty and so desirable that I dare not look at full pictures of it lest I succumb to its allure. So here's an excerpt:
The paintwork is stunning, the lugwork is perfect, the flowing lines.....
If I underwent some serious weight loss this would be a very attractive proposition.
Changing the subject for my own sanity - Tony Woodrup brought a present for me back from the show. A book of Rohloff stories produced by the Rohloff factory. There's some great stories and images. They are proud of their ability to resurrect most dead or failing hubs but had to concede defeat with a hub that was melted in a shed fire. The most bizarre failure recovery was a hub that had been shot by the Dutch police.
To add to my pleasure I was asked to take my bike in for a free service as it's one of their first production models and they want to see how it's bearing up after two and a bit years.
Off to read more bike porn and pack for next weeks Avenue Verte ride - well the French bit of Avenue Verte.
Life is good.