My new bike

[Hicky]

I've had this built up by the good people of keepedalling(cheers Shona and Rich!!) Manchester.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/56159523@N06/6482014801/sizes/l/in/photostream/

My new do it all, unfortunatly I'm working all weekend so cant pick it up till monday!

 

[jonathanw]

Now that is nice!

Retro and it looks a rite proper bike.... But then I'm probably showing my age

The tape and saddle complete the look

 

[videoman]

Very nice indeed, bet you can't wait until Monday, hope its not raining or worse still snowing!

 

[potsy]

Now I see why you want a Carradice
Bit 'City blue' for my liking

 

[Monkspeed]

Looks great! I love the colour scheme, very retro. Looks like that light blue colour on the old VW Beetles!

 

[soulful dog]

Nice, I too like the colour scheme, it makes it that wee bit different.

 

[Scilly Suffolk]

Very nice: there's something about Duck Egg blue and tan which just works.

Be even nicer with a quill stem...

 

[theloafer]

hey hicky... now thats a very nice bicycle..

 

[fossyant]

Super !

 

[xxmimixx]

How cuuuute!

(by the way, I love that colour I want it in my kitchen!)

 

[Hicky]

Well, picked it up this morning and only rode the mile or so to work....very different position than my sirius and feels much more twitchy....I think that will go when I get a few more miles under my belt.
Very retro looking, steel guards or honjos would have been too bling considering it is my commuter.
I didnt think of the colour as city blue and will never do so as they are the evil enemy!

Being picky I would have the cabling in brown and spend more money on getting crome rails on the brooks but I hardly notice that.
Again many thanks to keepedalling for the bike and the patience with my lack of ability to stick to a decision!

Thanks Monkspeed for the pic...I didnt have enough time to do it properly
Soon to be seen in and around Manchester!

 

[YahudaMoon]

I like it. A lovely City blue. Yep chrome rails on the Brooks n black hoods on the levers

And maybe even a quill stem ?

 

[Hicky]

Well, first commute in today and it was a toughie.
My own fault really I didnt make sure the saddle hieght was 100% with my shoes on so it was a hard slog into the wind with a saddle too low so my thighs were on fire.....now in work and I've sorted it and backed off the tension on the brooks a little to give me a little more movement in the leather for a few weeks then I'll tighen it backup slowly....I KNOW how many turns I done

Very different riding on drop bars and I can tell a huge differance in the frame, the same roads werent rattling my teeth out!!
That is with the same tyres to the same pressure.
A few little tweeks to the guards to bring them closer to the tyres and jobs a good un, for anyone wondering why I have fairly wide mudguards on, that is in anticipation of summer to accomadate wider tyres for hooning down the canal paths.

Happy as a pig in proverbial

 

[nwjgoode]

NICE