NBD!

[Rusty Nails]

I wonder why the previous custodian fitted such narrow tyres (1.25"). Quality front brake cable run.

Make a great commuter bike.

 

[DCBassman]

Make a great commuter bike.

But, at approaching 70, not for me!

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

I wouldn't really want to go narrower than 1.75" on a 26" MTB, as you can keep the tyre pressures sensible and the comfort levels up.
There's also the matter of reduced ground clearance under the pedals and BB if you fit skinny tyres to a bike designed originally to run wide knobbly ones.

 

[DCBassman]

I wouldn't really want to go narrower than 1.75" on a 26" MTB, as you can keep the tyre pressures sensible and the comfort levels up.
There's also the matter of reduced ground clearance under the pedals and BB if you fit skinny tyres to a bike designed originally to run wide knobbly ones.

Yup, I'll try it out as-is, but will almost certainly be fitting whatever the current equivalent of City Jets is in the near future.

 

[DCBassman]

Just managed to get some 1.5" gumwall City Jets from Spa Cycles!

 

[wafter]

Proper score - bet you're well chuffed

 

[DCBassman]

Proper score - bet you're well chuffed

You betcha!

 

[Sharky]

Well done. Has clearly been looked after, and maybe lightly ridden and kept indoors. Almost nothing to do, which might reduce the 'enjoyment' opportunities. I wonder why the previous custodian fitted such narrow tyres (1.25"). Quality front brake cable run.
Am endeavouring to remember the guy who ran Devon Cycles Plymouth - we raced one another in the 80s. He is well retired now (in eighties) but a friend (and one of his cycling buddies) told me last month that he is still cycling strongly.

Did a brief Google search, but it came back with the sad news that Colin Lewis passed away earlier this year. A great rider in his day.

 

[Ajax Bay]

I guess my erstwhile competitor ran another Pymouth shop then: (have remembered name) Chris Barretto.

 

[biggs682]

@DCBassman i have had mine from new and me and that bike have been through lots of things and i would never do without it .

 

[All uphill]

What would a Surly do that this won't?

Not much I guess.

 

[dan_bo]

Yup, I'll try it out as-is, but will almost certainly be fitting whatever the current equivalent of City Jets is in the near future.

I did Manchester- Brighton on spesh fatboys in 1994. Nowt wrong with em.

 

[FishFright]

Unsurprisingly, the lights were toast. Really not a problem!
Research seems to show it as a 1993 model. Drivetrain seems to be a mix of original and some changes, the chainset being one.
It will need a new chain and cassette, I'm thinking, and that will give me the opportunity to maker the lowest gear 22-34!

My old Specialized MTB had a silly low gear of 22-36. Very nice to pootle up steep tracks but really hard to get going again.

 

[DCBassman]

I did Manchester- Brighton on spesh fatboys in 1994. Nowt wrong with em.

They'll get an outing or two before I swap them out for the incoming City Jets.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

What would a Surly do that this won't?

Not much I guess.

Apart from cost a lot more you mean!