Real Men Ride 20s

[Drago]

My Mum had one, although she does have a beard.

 

[Ian H]

After Raleigh bought Moulton they embarked on a cost-cutting exercise to make it cheaper to produce. Bungy tyres did away with the suspension and associated moving parts.

I used one for the 8 miles to and from school, and rode my first 100km on it aged about 15.

It was a horrible bike.

 

[Andrew_P]

I loved my sister Moulton I could have sworn it was a Mini Moulton in red mind you mine was a three gear Chrisom Flyer if I recall properly her hand me down. I remember the dirst time I rode it and got that massive chainset moving it felt like it flew up the road could only have been 10.

I prefer to ride something with normal wheels these days

 

[Drago]

Anyone remember the Raleigh RSW, the Allegro of cycling? Eschewing expensive suspension in favour of balloon tyres may have saved a few quid, but it was like cycling through treacle. A thoroughly unpleasant machine, yet like the Allegro there's a blummen owners club for them now!

 

[roadrash]

nowt wrong with an RSW16

 

[Drago]

Apart from the fat low pressure tyres in lieu of suspension.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

[QUOTE 5119187, member: 259"]You can't stay up on that fence all day, you know.[/QUOTE]

GrumpyGregry, a man of strong opinions weakly held. But no one is perfect.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

I'm waiting for the "real real men ride RSW's" thread to appear next......

 

[Tilley]

As my ICE trike is 20" all round and it does fold do I also comply.

 

[roadrash]

@User that is cheap for a moulton, even cheaper if the seller is accepting offers , I think @Fab Foodie has recently bought one from someone on cyclechat

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

[QUOTE 5119570, member: 45"]What do you think to this?....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282811601913?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDXT&fromMakeTrack=true[/QUOTE]

Isn't that a "Raleigh Moulton" - i.e. the later version effectively a badge-engineered bike with the solid forks dating from the tail end of the 1960;s?

 

[mustang1]

Twenty = pos, and it is nothing to do with the size of the wheels.

and as for those who confuse mixte or drop tube step-thru frames as ladies' frames? Nobbers to a man.

I have a fetish for mixte frames. Not only do they seem easy to get on and off this aiding with walking the bike.past red traffic lights, but because they are not in much demand, theives would should leave them alone and used prices should be rather low too.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

I have a fetish for mixte frames. Not only do they seem easy to get on and off this aiding with walking the bike.past red traffic lights, but because they are not in much demand, theives would should leave them alone and used prices should be rather low too.

my daughter's got one at uni. as one doing 'gender studies', i was able to point out to her that the mixte frame is genderless, which pleased her no end…

 

[BSOh]

I have a fetish for mixte frames. Not only do they seem easy to get on and off this aiding with walking the bike.past red traffic lights, but because they are not in much demand, theives would should leave them alone and used prices should be rather low too.

I love the look of them but they all seem quite large, probably too large for me. Hence my love of the Twenty

 

[Fab Foodie]

[QUOTE 5119570, member: 45"]What do you think to this?....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282811601913?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDXT&fromMakeTrack=true[/QUOTE]
Grab it!!!!