Retro Design

[raleighnut]

I fitted similar to my Raleigh 'City' when I rebuilt it, the handlebars were changed to an Ergotec 'Toulouse' type from the standard 'North Road' too.

 

[Rockn Robin]

Ahhh, "leatherette".

Truly retro.

Well, the design at least.

 

[BalkanExpress]

I think in the real world it is called plastic.

Nah, these days you can grow vegan leather, grow mould on kombucha tea, treat it with vinegar and hey presto!

And no, I am not joking, the kids went on a course and came back with containers fill of mouldy tea

 

[Alan O]

There's plenty to like about that bike, but I really don't like that extra frame tube - what's it for?

 

[Oldfentiger]

Large frame Pashley Guvnor have the same feature. Must be for extra strength?

 

[Alan O]

Large frame Pashley Guvnor have the same feature. Must be for extra strength?

I can't see why it would be needed, as frames without it aren't known for their weakness. I suppose extra strength might be needed for heavier riders, but I've always assumed the wheels were the weakness there rather than the frame.

Extra stiffness perhaps? But I wouldn't want any of my bikes to be stiffer.

 

[Threevok]

There's plenty to like about that bike, but I really don't like that extra frame tube - what's it for?

It's to hang your man bag from, containing your Mac Book, so it doesn't foul the cables

Ideal for those trips to the coffee house, so you can sit there all day and tell everyone you're working on your novel

 

[Gravity Aided]

It's to hang your man bag from, containing your Mac Book, so it doesn't foul the cables

Ideal for those trips to the coffee house, so you can sit there all day and tell everyone you're working on your novel

And curate your beard and mustache to closely trimmed hipster perfection. Flannel shirt optional.

 

[Gravity Aided]

 

[Gravity Aided]

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I hope the mudguards have safety clips otherwise it is lethal.

Safety clips?

 

[rogerzilla]

I've seen a branch caught in a front plastic mudguard without safety clips - the mudguard just sort of exploded. Rider stopped and pulled the loose bits off and that was it. Metal ones could be nastier.

SKS stays are designed to pull free at the boss end if something gets caught between tyre and mudguard. It may, however, get caught at the fork crown instead. M Part stays can pull loose at the other end.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I've seen a branch caught in a front plastic mudguard without safety clips

It might just be me being a bit dim but in half a century of riding bikes I've never heard of a lethal( to use Rooster1's word) problem caused by mudguards and have no idea what a safety clip looks like or where you'd find one on a mudguard. Is this a new thing?

 

[rogerzilla]

Not very new but might save your life once every 10,000 years or so. As I say, an obstruction is quite likely to reach the fork crown (which isn't QR) and jam there even if the clips let go. The rotation of the tyre will drag it up and forward.

 

[Alan O]

It might just be me being a bit dim but in half a century of riding bikes I've never heard of a lethal( to use Rooster1's word) problem caused by mudguards and have no idea what a safety clip looks like or where you'd find one on a mudguard. Is this a new thing?

I'd never heard of them until I got new mudguards a couple of years ago. Instead of the metal mudguard stays fastening directly to the frame at the dropouts, they push into little plastic things which in turn fasten to the frame. The idea is that if something jams up the mudguards, rather than locking up the wheel the mudguard stays will pop out of the plastic things and allow the wheel to keep moving.

And yes, if something jams at the fork crown or brake bridge, the plastic things won't help.