Should I buy a Pedersen...

[GrumpyGregry]

My work, and stay, in Copenhagen looks as if it will draw to a close at the end of next month, if not sooner.

I now sport a Danish wristwatch, Arne Jacobsen, donchano, but wonder if I should memorialise my 'happy times' from the Summer of 2015 with that iconic piece of cycling whatthefark-ery that is a Pedersenbicycle?

Would I ever ride it in the UK?
Can I fake the air of insouciance needed to carry off shopping trips on such a machine back home?
Will people think I am some sort of gentleman as a result of owning such a stead?
-and-
What spec should I go for from the choices on offer here?

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

You'll need the uniform too:-

 

[tyred]

Absolutely. You can never own enough bikes

 

[roadrash]

You already know the answer, dont forget to post pics

 

[jefmcg]

Buy it. Worst case scenario, you don't ride it in the UK, so you can mount it on your wall as a beautiful objet d'art.

 

[bianchi1]

You'll need the uniform too:-

I know this fellow. Lovely man. Part of our club and always helps out at races and events.

 

[vernon]

Buy it. Worst case scenario, you don't ride it in the UK, so you can mount it on your wall as a beautiful objet d'art.

I'd be very happy to own one for the sole purpose of looking at it.

It would even displace my Woodrup Chimera from the prime viewing spot in the house.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

This...

There was one on the ferry coming back from The Hoek last weekend. I know someone who has got one, she keeps it for vintage rallys and the likes of the Tweed Run.

&
This...

You'll need the uniform too:-

I feel I must point out that here, in Copenhagen, they are just ordinary bikes, albeit relatively expensive ordinary bikes, ridden by ordinary people, wearing ordinary clothes, to do ordinary things. As such, well, they are as common as other high-end, expensive, bikes, which is to say not common but certainly something you will see every day.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

You'll need the uniform too:-

I already own all those clothes albeit in different fabrics.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Not only should you buy one but you should ride it home.

Hmmmm, a ride home from cph to the 'sham on a Pedersen, in November.

What could possibly go wrong...?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I know that this might be heresy....but I think they look really ugly. Don't waste your money. Spend it on something beautiful like pies and booze.

STONE HIM!

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I know this fellow. Lovely man. Part of our club and always helps out at races and events.

Indeed. It was my immediate go to photo when I saw the thread.

OT - Are you more Upton than Malvern as I know an Upton Bianchi rider?
You must also know @bonk man

 

[Stephenite]

You could buy a used Pedersen. That way you are recycling/reusing, ie. making the planet a better place for the children. How could you not do that?! We need this Grumpy.

How about this Pedersen for £50
OK that one needs some tlc. But there are others http://www.dba.dk/cykler/?soeg=pedersen

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Hmmmm, a ride home from cph to the 'sham on a Pedersen, in November.

What could possibly go wrong...?

A trip to tell your grandkids about

 

[GrumpyGregry]

You could buy a used Pedersen. That way you are recycling/reusing, ie. making the planet a better place for the children. How could you not do that?! We need this Grumpy.

How about this Pedersen for £50
OK that one needs some tlc. But there are others http://www.dba.dk/cykler/?soeg=pedersen

I have to pass on the saving the planet angle. Sorry, but I commute by jet aircraft....

I don't know about Oslo but decent s/hand high-end bikes don't really seem to get advertised in cph. The preferred form is to chain the bike to a lamppost with a bit of cardboard taped to the top tube with a price and your mobile on it and within a day or two it will be sold. At worse you advertise it on the notice board where you work, or use your office and family/friends grapevine, or put a card in the bike shop window.

I've looked at two secondhand Pedersen's in five months. Junk in both instances. Most significant problem from my perspective is that the vast majority of Pedersens ridden hereabouts are geared for Copenhagen, fancake plat, where the steepest climb in town is the Cycle Snake, and thus would be unsuitable for the sort of use I have in mind back in the UK.