The Pollard has arrived

[ChrisEyles]

Are you thinking of going to classic drops? Some nice skinny non-aero ones would look cracking.

 

[GuyBoden]

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I've got a pair of bolt cutters for cutting the ends of the mudguard stays, they look dangerous.......

 

[biggs682]

I've got a pair of bolt cutters for cutting the ends of the mudguard stays, they look dangerous.......

lol i leave them long so i can move them from bike to bike when needed

Are you thinking of going to classic drops? Some nice skinny non-aero ones would look cracking.

Swapped them for a set of drops complete with a set of levers with safety levers and with a GB stem just got to cable them up now

 

[biggs682]

Are you thinking of going to classic drops? Some nice skinny non-aero ones would look cracking.

Just back from trying out this set of bars feels a lot better.

Hope it meets with your approval @ChrisEyles ?

 

[ChrisEyles]

Love it, looks very classy!

...front brake cable needs shortening though

 

[biggs682]

Love it, looks very classy!

...front brake cable needs shortening though

Yeah i need to find my box of plastic cable guides/clamps to get routing better then trim the excess inner's off

The best thing is that the safety levers actually work and work well

 

[woodbutcher]

Yeah i need to find my box of plastic cable guides/clamps to get routing better then trim the excess inner's off

The best thing is that the safety levers actually work and work well

Showing my ignorance here, are the safety levers those loops of wire by the brake callipers ? The expression is new to me

 

[biggs682]

Showing my ignorance here, are the safety levers those loops of wire by the brake callipers ? The expression is new to me

No thats just the excess inner cable that needs chopping once i have them routed correctly

the safety levers are attached to inside of the normal levers and run in a way that when riding on the flat section of the bars you can reach them they are just viisable in the picture on the inside of the bends

 

[simongt]

the safety levers actually work and work well

That IS amazing - ! Not for nothing were they colloqially known as 'pillock levers / suicide levers' - !

 

[woodbutcher]

No thats just the excess inner cable that needs chopping once i have them routed correctly

the safety levers are attached to inside of the normal levers and run in a way that when riding on the flat section of the bars you can reach them they are just viisable in the picture on the inside of the bends

Of course, now l see what you mean They are fitted to a couple of my older bikes , don't seem to work as well as the main levers though and simongt calls them "suicide" levers, there must surely be an easier way of ending it all, but then they are an odd lot in Norwich ( l speak as an ex resident of that fine city)

 

[biggs682]

That IS amazing - ! Not for nothing were they colloqially known as 'pillock levers / suicide levers' - !

Very true hence my surprise at these actually work well

Of course, now l see what you mean They are fitted to a couple of my older bikes , don't seem to work as well as the main levers though and simongt calls them "suicide" levers, there must surely be an easier way of ending it all, but then they are an odd lot in Norwich ( l speak as an ex resident of that fine city)

lol as long as you keep the cables tensioned

 

[biggs682]

Removed the down tube decals last night.

Just got to find where I put the new one's now .

 

[raleighnut]

First ride today for 2018 for this old girl , apart from some new Gatorskins no changes although i do think i might be changing the bars

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You've had this one a while.

 

[biggs682]

You've had this one a while.

Yes coming up to 5 years and i really love riding it as well

it's a mid 50,s frame with a set of late 80's forks and has modernish calipers and is nice and light and is an ideal all year round bike

 

[biggs682]

32 miles this morning on this machine , trundled along nicely on the flat and did some pedal dancing on the hills.