Your bike in front of a gate pics

[Salty seadog]

Get aaarrrrfff moi laaand.....

He also has several rotting old tanks and other armoured vehicles in his field.

Maybe he's a prepper.

 

[PeteXXX]

Pitsford gates, opposite the village hall, on today’s ride.

 

[Dirk]

Between Georgeham and Braunton on Cycle Route 27, overlooking Saunton Sands.

 

[biggs682]

One from this morning's curtailed ride

 

[Threevok]

Half day commute home

 

[PeteXXX]

Nocturnal commute, with a gate and a CX

 

[Salty seadog]

Half day commute home

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Is that rear sprocket inside the stays? Never seen that before. If it is please put up a couple of pics.

Cracking looking bike, tell me of it.

 

[Threevok]

Is that rear sprocket inside the stays? Never seen that before. If it is please put up a couple of pics.

Must be an optical illusion. It is on a freewheel with gold spacers. Perphaps this photo will show it better

Cracking looking bike, tell me of it.

I rescued this frame from a display rack at a LBS in Cheshire. It had a few marks from handling but had never been built up.

It's a Kinesis Decade Virtue - one of the first made before FELT threw their toys out of the pram and made Kinesis change the name to Virsa, as they had a bike with the same name.

It's quite a rare beast - especially as they suffer from cracking seat-tubes, partly due to the supplied QR seatclamp clamping on the seatpost but not the frame, but also people running on a minimum length seat-post (To counter I'm currently running an uncut 350mm seatpost, plus that big massive double clamp)

Out of the 10 made in this particular size and colour, it would be interesting to know how many are left. I've only ever spoke to two other owners of any size or colour, and one of them works for the original supplier (Upgrade) who says his dad still rides it.

 

[Salty seadog]

Must be an optical illusion. It is on a freewheel with gold spacers. Perphaps this photo will show it better
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Nope, sorry, had a brain fart on that. Lovely looker.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Must be an optical illusion. It is on a freewheel with gold spacers. Perphaps this photo will show it better
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I rescued this frame from a display rack at a LBS in Cheshire. It had a few marks from handling but had never been built up.

It's a Kinesis Decade Virtue - one of the first made before FELT threw their toys out of the pram and made Kinesis change the name to Virsa, as they had a bike with the same name.

It's quite a rare beast - especially as they suffer from cracking seat-tubes, partly due to the supplied QR seatclamp clamping on the seatpost but not the frame, but also people running on a minimum length seat-post (To counter I'm currently running an uncut 350mm seatpost, plus that big massive double clamp)

Out of the 10 made in this particular size and colour, it would be interesting to know how many are left. I've only ever spoke to two other owners of any size or colour, and one of them works for the original supplier (Upgrade) who says his dad still rides it.

It looks lovely, did you have much trouble getting the chain line right?

 

[Illaveago]

I went and found a more interesting gate. The gate is a bit carp but the posts are rather ornate, it is the gate to Corsham Park from the old Bath road.

 

[Threevok]

It looks lovely, did you have much trouble getting the chain line right?

Strangely no - I expected it to be trouble, but it wasn't

I used the Velo-Solo spacer kit, which comes with a variety of spacer sizes so you can chop and change each side of the sprocket until you get it right. - but I hit it right first time.

In fact, the entire bike went together perfectly without incident, although it did take nearly two years of careful planning, saving and sourcing parts.

Another problem I seem to have solved by accident - running this frame single speed means you have to remove the rear brake caliper to get the wheel off (something they cured in the MK2 with slotted mounts on the frame).

However, thanks to my choice of rotor (or shape thereof) means I can get the wheel on and off, without such fuss.

 

[biggs682]

I went and found a more interesting gate. The gate is a bit carp but the posts are rather ornate, it is the gate to Corsham Park from the old Bath road. View attachment 401209

That's an impressive entrance. My gates are green with envy

 

[Illaveago]

That's an impressive entrance. My gates are green with envy

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Can I nick your gates to smarten mine up ?

 

[biggs682]

Can I nick your gates to smarten mine up ?

You can but not sure Wellingborough council will mind