The "Show off your bike" thread! (Vol 2)
Discussion
yellowjack said:
stepaway said:
Ooof!
Quite the frame you have there! Aesthetically very pleasing. I think I'd tone the wheels down a notch or two, but that's just personal preference. Absolutely lovely...
The wheels are off another bike I have, it sits on these Ksyriums normally which are a little more understated.
stepaway said:
Cheers Yellowjack
The wheels are off another bike I have, it sits on these Ksyriums normally which are a little more understated.
Off the back of seeing your bike on here, and bored to tears isolating with Covid in a spare bedroom at home, I disappeared down the eBay wormhole this week. The wheels are off another bike I have, it sits on these Ksyriums normally which are a little more understated.
I couldn't find a GT road bike anywhere on there that looked worth a punt. Ended up looking at [tangent alert!] a Raleigh Team Banana of all things. Didn't get it in the end, the bid was sat at £51 with minutes to spare, my maximum bid was typed into the appropriate box, and I was waiting, nerves jangling, to throw in that last-minute "sniper" shot. Then my wife started bellyaching about how she "couldn't stand there on the stairs all day holding a bowl of soup for me". So I met her half way down the stairs, took the soup and scuttled back to my laptop only to see the timer run out without me posting my bid. The bike sold for £51 too.
I'm consoling myself that it was almost certainly the 18-23 tubing "Gas Pipe Special" version, and no great loss. Rather than the (claimed at least) 531 tubed version I saw on there that had been mutilated into a damned single-speed. No guarantee that my maximum bid would have won the auction of course, but now I'll never know. The most annoying thing is that I'm a bit of a Shaw Tarse and period bikes in smaller sizes (as this one was) are harder to come by. I remember back in the '80s being assured that I'd "grow into it" but never gaining the required inside leg inches to be comfortable on the second-hand bikes my parents could afford...
yellowjack said:
stepaway said:
Cheers Yellowjack
The wheels are off another bike I have, it sits on these Ksyriums normally which are a little more understated.
Off the back of seeing your bike on here, and bored to tears isolating with Covid in a spare bedroom at home, I disappeared down the eBay wormhole this week. The wheels are off another bike I have, it sits on these Ksyriums normally which are a little more understated.
I couldn't find a GT road bike anywhere on there that looked worth a punt. Ended up looking at [tangent alert!] a Raleigh Team Banana of all things. Didn't get it in the end, the bid was sat at £51 with minutes to spare, my maximum bid was typed into the appropriate box, and I was waiting, nerves jangling, to throw in that last-minute "sniper" shot. Then my wife started bellyaching about how she "couldn't stand there on the stairs all day holding a bowl of soup for me". So I met her half way down the stairs, took the soup and scuttled back to my laptop only to see the timer run out without me posting my bid. The bike sold for £51 too.
I'm consoling myself that it was almost certainly the 18-23 tubing "Gas Pipe Special" version, and no great loss. Rather than the (claimed at least) 531 tubed version I saw on there that had been mutilated into a damned single-speed. No guarantee that my maximum bid would have won the auction of course, but now I'll never know. The most annoying thing is that I'm a bit of a Shaw Tarse and period bikes in smaller sizes (as this one was) are harder to come by. I remember back in the '80s being assured that I'd "grow into it" but never gaining the required inside leg inches to be comfortable on the second-hand bikes my parents could afford...
Know where you’re coming from hunting around on eBay and the like though! I’m the other end of the spectrum and fairly tall, and most old steel frame bikes lack something in the looks department as the geometry gets larger. The GT’s have always interested me aesthetically as they look slightly more balanced with the triple triangle I feel.
Keep searching, I’m sure something will come along, half the fun for me is the hunt
Worth a look here too if you aren’t aware of it
www.Retrobike.co.uk
Hope you feel better soon
stepaway said:
Ah man, sorry you’ve got the Covid
Know where you’re coming from hunting around on eBay and the like though! I’m the other end of the spectrum and fairly tall, and most old steel frame bikes lack something in the looks department as the geometry gets larger. The GT’s have always interested me aesthetically as they look slightly more balanced with the triple triangle I feel.
Keep searching, I’m sure something will come along, half the fun for me is the hunt
Worth a look here too if you aren’t aware of it
www.Retrobike.co.uk
Hope you feel better soon
Know where you’re coming from hunting around on eBay and the like though! I’m the other end of the spectrum and fairly tall, and most old steel frame bikes lack something in the looks department as the geometry gets larger. The GT’s have always interested me aesthetically as they look slightly more balanced with the triple triangle I feel.
Keep searching, I’m sure something will come along, half the fun for me is the hunt
Worth a look here too if you aren’t aware of it
www.Retrobike.co.uk
Hope you feel better soon
Thanks! The "feeling better" bit isn't the hard part. It's the isolation, and feeling like I've let my wife down by catching it. I'm meant to be caring for her, as she's had bunion correction surgery on both feet and shouldn't be on her feet very much. yet now she's insisting I "stay in my room" to avoid infecting her before her outpatients department follow up appointment in ten days. She says she'll push a lateral flow test under the door tomorrow "if I'm a good boy"...
And I know what you mean about the geometry on larger sized older steel bikes. Some of them are utterly hideous in their largest sizes, especially around head tube and seat stay treatment. Whereas your GT looks the business with all of the angles just looking "right". Still, those larger sizes being somewhat "uglier" than the size I want/need really does help to narrow down the search just from scanning some of the images, even if the seller hasn't stated the frame size.
Thanks for the reminder about Retrobike too. I'm too set in my ways quite often, and fail to expand my search beyond eBay. Although the trouble with Retrobike is that most people on there have an idea of what they're selling and what they are after. Less likely to find one of those "poorly described bargains" that eBay occasionally throws up.
yellowjack said:
I couldn't find a GT road bike anywhere on there that looked worth a punt. Ended up looking at [tangent alert!] a Raleigh Team Banana of all things. Didn't get it in the end, the bid was sat at £51 with minutes to spare, my maximum bid was typed into the appropriate box, and I was waiting, nerves jangling, to throw in that last-minute "sniper" shot. Then my wife started bellyaching about how she "couldn't stand there on the stairs all day holding a bowl of soup for me". So I met her half way down the stairs, took the soup and scuttled back to my laptop only to see the timer run out without me posting my bid. The bike sold for £51 too.
https://auctionsniper.com/HTH
GCH said:
My very rusty memory recalls that muddy fox picture from an MBUK trade show review in the very early 90s..... called interactive or something.
Looked like something from mars back then.
Still does.
That’s right - 1996 Muddy Fox Intereactive. The front and rear act on the same shock to keep it level. There seems to be very little information out there about them so I’m hoping to try to change that in due course!Looked like something from mars back then.
Still does.
Edited by keith2.2 on Sunday 3rd July 16:03
Finally got out on this today. It’s a 1997/8 Specialized Hemi MX. Definitely seen better days but where my plan was to re spray and re-decal it, I actually quite like the patina.
I’ve never actually ridden a bmx before - it’s fun, but my back hurts
First saw one at The Bike Show in 1997, it’s taken me this long to get around to finding one!
I’ve never actually ridden a bmx before - it’s fun, but my back hurts
First saw one at The Bike Show in 1997, it’s taken me this long to get around to finding one!
My trusty old Allez has been getting a bit of love recently - Zed 50mm carbon clinchers with the inevitable tarty tanwall GP5ks, swapped out the tired and mismatched 105/unbranded 10spd groupset for Ultegra 11spd, peeled all of the aging stickers off (uncovering some nice detail I had no idea existed!) and a general tidy through of anything else that moves.
According to Google photos I've had this for eight years! Here's what it looked like when I bought it. Yes, it was a bit.... red. I don't much miss those 23mm tyres either.
I've spent a while tempting myself with something new, shiny and carbon, but the humble Allez is such a nice thing to ride I can't bring myself to replace it
According to Google photos I've had this for eight years! Here's what it looked like when I bought it. Yes, it was a bit.... red. I don't much miss those 23mm tyres either.
I've spent a while tempting myself with something new, shiny and carbon, but the humble Allez is such a nice thing to ride I can't bring myself to replace it
Ok, last new bike for a while - until I find a Bianchi L’una.
My first trials ride in 20 years. I am rusty and old. 24” is a game changer though - I wish I’d had one of these when I was in my teens!
This is a cheapy, bought from fb marketplace. There’s actually quite a big trials scene in HK which isn’t surprising given the street furniture available.
Here it is next to a very nonplussed local water buffalo “Ong Tsai” who sleeps on this raised planter every night.
My first trials ride in 20 years. I am rusty and old. 24” is a game changer though - I wish I’d had one of these when I was in my teens!
This is a cheapy, bought from fb marketplace. There’s actually quite a big trials scene in HK which isn’t surprising given the street furniture available.
Here it is next to a very nonplussed local water buffalo “Ong Tsai” who sleeps on this raised planter every night.
Bought this vitus- nucleus from gumtree last night for £350. Was in very decent condition, only 6 months old and looks like it was hardly ridden (the handle bars were on upside down!!)
needed a new bike as my daughter was getting a bit too heavy for her seat. I have a kids seat on the back of my carbon road bike, I know I shouldn’t even have put a seat on the carbon frame, but I figured i’d risk it for a bit as wasnt buying a bike during the covid madness! now she’s a bit bigger, i’ll get her on a shotgun seat up front
needed a new bike as my daughter was getting a bit too heavy for her seat. I have a kids seat on the back of my carbon road bike, I know I shouldn’t even have put a seat on the carbon frame, but I figured i’d risk it for a bit as wasnt buying a bike during the covid madness! now she’s a bit bigger, i’ll get her on a shotgun seat up front
yeah, the advert was a couple of weeks old on gumtree when I messaged. He’d bought it, and obviously never really used it. handle bars on upside down and the tyres still have the hair/ threads still on them! I did feel slightly bad, as I was leaving he said he was needing the cash to buy a new car as he’d recently had to move back in with his mum and dad. scored a bargain!!
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