Recent content by 2manyoranges

Hmmm think I have a C16R original bar somewhere. Like all of them, fragile decals though…..

Gnice

My go-to for years on the South Downs was a C16R - I had ti bikes. AMPs etc in the workshop but the C16R just rode wonderfully - had the same feel as my current COTICS. There's a clear design line running from a certain garage in Santa Cruz, to Halifax to Sheffield.

Sod 'whip' The Grom and I - when we actually ride together since he is now 400 miles away in Wales - have adopted the latest 'now' patois 'Quite good' - as in 'that was quite good' - quite good = quite good variants quite good, rather good, goodish Ok - as in 'how was that?' 'OK' - OK = OK...

Small adjunct to ‘blinding’ post. This is the beam on my 600 lumens light - genuinely flat beam which does not dazzle oncoming cars and cyclist and runners - in contrast to the off road ‘daylight’ lights people are beginning to use a lot on road. I don’t think people think about beam pattern….

I am over six decades and a lot now I have a rough translation sick - as in 'what did you think of the competition/component/jump/weather/etc etc - sick = noteworthy and quite good rad - as in 'that cutty was rad...' rad = noteworthy and quite good rig - as in 'nice rig' - rig = noteworthy and...

I saw what you did there Gnarly, dude

Ah Chantelle's Paradox. Those Cornish lanes are dead scary at this time of year - a summer of baked on rubber and grease and then a light coating of rain, combined with steep hills on tiny lanes - all with sharp turns at the bottom over a stream.....slippy slidey

I now think I want to build something with as many of these on it at the same time. A truly Panda dead-end-of-evolutionary-branch bicycle. Or a complete bastard if you like

apologies - they have a lot of taps and dies and could have run a tap into it...

Yikes I remember Cliffe Society in the quarry in the 80's: Five hundred and more in the darkness before the fire caught hold chanting together 'Burn the Pope!!, Burn the Pope!!...' it really did feel like medieval mass hysteria. short AI summary The Cliffe Bonfire Society in Lewes has a...

great riding and photos small observation...that looks like a bulge in the headtube beneath the top headset race? Is it an optical illusion or is it there...

OK try Baldyne Engineering....

what's your postcode?

Woah - top commute