Diagonale

 what can I say?  perfect.

the lovely tubes

saw this in Brunny and had to stop
a really nice, unusual Dutch mixte
with lovely curves

the thing that really gets me though is the integrated rear rack

patina looks
accelerated
by human hand
but still somehow aesthetically appealing
not sure how much rust protection it's giving
but obviously the owner's not precious
which is an attitude I'm kind of jealous of

divine chain guard

never seen a twin top tube follow that kind of curve.

just lovely.

wish the other bike wasn't chained to it.

Supa Sport finished

finally done
frame bands, tubing spec decal
and chain-stay aerospaces.
complete as it will ever be


big pictures natch
click on them

TA water bottle holder

not only period correct and all that

but dashedly clever too.

I thought I couldn't have a bidon cage on my down tube

because of the competition from the Simplex Competition

in other words

the lever wouldn't work, would hit against the bottle

but look

sneaky indent in water bottle fits lever prefectly

How to stop a handlebar bag from wobbling

jam your toolbag onto the decaleur
especially good if you have an Ideale saddle
with no bag loops

in the past I kept me toolbag strapped to the inside of the seatstays
on top of the rear mudguard
this was fine but it made it hard to see
what gear I was in
and I occasionally hit it with my heel.

here it stays out of the way until needed.
mightn't work with rear opening handlebar bags
like Velo Orange and Giles Berthoud

Routens Randonneuse with white Grand Bois Hetres

just as the 

search engine optimised heading

says

replaced the old red pair after a rear brake block got diagonal

and chewed through the side-wall

!

that's problem with panniers

can't keep an eye on things.

white looks much better on this frame.

what's the difference
between a
randonneur and a randonneuse anyway?
one's a bloke and the other's a sheila?

beautiful small bike

seen outside a doctor's surgery

very nice moulton

campag centaur 10 speed 

miche sealed bearing hubs

brooks saddle

caradice saddle bag

me I'm a bargain hunter

but part of me admires

the determination

certainty 

and wealth

of someone

who just goes out and buys the bike

they want

why helmets are important for cyclists

...in Melbourne anyway.
two words:
swooping Magpies.
these two three indentations stab marks
were from successful
"hits"
from an irate springtime magpie.
they're such a common problem there's even a google map of where known swoopers live.

you can see the magpie's beak was slightly open
when it hit.

actually I think those are two hits close to each other
one very shallow and the other much deeper.

scariest thing
even scarier than the fact I was riding on a busy arterial road at the time

scary arterial road in question. note complete lack of even pretend bike lanes

is that the trajectory of the attack
meant the maggie would have pierced my temple

thanks be to helment.

which cyclist are you?

Dad

　　　　
　　
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dad died last week

Pet hate

bikes being portaged on cars.

if you haven't got kids

this should never happen.

Bike parking sagas - 2

northlands has 4,800 car parking spaces
I have seen two bike racks there
other than this one.
that makes parking for
wait for it
12 bikes.

supermassive art-print by the way.

extreme seat-post set-back

shot in that zone of DIY alternative-ness
C'wood

Bike parking sagas 1

had a sleepover
at the hospital
so left my bike somewhere it would be covered by
security cameras

little did I know I was being
so inconsiderate

Cast aluminium forks, but not deathforks

from a distance this "Zullo" struck me

on closer inspection there were reasons

internal cable routing

much Dura Ace

and these

the dropouts show they are not Viscount forks
but they are damn similar

most of the gruppo was dura ace

but I'm pretty sure this massive spider is

mavic

Hetre Roads 9

too rough for 700 x 23c

Hetre roads 8

what more can one say?
why would one not wish to ride on such
'roads'?

Hetre roads 7

Logos 2