I’ve just finished rebuilding my old bike and took a couple of photos to show AWOL, so thought I might as well post them here and see if anyone else wants to post pics of theirs. There seem to be a fair few cyclists here and I’m honestly curious to see what you’re riding.
Here it is. It’s an old Orbea mountain bike I bought back in 1996 when I was living just down the road from the Orbea factory in the Basque Country. The thing’s made of Tange chromoloy and has no suspension, so has a totally different feeling from most bikes today. I’ve jumped off some pretty big rocks with this thing and the frame has stayed solid the whole time. In fact the only component ever to fail on this thing was the front shifter (components were originally Shimano STX). I did upgrade the brakes to Avid V-brakes though, since cantilevers are about as useful downhill as a wet sponge. I also changed the rims to some decent Richeys after a few years of abuse and I’ve just put some nice Continental slicks on it.
Anyway, it’s now my beater bike and I’m very proud of it.
Also, this is my slightly more modern off-roader. It’s a bit of a mix of parts, but is basically an AC-2 frame with a whole load of parts bought one at a time, mostly from Alan’s. The reason my other bike was out of use for so long was cos I was using some of its parts on this thing for so long. Even since this pic was taken I’ve changed a couple of things, but just minor changes.
These sweet Trigon carbon forks are the business, LX brakes with KoolStop pads (always ditch the crap Shimano ones!)
Rear view of kitted up backside with Ortlieb rear panniers, Topeak rack and Continental Travel Contact tyres.
Side view of LX rear cassette and shifter (harder wearing), front 48Tooth XT crankset and LX shifter, butterfly touring bars (attatched only for touring), Brooks saddle (recently replaced with an SQ Labtech saddle(the bees knees), fast adjustable Topeak bottle holders which adjust to fit average Pocari sweat type plastics as well as standard bike bottles (great for touring), Topeak saddle bag (contains tube, tool, patches, phone, camera, money and keys.) and of course the great Giant Yukon frame which is great for an all round bike capable of touring, off roading, on roading etc.
Mock all you want. You’re just jealous cos I had just had a swim Where else is a girl supposed to put her bikini and the beach towel? :loco:[/quote]
What? You’re taking photos of your bicycle in a public place with no bikini and no towel? Corblimey, missus! Oo-er!
My old school 1992 Brodie - last year of the hand-built cromoly frames. 12 years of pacific coast pounding + 3 tours of the Philippines + Hanoi to HoChiMin and still going strong. *Cheap plastic pedals a recent add-on due to a drunken bike packing incedent in Cebu.
Will leave Jan 25th for Tour of the Visayas part 4: ride around Leyte and Biliran.
My 1987 Campione d’Italia with modern Campagnolo components. In classic Bianchi celeste, of course. Steel is real! Classic Italian steel with Italian components even moreso! L’acciaio e vero! Mi piace tanto! Mamma mia!