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In Norwich, a man riding a mountain bike with at least 3 sets of bar ends,
all bolted onto one another. One of the maddest madmen I've ever seen. Hope
he doesn't subscribe to this ng :).
Doki wrote:
> In Norwich, a man riding a mountain bike with at least 3
> sets of bar ends, all bolted onto one another. One of the
> maddest madmen I've ever seen. Hope he doesn't subscribe
> to this ng :).
Sure he wasn't riding drops? ;-)
In article <2lf1f3FbddjuU1@uni-berlin.de>,
doki@spamtroNspidar.com says...
> In Norwich, a man riding a mountain bike with at least 3
> sets of bar ends, all bolted onto one another. One of the
> maddest madmen I've ever seen. Hope he doesn't subscribe
> to this ng :).
My unusual sight for the weekend was a Scott MTB with basic
off-road suspension, kitted out as a tourer (Racks.
Mudguards) and with drop bars and STIs. Looked comfortable
but very strange.
Jon
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 10:01:41 +0100, Jon Senior
<jon@restlesslemon_DOT_co_DOT_uk.remove> () wrote:
>In article <2lf1f3FbddjuU1@uni-berlin.de>,
>doki@spamtroNspidar.com says...
>> In Norwich, a man riding a mountain bike with at least 3
>> sets of bar ends, all bolted onto one another. One of the
>> maddest madmen I've ever seen. Hope he doesn't subscribe
>> to this ng :).
>
>My unusual sight for the weekend was a Scott MTB with basic
>off-road suspension, kitted out as a tourer (Racks.
>Mudguards) and with drop bars and STIs. Looked comfortable
>but very strange.
I saw a rattly old road bike with the bars turned upside-
down (there's a blast from the past!) and some n/u/t/t/e/r/
bloke riding a fixie. Dunedin is not a flat town. http://ww- (http://ww-/)
w.cityofdunedin.com/city/?page=roading_steep_street
--
Matt K Waikikamukau,NZ
> In Norwich, a man riding a mountain bike with at least 3
> sets of bar ends, all bolted onto one another. One of the
> maddest madmen I've ever seen.
Hope
> he doesn't subscribe to this ng :).
At the weekend saw a full-sus MTB with aerobars attached to
the handlebars... a most odd sight...
Mark
Originally posted by Mark
> In Norwich, a man riding a mountain bike with at least 3
> sets of bar ends, all bolted onto one another. One of the
> maddest madmen I've ever seen.
Hope
> he doesn't subscribe to this ng :).
At the weekend saw a full-sus MTB with aerobars attached to
the handlebars... a most odd sight...
Mark
I saw a really nice 531 frame in Carlisle made by Merlin Cycles of Leeds. It had original paint job and was in very good condition. The owner wasn't near it so I have no idea of its age, judging by the style of the 531 label I'd say 70's or even earlier. Nice.
In article <pan.2004.07.12.10.02.47.823265@nospam.nospam>,
john@nospam.nospam says...
> On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 10:23:23 +0100, Mark wrote:
>
> > At the weekend saw a full-sus MTB with aerobars attached
> > to the handlebars... a most odd sight...
> >
> Has anyone ever been seasick on a bike?
I try to keep mine out of the water! :-)
Jon
Matt K:
> I saw a rattly old road bike with the bars turned upside-
> down (there's a blast from the past!)
I've seen a few of those about recently. I suspect it might
be coming back into fashion. The woman I saw yesterday
appeared to be treating her bars as straight bars and using
the 'drops' as if they were bar-ends for when she was
honking up the slight incline at the end of my road.
At the end of the road, she and her three companions turned
right on to the high street and then mounted the pavement to
get past the row of traffic that was waiting at the traffic
lights (roadworks - high street is currently reduced to one
lane of traffic in either direction) and then came back on
to the road so that they could go straight through the red
light and into the path of the oncoming traffic... the
morons deserved to be flattened riding like that, but
unfortunately there were no buses coming the other way.
d.
"davek" <david.nospam.kenning@which.nospam.net> wrote in message news:<cctome$823$1@hercules.btinternet.com>...
> Matt K:
> > I saw a rattly old road bike with the bars turned upside-
> > down (there's a blast from the past!)
>
> I've seen a few of those about recently. I suspect it
> might be coming back into fashion.
I wish these people would put them in the free ads paper,
have been searching far and wide for a cheap racer to take
on the train. I would even swap for a brand spanking new
full susser (rrp £49.99);-)
Mark wrote:
> At the weekend saw a full-sus MTB with aerobars attached
> to the handlebars... a most odd sight...
Take a look at this one I spotted in Austria a couple of
years ago - they obviously go in for 'speed-shopping'. (pic
at bottom of page).
http://www.bikeit.eclipse.co.uk/bike2002/gallery/salzburg.h-
tm
Cheeers... Allan. ~~~
http://www.bikeit.eclipse.co.uk/index.htm Italian Cycle tour
reports and the home of... Cycling Before Lycra
Whingin' Pom <whinginpom@donotreply.com> wrote in message news:<jpl4f01s5o7re347slpmor1cp6mnc4p7up@4ax.com>...
> On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 10:01:41 +0100, Jon Senior
> <jon@restlesslemon_DOT_co_DOT_uk.remove> () wrote:
>
> >In article <2lf1f3FbddjuU1@uni-berlin.de>,
> >doki@spamtroNspidar.com says...
> >> In Norwich, a man riding a mountain bike with at least
> >> 3 sets of bar ends, all bolted onto one another. One of
> >> the maddest madmen I've ever seen. Hope he doesn't
> >> subscribe to this ng :).
> >
> >My unusual sight for the weekend was a Scott MTB with
> >basic off-road suspension, kitted out as a tourer (Racks.
> >Mudguards) and with drop bars and STIs. Looked
> >comfortable but very strange.
>
> I saw a rattly old road bike with the bars turned upside-
> down (there's a blast from the past!) and some
> n/u/t/t/e/r/ bloke riding a fixie. Dunedin is not a flat
> town. http://www.cityofdunedin.com/city/?page=roading_ste-
> ep_street
Indeed! 1 in 2.9, how do they re-surface that? our local
surprise hill is Mott's Mill, a nice winding hill down,
round the corner and, bang! a 1 in 3. I have done an audax
ride and seen grown men fall off their bikes on it!
In news:3cf5c6dc.0407121322.300c8328@posting.google.com,
MartinM <Martinm2@wcms.org.uk> typed:
> Whingin' Pom <whinginpom@donotreply.com> wrote in message
> news:<jpl4f01s5o7re347slpmor1cp6mnc4p7up@4ax.com>...
>>
>> I saw a rattly old road bike with the bars turned upside-
>> down (there's a blast from the past!) and some
>> n/u/t/t/e/r/ bloke riding a fixie. Dunedin is not a flat
>> town. http://www.cityofdunedin.com/city/?page=roading_st-
>> eep_street
>
> Indeed! 1 in 2.9, how do they re-surface that?
It looks like it's concrete:tp://dougiamas.com/images/200101/nz/index.php?image=baldwin-
street.jpg&d=d .html
A
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