Pictures of your Bike

Gorgeous! You're very talented!

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wtjs wrote:

An extreme 'out there' unbalanced setup. Why not make things better with a simple Carradice QR on the seat post to carry a Camper Longflap? OK, so these are annoying 'cotton-duck' instead of proper nylon with click-buckles, but they're otherwise excellent. Mine is now completely knackered after 16 years, but I've had the replacement-in-waiting for a couple of years.

https://www.carradice.co.uk/bags/saddlebags/originals-camper-longflap-saddlebag

I have a couple of rear bag options (Saddle Sacks), but for this trip it gave me the lowest total weight like this. The bike handled perfectly fine and I have no complaints.

hawkinspeter wrote:

Well, I'm impressed by the size of that room - are you royalty?

Really effective use of a mirror and wide angle lens to make a room look larger. He could be standing near the corner of a 4 m x 5 m room. Still large, but not as massive as it first appears.

hawkinspeter wrote:

Can we have a side shot please?

Here you go.

Thanks Andy!

Yes - but that's just the visitor's drawing room.

TheBillder wrote:

The bike is aerobatic. Next question?

Presumably 3.7% more aerobatic than the previous model?

richliv wrote:

I'm hardly going to post my bike (hi, thieves, come on in) 

Thief 1: "Hey, richliv has a cool bike. Looks expensive. We should steal it."

Thief 2: "Wow, yeah, who is he?"

Thief 1: "No idea."

Thief 2: "Well, where does he live?"

Thief 1: "I don't know. England, most likely. Or at least Britain. Maybe. We'll just look for the house with the white garage door."

IanGlasgow wrote:

What I like best about this thread is the number of bikes on a website for roadies that aren't road bikes.

Wait, this site is for roadies? I've never even owned a road bike. What am I doing here?

That's so cool.  Roughly, what's the process for doing it?

Now they've got the cake as an extra clue.

The process was really simple. Just sprayed it white and drew on it with a permanent marker. And then got a very thick lacquer put on it to protect it. It looked like glass when it was done!

You make it sound so simple!

The process was simple but the actual drawing was quite difficult. Drawing cubes on a round frame was really hard! Also at the beginning had lots of problems with smudging so had to clean/redo a lot of parts, that nearly finished me off 

Exceptional greenery.

richliv wrote:

I'm hardly going to post my bike (hi, thieves, come on in) but here's my favourite cake at the local cake stop. Mmm...

Most people get round that by not, um, posting their address along with the picture...

IanGlasgow wrote:

Here's my commuter.
[...] Oh, and replaced the Gates CDN belt with a CDX model (the rear sprocket and belt both failed, Gates sent me the upgrade under warranty).

Yours doesn't seem to have got out much judging by the plants. +1 for the practical accessories - IGH, rack, mudguards. I'd love something like that for day-to-day trips! Currently use 1980s Dawes Galaxy (with dynamo hub) simply because it's indestructable and tatty so not worried about dings / attracting attention.

Still not sold on belt drive but for urban use, if it stays cleaner than a chain maybe? It's the whole "perfect until it suddenly fails" / "brand lock-in" worries.

So, basically a new bike, yeh?(!)