Coolwall August 2016 - Kirk

[PACERC250T]

Loved the look of it BITD

Couldn't believe how heavy it was BITD

Didn't buy or ride one BITD

Looked at them fondly at the Nation Cycle Museum in Llandrindod Wells a couple of years ago, so ended up voting 'Cool...'

Go have a visit, there's loads to see:
http://www.cyclemuseum.org.uk/

 

[PACERC250T]

'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet' was their claim 1991...

http://veterancycleclublibrary.org.uk/n ... %20Library).pdf

'Nothing Else Comes Close' was their claim in 1995

http://veterancycleclublibrary.org.uk/n ... 995%20(NCA).pdf

 

[PACERC250T]

'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet' was their claim 1991...

http://veterancycleclublibrary.org.uk/n ... %20Library).pdf

'Nothing Else Comes Close' was their claim in 1995

http://veterancycleclublibrary.org.uk/n ... 995%20(NCA).pdf

My links to their PDFs don't work but if you go into their library and search 'Kirk' you'll get a copy to of each to download yourself

 

[chrisv40]

Re:

So its official, Kirk are COOL!!!!

Thanks for all your comments and votes guys

 

[jimo746]

Re:

YES!!!!!!! :mrgreen:

Maybe ill get me another one someday soon

 

[Mike Muz]

Re: Re:

I had a couple of the road bikes a few years back, they rode pretty well.

Cool for me!

I remember a certain Dave Mann racing these frames in a city centre criterium series, back in the '90s

From what I've read on this thread, it must have been an even more nerve racking experience than on a conventionally framed bike! :shock:

Cool to look at, but I wouldn't want to ride one regularly

Another one up for sale, here

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kirk-Revoluti ... 2075642933

Mike

 

[jango]

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From what I've read on this thread, it must have been an even more nerve racking experience than on a conventionally framed bike! :shock:

Cool to look at, but I wouldn't want to ride one regularly

Don't believe everything you read on the interweb! As long as they haven't come un-glued they're fine and as I understand it's the MTBs that tend to come unstuck.

Couldn't find a Dave Mann pic but here's a couple being raced.

 

[stumpjumper1990]

After a rather long break the coolwall is back!

And gone again??

Were's the september coolwall.... :? :?

 

[chrisv40]

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Its on somewhere I cant find a mod to sticky it. Ill find it and bump it.

 

[yagamuffin]

As much as I want to say cool, they were heavy and they were brittle - everything the lightweight steel of the time was not.