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Hardisty Team bike..... proper tyres page 3
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Few light changes.
Tyres are now a rear smoke and dart front (naturally) , saddle is a rolls in black as the old one was a Scott avocet from another bike and I had to change the seat post, after getting it out it had some serious clamp crimps on it, I went for a zoom I had until a Madison one turns up, I guess it's matching the stem/bar setup for now.
I had a little ride out along the riverbanks and local beck routes and ended up taking some photos along the way, tyres are the correct age for the bike but not shot so they looked great and handled really well.
I haven't changed any of the gearing on the bike at all and it changed without fault, no slipping, no crunches and the thumbies were better now I had bent the perches back into shape, brakes worked well too, considering they're old eagle claws they stopped adequately.
Really chuffed with it
Tyres are now a rear smoke and dart front (naturally) , saddle is a rolls in black as the old one was a Scott avocet from another bike and I had to change the seat post, after getting it out it had some serious clamp crimps on it, I went for a zoom I had until a Madison one turns up, I guess it's matching the stem/bar setup for now.
I had a little ride out along the riverbanks and local beck routes and ended up taking some photos along the way, tyres are the correct age for the bike but not shot so they looked great and handled really well.
I haven't changed any of the gearing on the bike at all and it changed without fault, no slipping, no crunches and the thumbies were better now I had bent the perches back into shape, brakes worked well too, considering they're old eagle claws they stopped adequately.
Really chuffed with it
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I clocked the age appropriate panaracers - nice touch. 
27motorhead
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@retrobikeguy !!!
The sad passing of Geoff Apps made me dig out this video with him in it...
And at 29min 50secs appeared this...
RIP Jason & Geoff
The sad passing of Geoff Apps made me dig out this video with him in it...
And at 29min 50secs appeared this...
RIP Jason & Geoff
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Aah, Hardisty Cycles, the home of the mountain biiiiiiiiike. My first proper bike came from there in the early nineties.
I worked (possibly an exaggeration) for Hardisty Cycles from 2001-ish, until John Hardisty retired and sold it to Edinburgh Bicycle Co-Operative sometime in the mid 2000s.
Still got a road frame and a jersey, though the jersey must have shrunk because it doesn't even nearly fit now...
Kev Winter also made my "good" bike, a Columbus Life hardtail 26er.
Also, little known fact; the shop was/is haunted. Woooooo.
I worked (possibly an exaggeration) for Hardisty Cycles from 2001-ish, until John Hardisty retired and sold it to Edinburgh Bicycle Co-Operative sometime in the mid 2000s.
Still got a road frame and a jersey, though the jersey must have shrunk because it doesn't even nearly fit now...
Kev Winter also made my "good" bike, a Columbus Life hardtail 26er.
Also, little known fact; the shop was/is haunted. Woooooo.
Adventurerunner
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Here's mine, owned since 1997, after buying it from a friend of mine who worked at Hardisty. It's been repaired and resprayed by Kevin Winter, who confirmed it's one of his builds from 1992. It's my winter (no pun intended 
) project to get this built back up with as many period bits I still have from BITD as possible 
) project to get this built back up with as many period bits I still have from BITD as possible Attachments
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