Not vintage or French Tourers/Campeurs, Trade/Porteurs, Audax/Randonneurs, Commuters/Town

[Gtpulse]

*and the stem dropped to an appropriate height!

 

[Imlach]

*and the stem dropped to an appropriate height!

Hisses

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Safe height.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Would usually post this in the eBay section but thought this Peugeot coming up at auction could be in the spirit of the thread! I think cleaned up and decluttered there is a nice looking French bike there.
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https://www.easyliveauction.com/cat...st-november-china-collectables-jewel-lot-322/

I'm part way through a French sh*t heap. Makes that look good

 

[Woz]

Be happy to remove the previous ones posted if you find that they're not suitable for your thread Rob

You can start with the one with this. Please.

 

[Imlach]

You can start with the one with this. Please.

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Hot that one

 

[legrandefromage]

525 mondeo dullnessness

But it is blue, and mildly pleasant

 

[Tommy27]

I feel that with Singular, Riv, Crust and Velo Orange and the likes there's generally a push towards sticking with cable actuated purely because it is (in their view) more traditional. I think it fits well with their whole ethos of modern yet trad. Lugged constructions, burly tyre clearance, horizontal dropouts/trackends, often times braze ons for earlier kit - the cable actuated disc is IMHO a very good example of that mentality too. Convenience of the disc while remaining with a non-faff, tried and true, cable setup.

I've only had 1 set of hydraulics and though they were better in terms of power, I find my spyre and spyke perfectly adequate and less of a hassle to move from bike to bike and service. That said I never needed to service the hydraulic ones because they just kept going..... hmmmmm...

Anywhoooo, this is one of the more classic offerings. I believe their other frames (hardtails etc) are specced with hydraulics.

Plus if you're out for a few days or longer you can change a cable if it goes. If your hydraulic brakes fail and your in the mountains you're in trouble

I keep intending to get one bike with discs. Not sure if I'd go cable or hydraulic, most likely singlespeed too, purely for bad weather. Otherwise I have cantis or centerpulls (well drum as well on the tandem) and I'm very happy with those.

 

[Imlach]

Plus if you're out for a few days or longer you can change a cable if it goes. If your hydraulic brakes fail and your in the mountains you're in trouble

I keep intending to get one bike with discs. Not sure if I'd go cable or hydraulic, most likely singlespeed too, purely for bad weather. Otherwise I have cantis or centerpulls (well drum as well on the tandem) and I'm very happy with those.

I can only vouch for Trp spyke and spyre being absolutely superb. On my Kocmo they got all covered in road salt, slush and grime repeatedly and just kept working while my rim brakes kicked the bucket. I rode in minus 10 with my trailer and couldn't brake with my v's and it was scary as ****.

Prefer drums and coaster.

 

[Imlach]

Lovely!

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