Spotted on the street

[zerogravitas]

Proper supercommuter that one!

 

[Rapparee87]

One I think I've posted previously, spotted in Sorrento. Locked to railings around the roof of a building which due to the vertical nature of the land around there, is actually at road level.

Like using a Ferrari as a milk float ..

 

[frkl]

Just saw this getting take out at the local and best (if i may say) Kashmiri restaurant in town; its a Cube, obviously from branding and also absolutely not a cube from appearance, but further i have no idea what it is. but a German brand with 90s or so graphics, aero tubes, full DA, and fenders, parked outside a restaurant, like whatever. So a perfect fit!

 

[bikeworkshop]

Koga Miyata Randonneur or Grand Randonneur, i think, but without the stickers. Has a bb dynamo.


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Sadly those punctured cable holes can lead to terminal failure like this:

 

[frkl]

Moderators, can we please get this thread pinned like the mtb thread? I had to scroll thru a few pages to find it again .

Thanks!

 

[frkl]

Sadly those punctured cable holes can lead to terminal failure like this:

Good eye. I think Miyata started to reinforce these petty quick.

 

[bikeworkshop]

Good eye. I think Miyata started to reinforce these petty quick.

I've put it in my frame failure thread:

Bike spotted in the
out-and-about thread:

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/spotted-on-the-street.488998/page-3



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These cable holes fail like this surprisingly often.
I wonder whether the hole was stamped, leaving some unevenness (stress riser) and increasing hardness (more prone to fatigue).

The frames themselves are often fairly basic, not much prone to other failure styles.

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/frame-failure-experiences.485413/page-12

 

[sjcprojects]

Just saw this getting take out at the local and best (if i may say) Kashmiri restaurant in town; its a Cube, obviously from branding and also absolutely not a cube from appearance, but further i have no idea what it is. but a German brand with 90s or so graphics, aero tubes, full DA, and fenders, parked outside a restaurant, like whatever. So a perfect fit!

It is a Cube, just quite an early one. They've been around since 1993 and judging from the groupset it's from around 96/97 (with the usual ugly graphics of that period).

 

[zerogravitas]

Yeah horrible graphics! Not a particularly beautiful period, followed by the huge white logo era.

Here's another favourite from my London archive.

Beautiful Neil Orrell track frame, the hipster build may not be to everyone here's taste but I think the attention to detail makes it a winner!

 

[sjcprojects]

Yeah horrible graphics! Not a particularly beautiful period, followed by the huge white logo era.

Here's another favourite from my London archive.

Beautiful Neil Orrell track frame, the hipster build may not be to everyone here's taste but I think the attention to detail makes it a winner!

Those bars . And I still don’t get how anyone rides without brakes on the road without ending up as roadkill. Nice frame, though!