grantoury
Kona Fan
*shuffles away whistling*
The British bike thread
- Thread starter Guinessisgoodforyou
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Nabeaquam
BoTM Winner
My Claud Butler Ernest Chambers designed track bicycle. 4 years ago I rode this on a motorplex 12 hour time trial. Seven PM to 7 AM. The seat brace was missing but you could see where there was one. The stain from it is visible right behind where the new faux one is. I replaced it with a homemade one. I put on an old Universal front brake as it was scary on the fast downhills. The Universal had the right drop. It’s so much better to ride since I added this brake. The fork was already drilled for the brake.
MattiThundrrr
Kona Fan
Saw a British bike thread full of Claud Butlers and no Peachy, didn't feel right. It's all better now though
MattiThundrrr
Kona Fan
Was that the one at Road America? Sounds like such a cool event
Nabeaquam
BoTM Winner
Yeah, very nice event. I only rode the Claud for part of the 12 hours, the hills were nasty on fixed gear.
Psimpson
Retro Guru
I remember my parents buying me a bike for passing my 11plus( nobody was more surprised than me). It was a single speed red Raleigh, they couldn’t afford gears. Haven’t a clue what model it was just remember it was red. Eventually I painted it black and put some cow horn bars on it.
dorset boy
Senior Retro Guru
I had to be very quite as they are hibernating ! My 1961 Coureur and 1982 Raleigh Gran Sport 
chickendrumsticks
Senior Retro Guru
A Sheffield Langsett transformation:
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