Today's Ride

[thom04]

First ride of the year! (6th Feb - shameful)
A short but finger numbing loop round the outskirts of town & the nearest clump of muddy woodland

This was mainly a test ride for some new bits on the bike & to assess the Xmas damage on my fitness levels. The bike performed better than I did

 

[db95]

Ye olde work commute
I should’ve put on the pdw fenders, the off-road portion was all surface mud, throwing little specs everywhere including all over my work jacket

Great colours, stem looks ace!

 

[Gtpulse]

Very muddy 30 miles around (to me) really hilly parts of Leicestershire. But we made it round, great cafe stop at Launde Abbey, very bike friendly. Free bag of crisps and the biggest pot of coffee, 3 mugs each job. Car broke down on way home, it’s taken me a good part of the wine that was going in the stew to recoup my enthusiasm!

The 3 dots in the last but one photo are 3 Chinooks that flew low over us through the estate we were riding through. By the time I had my gloves off and phone out they were almost gone.

 

[Joe_Rides]

Hauling a bike up to my brothers.

 

[Attempted Mustache]

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

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Is Le Montreal the brand?

 

[Attempted Mustache]

Is Le Montreal the brand?

Le Montreal is the model, Bassi is the brand - based, funnily enough, in Montreal. Only three models in their range currently, all ‘retro-adjacent’ / utilising old school proven ‘standards’. Coolest bike shop I’ve ever been to, got the frame imported via the Woods Cyclery.

 

[KayOs]

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Are those V-brake specific levers?
This is such a nice bike, makes me want to ride immediately....and I'm not even a drop bar bikes guy.

 

[Attempted Mustache]

Are those V-brake specific levers?
This is such a nice bike, makes me want to ride immediately....and I'm not even a drop bar bikes guy.

Yeah, they are old Tektro v-brake specific drop bar levers, given to me by a friend a while ago. They were partly the inspiration behind this build - I realised I still had the original Avid Single Digit calipers in black from my Lava Dome in the parts bin.

Recently spotted some lovely Dia Compe Gran Compe Evo-V levers that have me thinking about upgrades already;

 

[KayOs]

Cold and rainy but still a nice afternoon