Work bikes

Oldtat said:
Joining the macpac love, Celeste tent from about 2005 here, been on many a wild camping tour and it's bombproof!
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Haven't used this Macpac backpacking for a few years but couldn't resist taking it out a few weeks back.
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This are my current work bikes. Both Orange P7's. The ebike is a 2001 & the other a 2011 P7 Pure. The ebikes getting the most use at the moment due to my decrepitude!

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thought my work horse was already in here, but apparantly not.
here seen in summer mode without mud guards. tends to only get that for a day or two a year. :) not really retro, it does it's thing.

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My 'new' work bike! A Giant Coldrock from 1990 (I think). I could not resist partly due to memories of a friend owning a Coldrock BITD and also because it was just £5 as the bike needed plenty of work to bring back to life. My initial thinking was to transfer the 3-speed Sturmey set-up from the old work bike but then realised that would be a bit of a faff as the Giant frame is not really hub gear compatible due to the strangely short 'infilled' rear dropouts. Also I did not wish to start bending & hacking this decent frame about, this means I am back to derailleur gears for work once again... I set the bike up as a 14-speed mainly using parts from my home supplies. The gear shifter is a budget Shimano 6-speed thumb- shifter which works over 7-speeds acceptably. The front shifter is a Regina double which works pretty well. The saddle looks awful fitted to this bike and will probably be changed. I really like the horizontal top tube and graphics on this long limo of a bike. The stem is very upright and definitely needed as the front end of the bike is low for a 20" frame. The bike rides really well and I like it! Another bonus is that the killer of a hill on the commute home is made easier with all the extra gears!
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Ippikin said:
My 'new' work bike! A Giant Coldrock from 1990 (I think). I could not resist partly due to memories of a friend owning a Coldrock BITD and also because it was just £5 as the bike needed plenty of work to bring back to life. My initial thinking was to transfer the 3-speed Sturmey set-up from the old work bike but then realised that would be a bit of a faff as the Giant frame is not really hub gear compatible due to the strangely short 'infilled' rear dropouts. Also I did not wish to start bending & hacking this decent frame about, this means I am back to derailleur gears for work once again... I set the bike up as a 14-speed mainly using parts from my home supplies. The gear shifter is a budget Shimano 6-speed thumb- shifter which works over 7-speeds acceptably. The front shifter is a Regina double which is works pretty well. The saddle looks awful fitted to this bike and will probably be changed. I really like the horizontal top tube and graphics on this long limo of a bike. The stem is very upright and definitely needed as the front end of the bike is low for a 20" frame. The bike rides really well and I like it! Another bonus is that the killer of a hill on the commute home is made easier with all the extra gears!
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I like that, cool paint job.
 
grantoury said:
Funny coincidence, I bought the frame at cnc-bike.de, the fork at rose.de and the xtracycle kit at what used to be the planet used webshop. I get a lot of my cycling material in Germany. It is still a bigger market than the Netherlands...
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What? Impossible!
Need to search further....
 
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