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Community => Member's Gallery => Topic started by: Paulson on July 15, 2012, 12:07:22 PM
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This year I've ridden the RST less, mainly due to the weather. Today though I did a nice ride this morning. It has had a good clean and new tyres - 1.75" Marathons.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8157/7573971042_2471a16180_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_o/7573971042/)
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Class Act ;)
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nice
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Paul!
These are simply wonderful shots of a terrific bicycle! I marvel again at your nice, clean setup and how everything looks "just so". Annnnd, your post have me a great excuse to revisit Flamme Rouge to take in some more of your great photography.
Really, really nicely done on all counts; jags put it right: "A Class Act".
All the best,
Dan.
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yes but he will need to get rid of that seat post , ;) now a nice carbon jobbie would look really well on that beauti.
sorry buddy just had to tell you that ::)
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Thanks for the kind comments everybody.
I'm a bit uneasy about carbon seatposts, Jags - although it would look good!
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I'm a bit uneasy about carbon seatposts, Jags - although it would look good!
Beautiful bike, and so clean...
You're right about the seatpost. One day in front of the library I was approached by a limping fellow pushing his bike; presumably he chose me because I wore a helmet. He was a Scotsman who flew over to Cork (on a whim because he could get a cheap ticket!) with the intention of riding to Belfast and taking the ferry home from there. Between the airport and Bandon, 20km or so, the seatpost on his bike snapped and shafted him. A doctor, he self-diagnosed the wound as not intolerable. He wanted to know from me where he would find an LBS. Instead of sending him to the LBS, who I knew had no seat posts in stock, I took him home and gave him an ali seat post I had lying around. Put me off carbon anywhere near tender parts — for life.
Andre Jute
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Beautiful bike, and so clean...
You're right about the seatpost. One day in front of the library I was approached by a limping fellow pushing his bike; presumably he chose me because I wore a helmet. He was a Scotsman who flew over to Cork (on a whim because he could get a cheap ticket!) with the intention of riding to Belfast and taking the ferry home from there. Between the airport and Bandon, 20km or so, the seatpost on his bike snapped and shafted him. A doctor, he self-diagnosed the wound as not intolerable. He wanted to know from me where he would find an LBS. Instead of sending him to the LBS, who I knew had no seat posts in stock, I took him home and gave him an ali seat post I had lying around. Put me off carbon anywhere near tender parts — for life.
Andre Jute
Andre, there is my feeling exactly. I'm sure the statistics will state that there is a minute chance of a carbon seatpost giving up the ghost, but as you can see I ride with quite a bit of seatpost exposed, and the roads in Suffolk aren't always the best, hence my dislike. I know alloy can fail, but I just feel uneasy about carbon as a material for a long, exposed and constantly stressed part which if it did fail, would be a seriously unpleasant experience, I imagine!
The bike is clean, but I find that the matt black paint is a real bugger to keep clean - because things like spilt drinks and mud stick far better than they would to a glossy lacquered paint job! But it's nice riding a bike with no logos on it!
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oh i bet that hurt :-[
bit unlucky i guess i have carbon on all my bikes, no i tell a lie the raleigh has a dura ace alloy seatpost ;D
but the thorn seatpost looks cheap mine is in the shed from day one maybe if paulson paints it the same colour as the frame ;)
btw well done Andre your a decent guy to take that man out of his misery.bet you fed him as well ;)
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say paulson do you do much night riding just wondering was your dynamo and headlight worth the expensive.
i'm still drooling over that set up you have, i really want to get new front wheel dynamo and headlight but is it going to be worth all that money.
or should i just buy a good headlight ::)
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say paulson do you do much night riding just wondering was your dynamo and headlight worth the expensive.
i'm still drooling over that set up you have, i really want to get new front wheel dynamo and headlight but is it going to be worth all that money.
or should i just buy a good headlight ::)
Jags, I do a bit, it tends to be to the pub and back mainly!!
But it's a cracking setup. I did a couple of articles on the blog about my choice of light, and it actually wasn't that expensive, especially when you factor in the cost of batteries. I bought it from Bike24.net, which is a German shop, and it worked out way cheaper than the UK. Well worth it in my opinion.
http://paulmor.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/lighting-and-how-to-remove-the-ever-present-need-to-consume-batteries/
http://paulmor.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/notes-on-fitting-dynamo-lighting/
http://paulmor.wordpress.com/2010/12/30/busch-und-muller-iq-cyo-n-plus/
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excellent i'll have a read of that shortly. thanks.
jags
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great blog just read the report i'm sold now were to get the dosh to buy it. ;)
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Its far too clean :P, it needs a good ride in some of the mucky weather we have been having lately. My similar looking (but now rather dirty) RST has been thoroughly exposed to the elements during the 4 200km audax rides I road in the last 5 weeks.
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thats a lot of KM's fair play to ya.
really going to have to get my as back in the saddle.
my get up and go got up and went i really need some motivation
to get back cycling.
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Anto beware
the Schmidt hub, IQ Cyo front, Toplight line plus rear set up is fantastic. So good in fact that if you have two bikes you use regularly you'll have to buy everything twice!
Crack for the nocturnal cyclist.
Paulson
the no logo thing does it for me too. The head badges come of easily as well, but I think this may upset readers of a delicate disposition.
Happy nights
Ian
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...the no logo thing does it for me too. The head badges come of easily as well, but I think this may upset readers of a delicate disposition.
Shhh, quietly, Paul; the children are sleeping and you'll give them nightmares. ;) I do agree the no-logo "look" is perhaps the ultimate in stealth, and another level of cool in my book. I'm aspiring, but not.quite.there.yet. Especially when it comes to badge extraction. <shudder, deprecating moue> I think I lack the nerve? commitment? to get there.
You're right about the lights. The narrow end of the wedge, for sure; jags is lost if he gets just one set.
Best,
Dan.
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The head badges come of easily as well, but I think this may upset readers of a delicate disposition.
Now that's interesting; is there a clean, low damage way of doing it, Ian?
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I quite like decals and logos actually...the indicate the time the bike was built, and in the case of Thorns UK welded/brazed (brazed on stamped metal badge) or Taiwan welded (flat logo)
The XTC logo and Reynolds labels on my second hand XTC came off sometime during it's life...still had badge and decals.
Great for tracking age of bikes on the street too, the 80s logos/colours are often good for a laugh ;D
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Anto beware
the Schmidt hub, IQ Cyo front, Toplight line plus rear set up is fantastic. So good in fact that if you have two bikes you use regularly you'll have to buy everything twice!
Crack for the nocturnal cyclist.
On our tandem (not much used of late) I have an IQ Cyo and a Seculight on the rear guard. My son nicked the B&M S6 bottle dynamo and my hand keeps on twitching at the thought of getting another Schmidt hub to build into the front wheel. :D
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the badge stays i'm a bit of a magpie love bling ;D ;D
yeah Ian and Dan if i had the dosh i would most certainly get all my bike fitted with the dream son dynamo ,maybe one day but until then the candle in the lantern will have to do. ::)
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I took the signage off my Kranich by soaking thoroughly with a damp facecloth and then rubbing with a soft rubber (the schoolroom type for obliterating your paper mistakes). But I suspect the efficacy of my method would depend on whether the bike is lacquered over the paint, and whether the labels are above or below the lacquer. They're often applied before the lacquer so as to protect them, in which case you can't remove them without requiring a new paint job.
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Paulson
head badges are stuck on with foam sticky pads. Lifting one edge with a very small screwdriver will get it moving and the gap soon opens. Use a piece of hard platic between screwdriver and paint. It slightly bends one edge of the head badge so there is a point of no return. Feeling lucky?
Andre is right though, most of the other logos are lacquered in on Thorns.
I love the Q ship stealth angle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship
Happy prying
Ian
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I love the Q ship stealth angle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship
One of my favourite editors, the late John Blackwell, served on the Q-ships. -- AJ
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There is a stealth trend atm with light grey/white decals on silver bikes, dark gray decals on black bikes. See a lot of Ridgebacks, Treks etc...
If I wanted an unbranded bike I would've built it myself ;D
(Nah I probably would have printed a Westland decal and put it on... ;)
Happy prying!
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.....click.....rrrrrripppp......gently tear......phew!!! Total stealth now achieved.
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SDC12740_edited-1.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_o/7589635150/) by Flamme Rouge Blog (http://www.flickr.com/people/paul_o/), on Flickr
.....and some more shots:
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DSCF0482 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_o/5841381511/) by Flamme Rouge Blog (http://www.flickr.com/people/paul_o/), on Flickr
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2760/5841929238_50ffdf0587_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_o/5841929238/)
DSCF0483 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_o/5841929238/) by Flamme Rouge Blog (http://www.flickr.com/people/paul_o/), on Flickr
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DSCF0481 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_o/5841928746/) by Flamme Rouge Blog (http://www.flickr.com/people/paul_o/), on Flickr
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DSCF0477 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_o/5841927794/) by Flamme Rouge Blog (http://www.flickr.com/people/paul_o/), on Flickr
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Wow man i want one of those ;)
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"If I wanted an unbranded bike I would've built it myself." Jawine.
Yup, that's exactly what a few people on here do ;)
Congratulations Paulson. A man of courage and commitment. Fortune favours the brave.
I wonder if Mr Thorn the headmaster will give me detention for encouraging other first forum boys to be naughty :o
Enjoy the stealth,
Ian
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I wonder if Mr Thorn the headmaster will give me detention for encouraging other first forum boys to be naughty
As I recall, wrt to days when Thorns were UK-built and painted, there was a "stealth option" whereby the tube lettering, at least, could be omitted during painting. I have seen mention of this in some eBay descriptions over the years. I don't believe that was possible for the head badges, as they were soldered/brazed on.
So...one could say one was just being faithful to the heritage of the bike by going stealth.
It's a thought!
Best,
Dan.
EDIT: Having just posted the above, it does occur to me there could be a marked downside to de-labeling a bike, and that involves ready recovery in the event of a theft. It is considerably harder to recognize or lay ready ownership claim to an unlabeled bike by type or name, leaving one to squint at serial numbers from ground level in hopes of a recovery. With this in mind, I am about to label my panniers and such, just as Mom did my jackets when starting kindergarten. I'll put my name on the wheel-side of the bags so they look tidy, but wouldn't require a thief's cooperation if I needed to point out my rightful ownership to a police officer. It seems a bit..I dunno, but allows me to cry "Oi! If they're yours, what's my name doing on your bags, then?!?" And in paint! And on the wheel side! An alternative would be to mark them neatly on the reflective patches, as I have seen others do. With bikes...well, in the event of theft, it helps if there is something distinctive and recognizable to lay claim to. -- Dan.