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Community => Member's Gallery => Topic started by: fram on October 07, 2014, 08:35:15 PM
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loverley ;D
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Fire Engine Red. It does look faaaaast.
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thats a real beauti enjoy. 8)
jags.
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Excellent looking bike.
Looks fast.
Thanks for posting
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Got to be the best colour - same as mine!!!
Does it go faster?? Well, yes, of course! Generally when the winds behind me and the gradient is going down!
Mostly though it just looks inspiring - and if it gets you out it's definitely faster than staying at home!
Nich
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..and bar-end shifters too; none of that STI sorcery. ;)
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Hello
Apart from those massive handlebars, the bike looks great!
I had a red one and it absolutely went faster than any other colour bike I have owned. So ENJOY!
Regards,
John
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Thanks all the friendly posts. I had hoped to put the piccie straight on rather than a link…still learning. Off on a mini tour (Oban, Arran, Islay, Colonsay, Oban - mainly ferries!) for a few days at the weekend. All very exciting.
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enjoy hope the weather is kind to both bike and pilot.
jags.
meant to ask are you camping what kinda weight will you be carrying.
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Very nice. I ended up with two red thorns, both second hand and just red perchance, but I am very happy with them. My Audax started life as a drop bar but I changed it to flat bars and I'm loving it, as they say. hopefully photo attached.
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And what I should also say is that I bought my red Audax frame and forks from Leftpoole, though it might not be the only one he has ever had. here is a photo of my red and a friend's black Audax, on our jaunt from Perth to Buckinghamshire this year. Both frames bought from John Leftpoole! Hope you have a good trip. Colonsay a family favourite with us, been more times than I can remember. Great place.
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And what I should also say is that I bought my red Audax frame and forks from Leftpoole, though it might not be the only one he has ever had. here is a photo of my red and a friend's black Audax, on our jaunt from Perth to Buckinghamshire this year. Both frames bought from John Leftpoole! Hope you have a good trip. Colonsay a family favourite with us, been more times than I can remember. Great place.
Oh those flat bars!!! How about reading the small print? Drop bars for 'horses for courses'....
John (smile)
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And what I should also say is that I bought my red Audax frame and forks from Leftpoole, though it might not be the only one he has ever had. here is a photo of my red and a friend's black Audax, on our jaunt from Perth to Buckinghamshire this year. Both frames bought from John Leftpoole! Hope you have a good trip. Colonsay a family favourite with us, been more times than I can remember. Great place.
Only ever had 2 red Audax
John
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My Audax started life as a drop bar but I changed it to flat bars and I'm loving it, as they say. hopefully photo attached.
I really like the look of the flat bars on the bike. I took another ride out on my Dawes the other day and realised how much faster that bike is than my Sherpa, but again the shoulder started to hurt after 20 miles or so. I had to give the Dawes another try after riding the Sherpa for so many miles and I loved the way the bike kept the momentum up the hills, but hated the riding position. I guess I just don't like drop bars and an Audax like that would be perfect as a second bike!!
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Jacki wheres those photos 8) ;D ;D
anto.
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Hi Anto,
I have been desperately trying to get some photos sorted of my JOGLE, but I have been without a stable internet for almost 6 weeks now. We have had engineers out 3 times, but still not sorted. Our signal is very, very low and keeps dropping out. God help you if you try and do anything involving pictures or videos. Some nights I have been able to log on for a few minutes and some nights not at all and its driving me mad now. We signed up with BT Infinity to improve the speed, what a laugh!!
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no worries Jackie worth the wait im sure ,
always meant to ask was there a favourate part of the uk you would revisit .camping and touring of course none of that BnB stuff. ::)
anto.
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Cycle camped Brittany/Normandy last two Octobers but lighter short trip this year staying in hostels.
Tried out front panniers on back rack yesterday on the work ride.
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Still can't get the image to insert!
Admin note from Dan...
Fram, for aid in posting photos, please see the tutorial at: http://www.thorncycles.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=4313.0
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have to get our man Dan on the job when he's finished building that cabin ;)
jags
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You've managed to miss out the opening square bracket before /img] at the end of each link - it should be this: [/img]
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Oh those flat bars!!! How about reading the small print? Drop bars for 'horses for courses'....
John (smile)
John. If you think that's bad wait till you see what I've done to the Sherpa you sold me. I'll post a photo shortly.
Clive
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no worries Jackie worth the wait im sure ,
always meant to ask was there a favourate part of the uk you would revisit .camping and touring of course none of that BnB stuff. ::)
anto.
Most of Scotland was pretty amazing and I would love to discover more of the Islands at a more leisurely pace. Dumfries and Galloway was pretty too.I also enjoyed the Chester area and a lot of Cheshire was gorgeous, much of it fairly flat but gaining the hills as you head towards Shropshire. Fancy cycling in the Yorkshire or Derbyshire areas, though I didn't cover these on my trip. Lastly of course much of Wales is beautiful if somewhat hilly.
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Ireland is beautiful cycling country if you know the local area's well ,but when the Celtic tiger was here most of the land was destroyed with big fancy housing estates which are now left abandoned and taking over by the banks.
theres a lot of women in the local cycling group, i took them on routes they never knew about, lots of hills but there all strong riders and love there cycling.
yeah i would imagine the UK is very similar to Ireland for cycling exception been Scotland still seems to be wilderness in them there parts.
anto.
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Dumfries & Galloway is a really beautiful part of Scotland, used to be a campsite near the visitor centre in galloway forest, though it is around 15 years since I was last up those parts so not sure if it is still there. Hopefully get to a few of the islands next year - Mull / Islay and if time permits Arran.
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Julk is from that part of the world if im not mistaken.
isn't there a bike festival on there every year .would make for a great tour.
anto.
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anto,
I live near Edinburgh, it is 90 miles of very pleasant cycle camping to Dumfries for me.
I think the next CTC KM rally is scheduled for May 22-25 (2015) based at Barnsoul campsite, see you all there…
Julian.
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Ah trust me to get the Route wrong ::)
anto
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Here's one of my go faster too......
https://m.flickr.com/photos/9699070@N03/15053996095/
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Here's one of my go faster too...
Oh! What a beauty!
Best,
Dan.
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Another lovely red Audax. Thanks.
Back from our wee trip now. Oban, Arran, Islay, Colonsay, with a bit of Kintyre and several ferries making a circuit.
Bike very comfortable, well behaved…and photogenic.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiTCXumb07E.
ah sure i thought why not post this.
anto
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Nice area for a tour. I have done those islands one my Raven, but not Colonsay.
May I ask for more details of your route?
Matt
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Just a quick reply as my elder daughter gets married in a few hours time! Car parked in Oban Friday (Youth Hostel). Saturday: Cycle to Claonaig for ferry crossing to Lochranza (Youth Hostel). Two more nights on Arran. Tuesday: first ferry crossing to Claonaig, cycled to Kennacraig and boarded 9.45 ferry to Port Ellen. Distillery diversions, then cycled to B&B at Ballygrant. Wednesday ferry from Port Askaig to Scalasaig on Colonsay. Night at estate's "backpackers' hostel". Thursday ferry to Oban. This, I think, was the "summer" timetable and only possible with careful planning (done by Mrs Fram). Quite fresh easterlies the last couple of days so Cal Mac were on "amber" for the east facing Scalasaig, but in the end it was fine. Weather's gone down the tubes good'n'proper since. We were lucky because it was beautiful while we were away. Umbrellas tomorrow I think.