A bunch o' Pashleys

My roadster started being very chirpy i was sure it was coming from the front but gripping the clip at the seat stays while riding confirmed it. So I’ve squished a tiny bit of that gel tape between the clip and the guard and I’ve not been out on it yet but i think it will be silent now!!!

Some brooks saddles are half price at the traditional bicycle shop at the moment. That’s the shop supplying Pashley’s bicycles from their factory location. They do mail order and are very efficient.

C13’ for £90 Bargainous! And they have stock.

Tuberider successfully commissioned! 5 speed hub needs attention obviously lol

I’m wondering if we can make the shifter stiffer. It seems to be susceptible to upshifts in exactly the same way my roadster is - I think the tension from the hub on the shifter cable in combination with the cable flapping around as it will when riding along is overcoming the detents inside the shifter.

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Is it not just that the 5 speed hubs are a bit shit?

And that yeah lol.

If I’m right, all the “use really long cables and have them well oiled” advice might not actually help, rather it would be facilitating the problem.

The 5 speed on mine just felt really vague and I dunno if I was ever really getting 5 distinct and separate gears. I'd guess that the outer cabling fitted to them will be pretty cheap stuff so definitely won't be helping if it's compressing and decompressing with shifting and/or movement of the cables as you turn the bars etc.

I'm wondering if anyone has a saddle for my Pashley tandem? The springs have broken on one.

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Spam alert, selling my 22.5” Roadster Sovereign frameset. https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/394214/#comment17296856

I took The Guv’nor down from the wall and went for a ride. There was road, there were farm tracks, there was even sand, but I drew the line at fording that lane again. It’s back up on the wall again now. Things I learnt, 35 psi is the sweet spot and give the tyres a wipe before hanging it up.

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Good deal for a project I reckon

Flint castle on the weekend. Nice run out to Caerwys for the steam rally, first outing on this single speed guvnor I picked up recently - the tyres are badly aged - punctured 3 times and rear was flat again the next morning !!!

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Also the saddle is sagged … anyone knows how to reshape it and firm it up again? Soaking and blocking it seems to be called…

I recently soaked a Flyer, which did wonders to firm it up.
I haven't ridden it yet, but it definitely shrunk the leather.

Just un-tension it, soak well with hot water, shape it, dry it for a few days?

I wonder air dry “naturally” or oven bake in a “cool” oven?

I have another spare saddle which is too soft which I can test with.

Before I go for it on the b17 titanium :-)

I completely removed the tensioning bolt, as I had to replace it anyway (top tip: if you drill out the front to 9 mm, you can use the newer style
Mine pretty much came back to it's original shape on it's own and then I let it air dry in the basement.

Well I did it… took out the tension, dropped it in warm water for 1 hour… the leather swelled slightly and jumped back to its “new” shape so looked very promising. I wrapped a dry cloth around and strapped the sides in, and dried it in a closed room with dehumidifier. Next day it looked in good shape, I sealed it with proofide (really old can really waxy and linseed oily) couple hours later buffed that off and tensioned it up. Test ride - good result, good shape and tension , much more comfort now, not sagging or hammocky, able to move about to various positions on it, so will make longer rides now possible. Surface appearance very similar to before, it went dark grey when wet - i didn’t know how it was going to go!

Good result, I have an old B17 I may now be brave enough to give it a go on.

Pashley have some new bikes which is good to see

The e-bikes look a bit keech.

The Prospero is kinda cool but square taper cranks on a £2k bike is a choice and bringing out a 27.5” bike in 2024? I guess it’s Pashley so they’re all about the outdated stuff!