"My" Yellow Paragon

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Bump for evening peeps

Its purdy. Not a fan of the stubby left brake lever mount though, get that sorted!

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tallsam you must be joking. It's a period piece...
I'm not that keen on it either to be honest but its a classic bike. You don't fuck with it for the sake of looks or comfort...

Agreed. I'd like to buy you a beer if we ever met.
That's a beautiful and very functional classic.

Nylon toe straps!?

tallsam Also I'm not a fan of when ppl have 2 brake levers and only one brake.

Them's fightin' words beeatch! :P

I'd remove that stub until I had something 'period' to fit to it. But then I don't care much for restorations so I'd fit pink deep veeeeez and a carbon SLR.. ;)

That stub IS period - isn't that the whole point?
I saw a similar one on a 'Flying Gate' owned by a guy with a period-correct 'tache.. so it must be accurate...

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provenrad That stub IS period - isn't that the whole point?
I saw a similar one on a 'Flying Gate' owned by a guy with a period-correct 'tache.. so it must be accurate...

Isn't that just the mount left when you remove the brake lever? In which case, it might be 'period' but it's broken. :P
Should remove it or fit the full lever.

There were purpose made 'stubbies' and that looks like one...

What are they for then? I don't get it..

riding on "the hoods" when you don't want/need the brake lever.
AND the rear bars on tandems!

Err.. ouch? Looks frickin' uncomfortable. May as well fit a lever. Silly old bikes. :)
The frame itself looks great.

Really? I thought that was just a lever with the hood peeled off.

Cane creek make some nice dummy levers, I was considering one for the fixie

you can get dummy hoods

they seem to cost more than a set of levers though!

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They may look uncomfortable, but 9 out of 10 cats would choose a nice hard shiny knob over a floppy rubbery hood...

My cat must be the 1.

provenrad They may look uncomfortable, but 9 out of 10 cats would choose a nice hard shiny knob over a floppy rubbery hood...

hippy My cat must be the 1.

erm..

My innuendos clearly need more work - but I think I successfully lowered the tone -
Before: appreciation/discussion of a really pretty vintage fixed wheel. After: general confusion, mental discomfort and thread-death.
I love the colour!

Escaped my attention that one. I was taking the mick coz you said "cats" :)

aww, does that mean we can't call you "The Stubbie"?

Just so you know, a "stubbie" in Oz is a beer bottle. Given my Aussieness and beer intake that could actually be quite an appropriate nickname! :)
Buuuut.. I'll keep the hippy for now :)