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dude just use you're average skatebag, its way easier and safer than having a sticking-out load on your wheels.

Plus youll need your bag for tools and parts and shit anyway both skate and bike, believe me thats the way to go cause thats how i roll. :)

Brakeless and only clipped on the left pedal?

its for strapping my skateboard to, and so i dont have to wear a backpack, buts yeah it looks kinda shit, but its only there till a buy/make a front rack.

front racks are the way forward!

i just made one, its heavy tho.. wanna buy one?

front racks are the way forward!

i just made one, its heavy tho.. wanna buy one?

i clocked this on bens blog the other day, im gonna build up a hack for the summer with a front rack/box they look dope.

front racks are the way forward!

i just made one, its heavy tho.. wanna buy one?

fuck yeah i want one.
but had planned to build myself, hmmmm

just received this frame and am a little concerned with the geometry....

the top tube and seat tube (c-c) are both 60cm....but my concern is the angle of the seat tube which is quite layed back.

what the consensus? is this a track frame?

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look more like a path racer designed for 27" wheel, but that all I can see from first glance really, I could be wrong.

Only a few parts away from having my Alan ready for critical mass on friday. Wheels in, cranks on.. just need a seatpost and a front brake.

I don't know why they insisted on using a 25mm seatpost on the old Alans

it only has one clip because i was using the other on another bike, mks clips are real brittle in the winter. the bike straping doesnt make too much of a difference, and tools are kindly supplied by brixton cycles when at brixton skate park.

max that front rack is real nice, but my mates are into welding bike trailers so ill either make one with them or get them to build one. but it might be based on your picture...

you only need one anyway, the foot that you put forward is the only one you really use.
unless you often switch skid.

@edscoble yeah....seattube seams relaxed huh.....

excuse my ignorance....but what's a path racer?...just as the name implys?

Brakeless and only clipped on the left pedal?

I managed like that for month (no money for a new set), just don't add beer. I ended up with a dented down tube as a result. Feels good to have a set after so fucking long.

@edscoble yeah....seattube seams relaxed huh.....

excuse my ignorance....but what's a path racer?...just as the name implys?

Path frame is bike/frame that was often rode to meetings often with low gear brakes and mud-guards in the 40's 50's most often with 27" wheels and double fixed for higher gear ratio when the chap got there. Bit of an allrounder before folks could afford a bike for all ocassions, and gears.

ok....fark, not sure if ill bother with a resto in that case....

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ok....fark, not sure if ill bother with a resto in that case....

My Path frame about to be restored, going to be a bit tricky but worth a crack

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Looking for some restoration tips for a new project I'm doing for my old man. I want to be sympathetic to the bike's age, and don't want it to look showroom condition, but I'd like to get rid of the rust and spruce it up. Any tips gratefully received.

clean and polish is all that needs by the looks of things!

max why do you have a bbq strapped to the front of your bike?

@delta

i dont think that is a path frame:

1. no mudguard eyelets
   
2. is it drilled for brakes- i cant tell from this angle, but it doesnt look it.
   

clean and polish is all that needs by the looks of things!

haha cheers - my kind of advice!

@delta

i dont think that is a path frame:

1. no mudguard eyelets
   
2. is it drilled for brakes- i cant tell from this angle, but it doesnt look it.
   

+1

its just a very old track/path frame, with relaxed geometry

@jimmy. Personnally I'd just dismantle it (WD40 should help), polish the bits (check for bad damage) and greese + rebuild. I've used a cheap rubbing compound on rusted parts (non-painted), followed by some good old turtle wax, works a treat. The real question is the condition of the frame, which doesnt look too bad from here.
Love the rod brakes. Are they effective?

@jimmy. Personnally I'd just dismantle it (WD40 should help), polish the bits (check for bad damage) and greese + rebuild. I've used a cheap rubbing compound on rusted parts (non-painted), followed by some good old turtle wax, works a treat. The real question is the condition of the frame, which doesnt look too bad from here.
Love the rod brakes. Are they effective?

Yep, that actually work!
Cheers for the tips too - sounds perfect. As I said, the idea is to clean it up and maintain it without doing a full-on museum piece.