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Functional at best, in the sense that it's a bike and it's rideable. Utterly boring to look at >>>>>
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and yet, it's so good to thrash
your argument is invalid
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Hahaha oh I didn't realise it's probably owned by someone who's cock we're apparently sucking? You're right, it's a beautiful bike lol
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Pashley do a modern version of the Parabike £575 it lacks the folding frame and has modern equipment, but a few cans of olive drab paint and some tweeks and a fair copy can be done, someone used one at last years Clunker classic and it was very very nice indeed.
I don't remember that one. I must have been drunk.
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The many crashes may have wiped your memory Emyr, i saw it as we left the pub for the long grind upwards.
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Yeah the prices are very very high. Would love to own one at some point in time. The folding part is the part that actually makes me want to have one. A friend of mine has a 1939 Steyr army bicycle that he uses. Had to get new rims because he wasn't able to find a manufacturer that still makes tires in that size. Everything else is still original. He got that bicycle for free, put some new rims on it, new gumwall tires, cleaned it up, put some grease on places that required it and he was able to ride it. Weirdest chain and rings. Looks like it misses half the tooth.
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Agreed on the folding part, i was debating on a folder as being around London for the next few years and being able to take a bike on public transport and after seeing the Pashley version (non folder) i was sold.
However the entry level cost of a rough BSA Parabike and me wanting to actually use it, i couldn't justify the cost for an everyday hack, more of a Sunday best and not race it or chain it up in London at risk of it getting nicked.Haven't heard of the Steyr will look into that Arawn :) the Swiss Army bikes are too heavy and also a bit spendy (both versions) did look at the current American service bike which can be had over here in civi spec, but don't like the looks.
I debated about some sort of homage to service bikes with my beater, a bit more involved than just painting the whole bike green :) it needed some attention anyway as it's rusting in places and after stripping the fork to bare metal and grey priming it, it came up well, i could strip the frame, add some braze on's myself, change the bars, find some wing nuts, a leather saddle............
Might have a chop at this, the donor bike was expected to be destroyed a few years ago by racing it so only a cheap frame to lose if my idea of frame mods goes badly wrong :)
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Birofunk if you attend the clunker classic on that you might be declared a demi-god and crowned king of the clunkers......... with no actual effort required on your part or a possible ride in an ambulance.....
Googled "steyr army bicycle" my word, the history is immense, Steyr, Peugeot and Bianchi all had full size folding bikes 100 years ago, and Steyrs was a Waffenrad, it's freakin Rad in it's name a 100 years ago.
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thank you for the clarification of your personality type
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Melbourne?
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Not sure @spotter this one is new, used daily appearantly
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Tron wasn't my first guess ^^ looks more like some failed military experiment in human powered land torpedo :)
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I hate Piano's and i hate owners who insist on having them upstairs with only stairways for access........ baby grand and full grands even more so.......
(used to be a removal man)
Ground floor or level access or good lift access owners are allright :)