Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

You can with a Pugsley even, someone made them out of American number plate.

I've been using my rigid 29er for road/trails/road this week and would have stayed a lot dryer with 'guards.

toe overlap could be a problem on a 29er with mudguards.

fail on the rear guard but otherwise pretty nice.

Ourys ruin it though

Tout Terrain - Silkroad

Awesome idea/touch:

Ourys ruin it though

missed them!

You can with a Pugsley even, someone made them out of American number plate.

Ed, did you snap your wooden mudguard when we got split from the pack on NYE?

Annoyingly so yep, only the bottom part of the front, making it still usable by reattaching the mount by drilling new holes, but still quite annoying for that to happen.

I guess my Dr Martens boots got in the way when I was caning it on the wrong kind of bicycle (but was pretty fun to ride).

Who was the third person with us when we got lost?

Love this.

Who was the third person with us when we got lost?

That's my friend, is the infamous notorious dancing James of the LFGSS.

Tout Terrain - Silkroad

That was a really interesting read, thanks for sharing.

That grey-blue Raleigh up there is gorgeous.

Love this.
http://velospace.org/files/IrvRBTProfile.JPG

Wow... nice, but pricey.

http://velospace.org/node/40601

it's indeed awesome, now's Rivendell (Bridgestone US is designed and build by American framebuilder).

i.e. the excellent Bridgestone XO-1 is now the Rivendell Atlantis.

Very vanilla, but good vanilla.

Loved it right down to the groupset, it's nothing special but something we all can't says no to.

Not sure id want a double on it, ideally I'd want a triple with all that weight. My new audax has a triple and it can't take a front rack.

It's fine with a wide range MTB cassette, so you get a good range without needing a triple.

example: 11-32 with 50/34 crankset (121-28) give more range than a 11-25 with 50-39-30 crankset (121-32).

My tourer has a triple with 22 up front, 32 at the back. You'd think you would never need that, but then you probably haven't ever had to ride it up Tourmalet with a tent and a couple of bags full of food.

Oh I have 22 up front and 32 back on my Thorn Sherpa, I've no doubt I'll need it when fully loaded on a heavy bicycle.

It varies on what kind of touring TBH, credit card touring? lightweight touring? or plain ol' fashion common garden touring with enough panniers and racks to carry a kitchen.

Awesome idea/touch:

What is this?

Stops over-rotation of fork and bars I guess (head tube brazeons as well)