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Bike History

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  • February 20, 2014 at 9:27 am #20751
    gdmor10

    Seeing the Grifter on Bike and Bedtime has made me feel all nostalgic about my bike history, here is mine. What is yours?

    First Bike – A Blue Triang, my dad taught me by pushing down the grass hill across from our house until I fell off, I can still remember going a bit further each time until I could do it. No stabilisers just the school of hard knocks in Glasgow 🙂

    Second Bike – A Silver Raleigh Strika, a great nippy wee thing that was great for wheelies, I guess I was a bit jealous of people with proper BMXs but a great wee bike that made a funny noise when pedalling, I can remember going on long rides (for the time) through the Lynn Park or to the ash race track down in Battlefield.

    Third Bike – A Raleigh Arena, my first racer. A 5 speed which was great until some bigger boys in the park threw me off it and stole it, quite upsetting at the time. School of hard knocks again!

    Fourth Bike – A Blue Peugeot from Billy Bilsland’s, carbolite 103 tubing and wienman components, was quite heavy but served me well on club runs with the Glenmarnock Wheelers and schoolboy races around Glasgow which I usually came last in.

    Fifth Bike – I somehow convinced my parents to buy me an super record Alan Frame that I could build up, it had a mix if Campag, mavic and old bits from my Peugeot, I still have it at my dads and plans to finish the build soon.

    After that I discovered beer and girls and it all went downhill…

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  • February 20, 2014 at 12:18 pm #776079
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    Dapper Giles

    Red and white Raleigh BMX
    Red and white Raleigh BMX style bike I learnt to ride on (early 90’s)
    Black and green Raleigh mountain bike with a crazy areo disc on the back wheel. It looked amazing (mid 90’s)
    Red hand me down mountain bike I don’t remember the make (late 90’s early 00’s)

    Claud Butler Windermere Trekking bike (2012) bought so I could commute to work after getting a new job. It lasted about a year before I wanted something faster.

    70’s Trimuph Team Leader sexy as heck steel racer. Bought of ebay so I could ride with some friends. It cost me £50.

    Boardman CX Comp bought through Cycle to Work Scheme. My pride and joy.

    February 20, 2014 at 11:58 am #776077
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    Shades

    Something I learnt on; can’t
    Something I learnt on; can’t remember what it was.

    Raleigh Rudge (1970s) ‘sit up and beg’ type bike. Upgraded with a Sturmey Archer 3spd! (nicked).

    Raleigh Banana Racer (70s/80s – 2nd hand). School run, ‘scrambling’, did everything. (nicked) Bit of a ‘no bike’ period after that.

    Raleigh Pioneer Trail hybrid (late 80s/early 90s). (Traded in).

    Marin 9 spd hub geared hybrid bike (late 90s) (nicked).

    Cannondale H700 Hybrid (2000). Spent a ‘grand’ on this with all the accessories which was pretty scary at the time. Still going strong with some ‘pimping’ and upgrading…..+ 3 more bikes (Giant Anthem MTB, Mezzo D9 Folder, Genesis Equilibrium 20).

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