Show off your bike/s

heres two thirds of my
heres two thirds of my lot..the red Argos is the real thing, 853 throughout, with Ultegra, and Easton bits etc, the Green fixed wheel is my winter training bike, old Raleigh 531C re sprayed/converted by Argos. the blue one, and old Orbit 531 Touring bike is my get to work bike, again colour by Argos, track ends by me and my dad this time.. and finally the Kona, my old MTB, now a child and trailer utility job.

two more frames in the loft..old unbranded track frame and a Raleigh touring bike, one day im gonna get myself a Litespeed Archon.

Loving the Merak
That Cove’s
Loving the Merak

That Cove’s a cool colour too

i found that there was not
i found that there was not enough weight on the front on a standard preston ,, it’s difficult to change the riding postion much as the forks hit a lower stem ,, so on dh bikes I have dropped the forks in the yokes to get more weight on the front giving more grip,
due to the forks on the preston you cant drop the ride height without getting entirly on the virtical part of the fork travel so the best solution was a 24 inch front wheel,, which meant sadly switching away from v brakes
my older preston has had a 24 inch front wheel since 2001
the bike now turns in and stays on line less inclined to lift the front wheel while climbing the only downside is the lack of xc lightweight tyres for a 24 inch wheel

here possibly if i get the
here possibly if i get the link right,,,,, is a pic of my full suspension single speed.. ( I know )

i have been riding single speed mountain bikes since 1999 ,, my first rigid was an old marin alumiium frame which i welded horizontal drop outs on ,, lent it to Dave Hemming who won the uk championships at cheddar that year,,
i then built a full suspension mount vision which i raced at the worlds in 2001 finishing 111th i then used and abused this bike through a number of 24 and 6 hour events,, until this year i was given a whyte ptreston jw4 now i already have on of these with gears so i thought i would build it up into a ss

sadly it meant the end to my old faithfull mount vision but everything swapped over and a 24 inch front wheel on the preston we seem to be ready for my 2nd decade of single speed riding ,, and will be looking forward to another new bike in 2018

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Whilst not particularly retro
Whilst not particularly retro (unlike the ill fated and
doomed Massi :-[) or particulary “bling” it is my first
real foray back into roadieing after a 20 or so year
lay off !!!!!

Here’s those pedals in more
Here’s those pedals in more detail

people say, “you can’t
people say, “you can’t possibly ride them all!”.

I disagree.

Here are some of my current favourites.

Flo K

Another machine doubling as a
Another machine doubling as a crosser is this old, slightly battle weary, yet characterful 531st tourer I spotted at a cross meet last November.