Pictures of your Bike

brooksby wrote:

Oldfatgit wrote:

brooksby wrote:

Oldfatgit wrote:

The top image is of my Raleigh Revenio, August last year.

The bottom image is the same bike, 5 minutes later (although the image was take a week on …)

Yeesh.  How was the rider?

11 broken ribs 3 fractured vertebrae Bleeding in to lungs Bleeding in chest cavity Left ulna broken – pinned and plated, and a scar that runs from elbow to wrist Left patella smashed in to 4 pieces – pinned and wired Full thickness tear of left PCL Bone damage within the knee Amnesia – I have lost the time from a few mins before impact on the Friday evening through to around the following Monday afternoon. A week in HDU, a week on the orthopedic ward. 5 months of not being able to lift anything heavier than a cup of tea and not being able to bend my knee

Christ! I hope you’re getting better, now…?

Most of it has healed without further issue … but the knee is the problem.

I’ve limited walking ability – gradients hurt, and I live at the top of a hill – and I’ve got about 20 – 25 miles of cycling before my knee gets too painful.

I’m a club cyclist (which is great as since the accident my solo confidence is shot), and I don’t have the distance for a club ride.

I’m not letting this beat me though… LBS has a Paralane E2 e-road bike coming in soon to test – and I’m looking forwards to it 🙂

brooksby wrote:

brooksby wrote:

Oldfatgit wrote:

The top image is of my Raleigh Revenio, August last year.

The bottom image is the same bike, 5 minutes later (although the image was take a week on …)

Yeesh.  How was the rider?

11 broken ribs
3 fractured vertebrae
Bleeding in to lungs
Bleeding in chest cavity
Left ulna broken – pinned and plated, and a scar that runs from elbow to wrist
Left patella smashed in to 4 pieces – pinned and wired
Full thickness tear of left PCL
Bone damage within the knee
Amnesia – I have lost the time from a few mins before impact on the Friday evening through to around the following Monday afternoon.
A week in HDU, a week on the orthopedic ward.
5 months of not being able to lift anything heavier than a cup of tea and not being able to bend my knee

Boatsie wrote:

Brooksby, just cheap bikes here dude, different roads, weather. Paid via usage of petrol budget to get to work (basically)

I hear you there, Boatsie.

My household has my wife’s aluminium-framed BSO, my kids have each got a low-budget BMX style BSO (none of them have actually been ridden anywhere in the last year), and I’ve got an eight year old aluminium hybrid workhorse (a Mongoose) and a steel-framed Dawes city/hybrid (a ‘Street Life’ from c.1992).

My wife’s BSO and the Moose (my workhorse, with Carradice panniers) were both full priced, but not exactly expensive, and my in-laws bought the kids’ bikes (so that’s not real money spent).

The Dawes was GBP10 from a friend of my wife who was clearing out their garage 

The top image is of my

The top image is of my Raleigh Revenio, August last year.

The bottom image is the same bike, 5 minutes later (although the image was take a week on …)

Boatsie wrote:

Boatsie wrote:

I’m not sure if I’ve posted this bike. I like it. Double butted chromoly, weighed at 10.56kg, front weight bias, light 7 speed rear end. I’m trying to find my drill. I bought $20(Australian) lay bars, removed the stands and will get a better purchase fastening directly through cross bar. The lay bars are concave around bolt holes to suit an easy install. Fasteners (2 longer bolts +shaped washers less than $5Australian) Cost of bike with bright usb rechargeable lights front/rear on useable GP4000 Continental tyres: $100(Australian) Eg all up, less than 70 quid. 2 cm shorter than my others but agile on the drops and laybars should ease the straights. 1 happy cyclist.

How many bikes do you currently own, Boatsie? I’ve only got two.

My new steed

*Now about 14 months old*

Canyon Aeroad CFSLX 6.0 

Full Ultegra 6800

Mavic Cosmic Pro Carbon Exalith WTS

2 x Elite Stealth Bottle cages

May Edit: Now with Supacaz bar tape and a 36T Absolute Black inner ring (oval/eliptical/non round- call it what you will)

August edit: wearing some Mavic Haute Route Ksyrium Pro Exalith
2019: Fitted now with Absolute Black 52×36 chainrings and a Rotor 3D24 cranked fitted with Power2Max NG Eco power meter. KNC TiNi chain.

Another £100 EBay purchase.
Another £100 EBay purchase.
Loverly Reynolds 531 competition frame set with practically unused Xero wheels.
Converted it to a single speed for the moment running a 65 inch gear.
Gorgeous ride quality, sub 8kg.

My bike for flattish roads ..

My bike for flattish roads … lots of fun !

A SuperSix Evo with Tiagra bought for £760, added Kronostock 60/90 wheels then replaced many bits with sale Ultegra, Campy UT, Zipp parts. 7.6kg as shown.