London Fixed-gear and Single-speed

I absolutely adore these old raleighs:

top bike photography too.

pedal bearings tightened up so the pedals sit upright
cranks inline with seat tube
wheels lined up with valves at the bottom
perfect chain tension, slight drop at the top, level on the bottom.

these days though, the saddle would be level and the bars level but not yates style!

Watching the track racing from Majorca, can't help but still lust after Hoy's helmet:

I'm a straight man, but I can't help but lust after Hoy

PS, what year is that catalogue page from?

I dunno. Just tried to do reproduce the Google search that had me trip over it, but couldn't recall what I was looking for when I found it. Mid-1970's I think though... just a guess.

Flickr's pretty good for the bike porn:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/singlespeed/pool/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/steelbikes/pool/

This is all over bf. It's jaw-dropping gorge..

Love the sunglasses

It's the bianchi in the background... honest.

<blockquote><cite> velocity boy:</cite>I absolutely adore these old raleighs:
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Hey, I'm sure I've seen something like that before...


I actually prefer mine, even if the photography ain't up to scratch.
Since I gave away my childhood bmx before my trip to the UK I'm over chrome. Those saddles are like block spitters to my nether zone. I don't do clips/straps any more. But I am fond of my brakes and the original fork and bars are in storage should I want to ressurect the original track setup.

Alright if this really turning into a Raleigh Track Porn thread, then the older Professionals wee all over the new ones

Now this is real porn ('72 Raleigh Professional)

See http://www.firstflightbikes.com/RaleighTrack.htm

or

See http://www.bikecult.com/works/collec...raleighTL.html

I should know I had one, then leant it to a friend who stacked it on the track and so now it looks like this:

cause I was too (and am) poor to get it repainted the way it used to look like.

man, moyer's got some lovely bikes. love the top tube protector.

whoa! check out that lady's scarf! so many colours!

lol

And for those who don't want to drill their fork, yet want a front brake;

riding from Chelmsford to Danbury on A414 a couple of weeks ago I passed a large collection of hardcore mags by the roadside. needless to say I stopped and browsed for a while. it was full on stuff, no holes barred. alas I had no capacity for carrying any of it. and I had some trouble getting back in the saddle too! I've done a few miles here and there around the country and never come across this before and was wondering if its a phenomenon limited to the bounds of Essex or whether anyone else had had similar experiences?

Something similar whilst fixed mtbing in Epping Forest. I rounded a corner to find not a pile of mags - just one...

... plus a geezer sitting there wanking over it.

He obviously wasn't too phased. The trail kind of disappeared a little further on, so I had to double back - and he was still going at it like a chimp in the zoo.

the fork on the yamaguchi makes me feel ill.

different strokes for different folks though....

lmao@bringmemyfix

riding up the hill out of peaselake (some of you probably know where this is) on my mtb i noticed a magazine, closer inspection revealed it to be a pristine copy of transvestite today.
i didn't get past the 1st page before i had to release my grip on the sordid publication.
i left it open on the 'babe of the month' centrefold on the verge so it was clearly visible to anyone passing.

that's a lovely mental image.

OUCH!!! The only thing they got right on that thing is the seatpost. ...and maybe the front hub.

I've been enjoying this one a lot.

http://velospace.org/node/2969

And


For more twowheeled loveliness check [url=http://www.vanillabicycles.com/]here[url]

that vanilla gave me a semi.
would be afraid to ride it though it looks so expensive. (the bike that is)

having not had any sex with my girlfriend for a while , i get a phone call that makes me want to go home early, unfortunately i work 9-5, so at 5 i tore home( from hayes in middlesex to the elephant) in a hour flat, noticed her car was not there, jumped in the shower, put on best pants( the only ones without holes) and laid on the couch in a provocative manner, only to notice a little note saying "sorry had to go to mum's"
well went to the fridge got a few beers waited for the adult channel to start ( sky is in her name ) and proceeded to wank myself silly for a few hours............erm, does that count??

bike and porn are both mentioned!

maybe the note said 'hurry over to mums'
they are probably still waiting for you.

oops

This is the work of Gregory Townsend:





That fork just gives me a stiffy.

That's a Zugster. I understand everything ever said about them now.

I'm ashamed to say that this reminds me of the Facebook group "I saw Philip Schofield shitting into a crisp packet by the side of the M1." It's almost worth joining facebook for.

I want me one of those dead wheels.

Words fail me!

I reckon the Queens fixed has those wheels on.