Is it a flip flop hub? if it’s at all fixed it needs foot retention.
Not sure. Wasn’t sayin’ it needed retention, I’d just want some no matter what.
I don’t think that a fixed gear with two brakes needs foot retention, but anyway, that definitely looks like a freewheel on there. My biggest problem with that bike is using pedals designed for toe-clips without said clips.
Death to false fenders.
I’m confused.[/quote]
The bikes in this thread are classic, often lugged steel frames. The world has moved on.[/quote]
Did you see the aforementioned Pearson Audax bike? Yes, the world has moved on. Having moved on, steel is still a very valid choice for a touring bike. I have decreed that this thread is for both modern and classic randoneuring bikes.
[quote=“Rusty Piton”]Hell yes.
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Cottered cranks
- fail on the oury’s.
Jacques, I hate your fucking signature.
That’s a sig? I thought he kept posting a pic of a pasty white, skinny dork with a camera because it had something to do with the thread. I kept scanning the background looking for something relevent to rando bikes. It never occurred to me it was a sig until you mentioned it.
Dude, if you must keep the picture, at least shrink it down a bit. Damn thing is larger than your posts.
Chris
Thanks for the advice Chris. I’ll take it into consideration.
Jacques
One of these days I’m gonna hop over to Poland and steal all your bikes, vobopl. Don’t be surprised if they are not there one morning.
If that’s a titanium frame, even more so.
Disc is cool. Will drops be on the rando setup of this bike?
shallow drops, Jones bar or (blasphemy!) aero bars placed high.
Hmmm… blasphemy indeed, but it’s your ride.
Well, it can’t possibly get any uglier, so I don’t see how aero bars could hurt.
Those stubby little fenders have a tiny bit of historical credibility. They’re from the days when the uk had really fucked up bike laws and there was a requirement that every bike have fenders of some minimum length. People who wanted to go fast and didn’t want th aero penalty of fenders would be forced to run fenders at that length, hence stubbies.
(I could be wrong about this, someone please correct me if i am)
Right. It is ugly as sin. Still it is lighter, stiffer and can take way more beating than any of the bikes upthread. Function over form.
[quote=“lofarkas”]One of these days I’m gonna hop over to Poland and steal all your bikes, vobopl. Don’t be surprised if they are not there one morning.
If that’s a titanium frame, even more so.[/quote]
You know you will be welcomed (to hop over, not to steal my bikes, they are too small for you). Yes, the frame, saddle shell, seatpost clamp and stem are Ti. I wanted this bike to survive intact the salty slush we have here.
Ugh, after a recent purchase of a Gazelle racing bike (one that really sexes me up) I realized that I should’ve poured cold water on my boner for it and held out for a Randonneur; this thread has me already thinking of selling the Gazelle to fund one (even though I just paid 140 euro in repairs today. Fack!). I can’t even fit full fenders on the Gazelle, so as much as I like it I’ll never get it retrofitted with couplers to be my travel frame. If I don’t try to sell it ASAP, I will within six months when I’ll really want a Randonneur for some long, wet spring rides. May as well work on something to keep long term, no?
Anyway, enough brooding. Anyone know something about this frame: http://www.kogswell.com/products.html
$600 for frame/fork/headset/seatpost/painted fenders is tempting. Too cheap to be good? How mediocre is ECO tubing, even if it’s double butted? The name doesn’t seem to bode well.
And still no opinions on that Panasonic with couplers that yellowjersey seems to be the only place in the world to carry? http://www.yellowjersey.org/posd7.html
Yea, it’s touring frame.
And I haven’t put much thought into the new Sturmey 3-speed fixed hub, but for a long time I’ve liked the idea of using an internal-gear hub on a travel bike/randonneurish build. Anyone put more thought into this? It may or may not suck too much for any seriously steep terrain I could end up riding with a travel bike.