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,,Lepper" Made in Holland
Leather saddle "Primus" from Holland on my bike.
Macro Mondays
theme: Leather
and HMM
The original Brooks saddle of an antique BSA bicycle.
"All time seems cold and void,
And naught but tears remain;
Life’s music beats for me
A melancholy strain"
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Illustrative Editorial: A highly polished chrome plated v-series engine on a parked Harley Davidson motorcycle. www.stephenlavery.com
A set of highly polished chrome handle bars, light stack and coiled suspension springs on a parked Harley Davidson motorcycle.
One of the pretty ponies that children can ride at Abbey Hill Farms in Manotick, Ontario, Canada. What a little beauty!
Carrickfergus, County Antrim – April 17 2011: An illustrative editorial image depicting the light stack on a highly polished, chrome plated, Harley-Davidson motorcycle parked up at a motorcycle ride out event. www.stephenlavery.com
An Indian motorcycle with a lovely leather seat/saddle at Walton-on-the-naze in Essex. In the background is the local bikers shop/café.
1981 Trek 613 (600 series)
Reynolds 531
Nitto Pearl stem 90mm
Nitto Moustache handlebars, Cinelli Cork
Tange Levin headset 1" threaded
Dia Compe 500G brake levers, calipers with original shoes, cable clips & gum hoods
SR seatpost
Brooks B17 saddle
Rivendell saddlebag
27" Sunrims, DT Swiss spokes, Formula flip-flop hubs, Michelin tires
Sugino Mighty cranks 144BCD 171mm
SR Royal Drilled 47T chainring
MKS pedals, leathered toe clips
Christophe toestraps
KMC Z chain
Surly 19T cog, Dura-Ace lockring
Fenders & Gears on the way
1980 Lotus Classique
-Tange Double-Butted Chro-Mo Lugged Steel frame & fork
-Stock Micro-Adjust chromed headset
-SR stem
-SR Road Champion handlebars
-SR seatpost
-Shimano 600 "Arabesque" include:
- Crank
- Downtube Shifters
- Front & Rear Derailleur
- Brake Calipers & Levers
- Freewheel
- Hubs
-Ukai 700c rims
-MKS Touring Pedals
-MKS toe clips
-Christophe leather toe straps
-Brooks B-17 leather saddle
-Cane Creek brake lever hoods
-Tressotar cloth bar wrap
-Japanese Brass Bell
-Silca frame pump w/ Campagnolo pump head
-Cobra H20 bottle cage
-Jim Blackburn rear rack
-Vintage CyclePro "Country Originals" bag
-Planet Bike Cascadia fenders
-Pansela TourGuard 700x28c Tires
-SRAM PC850 Chain
Update:
Hubs are being serviced with new grease, new 25c tires on the way and I just got a matching handlebar bag. I'd like to clamp a headlight to the front fork blade as well, for more early morning / night time rides. It's the best time to ride during the summer in Florida
The Polyvalent is your do anything 650b low trail bike. It's designed to take front loads without any effect on handling or quality.
Realizing that I have no photo of my bike at all, anywhere, I decided to go all out and get a proper shot. I cleared a wall in my office/studio and dragged the subject upstairs. I hadn't yet broken-in my new convertible umbrella, so I set up to light with 2 strobes, L & R.
So here it is: a 1973 vintage Dawes Galaxy. I bought it new for $219 from Bloor Cycle in Toronto. It's a touring bike with 27" road tires on aluminum rims, center-pull brakes, Reynolds 531 double butted steel tubing and a real Brooks leather seat. A couple of summers ago I got it out of storage, completely tore it down, cleaned it and replaced hopelessly broken stuff. The rear derailleur was useless (broken idler gears) so I bought the closest thing I could find that would fit. Everything has changed on bikes since this was manufactured, so the chain widths are different. That means I can only reach 8 gears now instead of the original 10.
But it runs and the ride is wonderful. I love the shock-absorbant feel of steel. I've ridden modern fat-tubed aluminum bikes and they just feel heavy and lifeless to me.
K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 26mm, f/8.0, 125th, ISO 200.
AF540FGZ x 2, shoot-thru brolly left, silver brolly right.
PP with LR 3.5
(Sorry about the outlets on the wall. A backdrop is on my wish list.)
Rocket Bobs seats, hi grade hide, all gel foam filled, hand stitched & tailor made to fit not just stretched over fucked up , #customseats #leathersaddle #harley
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black (repainted) peugot UO-8 frame. elk hide wrapped handlebars & brake lever. old style red tail fender (see profile for shop info).
No fancy lugwork but a lightish bike in spite of the steel rims and bars. Rosa double chainring and Simplex "Suicide Shifter", Mafacs. Rubber street pedals. Mavic Inal guards. Jos front light. And no particular reason to stick racing or randonneur bars on it with fancy pedals and try and flog it as a randonneur, which is the usual trick. Needs some cleaning and touching in, a chain, a thorough lube and it'll be perfect. Say 1950's ? Might just paint "Rene Who" on the DT.
56 cm 1984 Peugeot PGN-10
Reynlods 501lugged frame, simplex dropouts
powdercoated flat black
Shimano 600 french threaded headset
Nitto Pearl 9 stem
Soma Major Taylor 42cm
Champ grips wrapped in Toshi cloth
Sugino RD 165mm crankset 48T chainring - updated w/ 48T black Sugino chainring (not pictured)
Shimano 110mm UN-B54 BB
MKS sylvan track pedals - steel christophe toe clips & straps
18T EAI cog, Dura-Ace lockring
KMC chain 1/8"
Mavic CXP22's 700c
Formula sealed track hubs, fixed/free rear
DT swiss spokes 3X cross
Michelin Eliruim Tires 700x23
Kalloy 26.2 seatpost
vintage 60's Ideale model 90 leather saddle
Lezyne pump
Soma H20 bottle
One of the major differences between the usual Brooks Professional saddle is the three ventilation holes on top. There were only about 600 of these saddles made, it's said for the French market, with a small number being sold in the UK.