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While the quote you attribute to me a a misquote, I have to agree that it is something I could have said, but only because the Pashley is the only 2010 Fixed gear bike using the Sturmey I have seen.

Lol - usually Pashleys are too retro for me - but what with most manafacturers jumping on the HHSB bandwagon and failing miserably, its nice to see a proper bicycle, with some great detailing

"great detailing" like leaving the derailleur hanger on it, clamp on cable stop, no brakes, single ring on a double chainset. Looks like an unfinished conversion project by somebody careless about detail, not a show bike.

WANT
WANT
WANT
WANT
WANT

I WANT ALL OF THESE.
now.
who do I pay?

ha ha....

get that triple flange built up first henry. THAT i gotta see...

Henry i shall look forward to taking whatever you buy of that list and discard in six months time (make it the Genesis as i have a bit of a hankering for that)

Yup means it can be put to other uses, not just confined to being a fixed/ss

Nice because you can either run the frame all smooth, or build up as desired, also freedom to move the gear changer around - another good feature i hadnt thought of

Its got a Sturmey hub brake up front, rather goes with the rest of the bike


Another pretty good idea seeing as the direct drive is the highest gear,putting on a chain ring like that gives a better spread for urban riding, liking Pashleys thinking on that.

What part of the PROTOTYPE sign in the picture dont you understand? Personally i rather like it when a company puts something out there to get some feedback, as the Pashley guys have been doing 9the big ring is one such move) rather than just putting crap straight onto the market.

Anyway as you were

not happening anymore.
done in the indecision arena.
GH1 GH2 and monoc replacement are staying and then I'm fucking done.
but I want all those bikes.
i wish I had the cash.

Feeling you on that front - still quite a quiver you have built yourself there!

Think i am going to pull the trigger on the Genesis

do it, looks ace.
Zed, I've subtley hinted at it somewhere on the forum...
v. subtly.

Bang!

Brrrrrap Brrrrap!

They might intend for the production version to have a hub brake, but the prototype is not fit for any purpose, being illegal for both road and track use.

The rest of your argument is equally flawed, but I expect you knew that and were just being playful.

175mm cranks are a bold choice for a fixed bike, tabs for a second chainring are redundant and using a chainring with lowered teeth for ease of shifting makes for ease of dropping the chain on a fixed bike.

The idea of the Clubman is interesting, but the execution, even at prototype stage, is shockingly poor for a commercial company. If this were a test mule, it would be OK, but if I had Pashley's reputation I certainly wouldn't show it to the public in this condition.

Lol . . you do take this whole bike porn/antiporn blah blah blah rather too seriously old boy, i was only winding you up - the production version has the Sturmey hub brake

Normally I give steel bikes a wide birth - I like alu, so called me a flawed individual.

However, the Pashley Clubman is a bike I'd honestly love to own. Its like a Surly Steamroller that went to a Swiss Finishing School for girls.

Surly Steamroller = Katie Price
Pashley Clubman = Nigella Lawson

One is a good goer, tried and tested (ahem!).
The other is just classy, and ultimately more satisfying.

The bikes I meant! ;)

What are Pashley good at? Making heavy bikes with weird seat post sizes?

Similar concept to the clubman prototype, but with brakes and a normal sturmey archer 5 speed in the back:

http://www.cooperbikes.com/T200-Reims.html

Thats a fair point Nhatt, but how many Pashleys have you ever seen broken? I haven't seen any. They must be heavy for a reason. Lastability maybe? That counts to those who like classic styled, or retro bikes, when they can't be bothered to restore a 1930s pathracer.

I didn't know about the seatposts sizes, but size doesn't normally put me off. ;)

Depends on what you mean by broken.

I see pashleys in the shop every day, mostly because the gears have slipped, of they have a rear puncture and everything is hub mounted, or (in the case of Timmy's sis's bike) the axle keeps slipping no matter how tight you make it, and because everything is axle mounted you can't put a chain tensioner on it.
Pashleys aren't an awful bike, it's just that for the money you could get something that was a bit lighter (And i know the alu lover in you likes that) and a bit more practicle.

No that you've informed me better Nhatt, I shall possibly readjust my horizons. Cheers. ;)

Have similar issues with my guvnor, axle keeps moving forward its a real pain as it throws the gears out (3 speed hub gear) tried to fit some chain tugs on it (MKS) but the axle is to big, taking the rear wheel of is a pain and its a really heavy bike, not a particularly nice bike to ride plus i made it worse by fitting alloy north roads which flex like crazy, quite a head turner though heh heh :)

One thing i did notice with it though, they come with a cinelli 1a and a shimmed bar, need to double check but i'm not aware of any shims to take a 25.4 bar up to 26.4, when i picked mine up the bars did move slighly, had to tighten the clamp up very tightly to get them to grip sufficiently, if the stem bolt where to fail this would be pretty catostrophic with north road bars

hi are there any pink bikes for girls in 2010?

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that was a fail, it was a photo of the NS fixed wheel bike
anyone heard anything about them?

http://www.londonfgss.com/thread17.html

it's not

hang on did you completely missed the Condor Tempo 3 speed fixed?

RAW

http://www.pearsoncycles.co.uk/produ..._3_SPEED_FIXED

For me the carbon fibre frame doesn't work with a Brooks saddle and the Sturmey Archer 3 speed hub.

I reckon this could have been such a winner with a propper hand built lugged frame.

The 3 speed hubs is fine on whatever bike frankly, in fact 3 speed fixed were popular in time trialling back in the golden age, it only feel unsuitable on a carbon fibre frame because Sturmey Archer is a name usually found on old town bike and Brompton.

Yes, the Brooks look a bit weird on it, but then it is a comfortable saddle.

The one thing which we would have hoped a bike with a 3-speed hub wouldn't be.

well it's the ultimate single speed in the sense that you don't just have one single speed to choose from, you have three...

look's 2010 track range
http://www.bikerumor.com/2009/11/02/...6-track-fixie/

Notice they admit the alu frame could be for the fixie crowd. Missed the boat I reckon as the fixie crowd are rapidly moving to retro geared bikes so may have been better off re releasing the first Look geared models :-)

The new Genesis Day 01 cross bike look great in polished;



The flyer somehow doesn't look really that bad as the earlier photo of it;

I have one of these 2010 flyers on order through a cycle to work scheme, it was the best of the fixed on offer in my opinion (they wouldn't let me order the Bianchi steel D2 2010 because it does not come with brakes and thereore not suitable for cycling to work...)

TBH i have a 'white' theme running through my existing conversion (not in a racist way) with white saddle, oury grips and white halo aerorage track rims and hubs, and i like how it looks. But this flyer...maybe it's the chain that does it...is just too...white. not sure what i will do to make myself feel better about riding it yet. not coming til January anyway.

lolzers

any word on a uk release date for the feather?

Loving the look of the Day One Cross!

I suppose its light compared to a Bianchi Pista.

You need a special slotted washer thing for sturmey archer hubs, or you can never get them to clamp properly. Perhaps they forgot to put one on?

1200g is pretty light for any frame and well below average I would say.

1200kg isn't light however but assume Ed was meaning g rather than kg

Apologies if this has been already posted!

Cinelli Gazzetta, £460 f&f, track geometry but with brake drillings and bottle cage bosses, Green, Grey, Violet or Lime

Oh my that look really lovely, the claim weight of the frame is 1700g, which is pretty light.

Presumably for the 50cm, without fork.

Without the fork naturally, those weight an average 700-800g on top of the frame, I wonder when it'll be around in Wiggle (considering they're sold there).

Love it

Dotbike are listing it at £460, but no stock yet. Given that they're >£100 less than Wiggle on Vigorellis, that would be the place to check. I'd want one if a: I needed a steel track frame and b: they started doing some decent colours like the Supercorsa Pista (I know these are the road frame, but Cinelli list these colours as available on the Pista)