Vintage bicycles

[darmstadt]

Isn't a vintage bike just a euphemism for a slutty MILF?

[mudskipper]

Oooh, just seen this

Vintage Vindec ladies bicycle | eBay

£50 BIN and just down the road from me. Tempted...


Edit: Don't reckon it's that old - initally thought it might be this

http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/class...indec-lady.jpg

[JamJarST]

DaveB did that last year. Sounds great - good luck!

See that you're in Berkshire. Have you been to the Benson rally? Well worth a visit - first Sunday in July every year.

Cool I will check that out thanks. To be honest though I like modern bicycles more, it is the tart in me

[mudskipper]

That is cool. I do a lot of cycling, both mountain biking and road riding, and compete in quite a few events, there is a guy that comes to my local mountain bike races on a off road unicycle, it is brilliant.

Careful k2p2, once you start "investing" in bikes it gets addictive and expensive. I am doing L'Etape Du Tour on the 11th and discovered I have broken my frame, new frame is costing me nearly a thousand pounds!!!!!

DaveB did that last year. Sounds great - good luck!

See that you're in Berkshire. Have you been to the Benson rally? Well worth a visit - first Sunday in July every year.

[JamJarST]

A contractor in my team sometimes commutes into work on his unicycle!

It's a handy little thing, as he can easily pick it up and stow it away under his desk.

That is cool. I do a lot of cycling, both mountain biking and road riding, and compete in quite a few events, there is a guy that comes to my local mountain bike races on a off road unicycle, it is brilliant.

Careful k2p2, once you start "investing" in bikes it gets addictive and expensive. I am doing L'Etape Du Tour on the 11th and discovered I have broken my frame, new frame is costing me nearly a thousand pounds!!!!!

[mudskipper]

A contractor in my team sometimes commutes into work on his unicycle!

It's a handy little thing, as he can easily pick it up and stow it away under his desk.

Ooh - I wonder if there's such a thing as a vintage unicycle?

[OwlHoot]

A contractor in my team sometimes commutes into work on his unicycle!

It's a handy little thing, as he can easily pick it up and stow it away under his desk.

[mudskipper]

Ouch! They weren't half going some though!

[TimberWolf]

Doing a 'header':

[MarillionFan]

A lot of the ladies rode tricycles to allow for their volumous skirts.

Nice trick.

[mudskipper]

Do you have to ride it side saddle though (as a lady)???

A lot of the ladies rode tricycles to allow for their volumous skirts.

[MarillionFan]

Yes - pennyfarthing guy said that the idea is, when going down hill, you swing your legs up over the handlebars, so when the thing tips forward, you land on your feet.

Thinking of it as a novelty item - not for serious riding, but quite fun to do some of the vintage rallies - and you get to dress up too.

Do you have to ride it side saddle though (as a lady)???

[mudskipper]

They don't look very safe. I would expect they weigh a fair bit and have dodgy brakes. Probably best used as a decorative item than actual transport.

You may also need some imperial spanners.

Yes - pennyfarthing guy said that the idea is, when going down hill, you swing your legs up over the handlebars, so when the thing tips forward, you land on your feet.

Thinking of it as a novelty item - not for serious riding, but quite fun to do some of the vintage rallies - and you get to dress up too.

[doodab]

They don't look very safe. I would expect they weigh a fair bit and have dodgy brakes. Probably best used as a decorative item than actual transport.

You may also need some imperial spanners.

[mudskipper]

On Sunday, I cycled down to watch the Benson Vintage Cycle rally.

Joined the rally-ers at their lunch pub stop at Chalgrove, chatted to a few of them and even got a ride on a penny farthing.

Feel like I *really* want a vintage bike (to qualify, it has to be pre-1928)

Quick look on ebay has come up with 2 possibilities (both from same seller)

Vintage lady's bicycle on eBay (end time 10-Jul-11 17:37:11 BST)

Vintage/veteran tandem bicycle, druid forks on eBay (end time 10-Jul-11 19:06:03 BST)

Problem is I know absolutely nothing about old bicycles. Seems to be very little info on the net. Worth the risk?