HAR, I have a more modern bicycle as well. But I like the ride-without-thinking-about-it-ness of these old bikes.
Nope, the saddle is set just exactly right for riding sitting up. If you were leaning forward as with most modern bikes it you would be correct, Bob. Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob W wrote: > What a beautiful bike that is! I love bikes which have the > white-painted bit on the rear mudguard (or 'fender' as you chaps call > it), they remind me of my childhood on RAF stations when the officers > used to ride similar bikes around and across the runways. > > The nose of that saddle (looks like a Brooks) looks a bit high for > comfort over long periods. > > Don't listen to anyone who trashes 3-speeds! The overwhelming majority > of people who ride bicycles never use more than one gear, and very, > very few use more than 2 or 3. To me that looks like a perfect bike > for most needs, as well as being beautiful and old-fashioned. > > I have a 21-speed bike, but in town I almost never use more than 4 or > 5 gears. Only when I'm touring out of town do I use anything like the > full range, and even then I only use about 13 of the available gears > because of the overlap inherent in having more than one chainring. > > -- > Bob > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of graywolf >> Sent: 30 December 2007 04:04 >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: Boy are you guys lucky >> >> <GRIN!> >> I think there was supposed to be an H in there somewhere. >> Translation: 3-speed bicycle. >> >> It was real nice out around here and I got to try it out >> with the change lower gearing finally. I almost got up that >> hill that was a dead stop for me with the stock rear >> sprocket. I think I will be able to manage it if I can get >> in as good as shape as I was in last year. >> >> Oh, websites back up so I uploaded a few images. >> >> The first one was at the top of that little hill. Quite >> sharp considering how shaky I was. Definitely needed the >> break. The white house in backgound is at the top of the >> road I need to ride to get into town. The hill to it is a >> walker for me: >> >> http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-2 >> 0071229a.jpg >> >> >> This next one surprised me. That is the neked sun behind >> those thin clouds. Surprising little flare considering: >> >> http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-1 >> 2292007f.jpg >> >> >> Bicycle in exactly the same spot in this one only avoiding >> the sun a bit: >> >> http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-1 >> 2292007g.jpg >> >> >> And just checking to see if the IR remote will work in >> bright sunlight, you get to see me in my bicycling togs. >> Notice how neatly I hide the remote <grin>: >> >> http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-1 >> 2292007l.jpg >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
