> On 30 Apr 2026, at 21:35, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Very cool, Bob. All my riding this year so far has just been in aid of > my vascular fitness and I never stop to take snaps.
No better way to get fit and stay fit! > Of course I don't > have such lovely and historic scenery to take snaps of, either. Sometimes I think I’m in a Frank Patterson drawing. > > But hey: I'm delighted to see that we are related by bike. :-) My > circa 1972 Dawes Galaxy is down in the basement. Mine is a 1994 model that I bought a few days after its 30th birthday from the estate of the original owner. He’d only used it on sunny days (so not much!), and the frameset and most of the components are in superb condition. I paid the same as he paid back in 1994 - I have the original sales documentation and catalogue from St John Street Cycles, who are still in business, selling classic touring bikes and related paraphernalia. I’ve changed a few bits, repaired a few things that fell apart with age and lack of use, but kept the originals as far as possible in case the next custodian wants to restore it. But I’ve put on wider handlebars because the originals were just too narrow to be comfortable, put on some insanely strong handmade wheels that I’ve had on another of my bikes, and 35mm gravel tyres. I’ve taken off and kept a few bits that I don’t habitually use, but at the end of May I’m doing a 3-day road tour with a pal so i’ll set it up with road tyres, mudguards, rack and panniers. And a Carradice saddle bag, of course. The groupset is 1990s Shimano STX 3x7, with suitably low gearing but not much at the top end - the bike was designed for fully-loaded touring after all. By coincidence the gearing is the same as I had on a Marin hybrid I bought in 1994. At slightly over 32 miles that was my longest off-road ride on that bike, and I have to say it was very comfortable, certainly compared to the Concorde cyclocross bike I’ve been using for the last zillion years, where I always felt like I’d gone 15 rounds with prime Mike Tyson. >> On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 3:40 PM Bob W PDML <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> https://adobe.ly/4d0I5Uw > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
