Nate finished up his downhill singlespeed and brought it by. It's a few year old Lenzsport Pro Descender. Looks like fun, although it would not be my first choice to SS Hall Ranch on.
Paul stopped in a few weeks ago. He was riding a beautifully restored 60s vintage Viking track bike. It didn't take much to realize that Paul was a collector of post war British bikes. He came back around today with this georgeous 1951 Bates BAR. BAR is Best All around Rider. This bike was meant to do it all well.
From it's ornate lugwork and detail art
To it's beautifully crafted fork (looks comfy)
It's hand turn front shifter. This thing is sweet, too. All you have to do is grab the knob and turn it so it faces back to the rear wheel. Also, note the detail of the pedal cages in this photo.
The front shifter was a bit clubby, but designed very nicely
The rear derailleur was really cool. It's a pretty simple mechanism designed to shift those 4 cogs.
After Paul left, it was time to get ready for our 1st daylight savings Tuesday Night Ride of 2008! We had 11 guys show up on time and ready to pedal. We rode from town up the rock garden at Hall Ranch, to the loop, then back down Antelope. We ran into the Hall Ranch hero, too. He gave us an earful about having lights at Hall, and that Hall was off limits to bikes at night. Yep. It was daylight and we planned to be back on pavement by the time we clicked our lights on. We barely made it. It would've been easy if not for my flat. It was a good Hall Ranch ride all the same. After we made it down, we managed to work in another hour or so of in town ghetto singletrack and side roads. All in all, it made for a 2.5 hour ride.
Get ready - now that we can ride after work, summer is here!
1 comment:
super cool bike, I heard he has many more...he should have his own corner on your blog site. keep em comin'.
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