Mike, cool collection of photos and super outfits, the experience sounded great fun. One for the list.
I just posted this pic in a different thread, sorry for the double post. Then I started scrolling and found this bike specific thread! This is an old pic from 2012.
After 20+ years of bike collecting... I discovered last week that I have all original bike parts to build a complete bike. Even the screws to attach the Schwinn Head badge. On days that I cannot ride my bike... I'll be working in the spare time to put this beauty together. Jake, the bonafide bike junkie!
I really must check into my thread more often ... Here is a little Jaunt we did this time last year, to Normandy again. Despite being in mid October the weather was unseasonably mild and we were in shirtsleeves most of the time. Normandy '17 by Mike, on Flickr Dickie, Normandy by Mike, on Flickr Route check by Mike, on Flickr A rare photo of me and Ben together! Your cycle tourists snapped by Dickie. Both wearing our new SJC shirts. Mine looking a little second hand after 3 days cycling in this lovely October heat wave. Don't sit too close to me on the ferry home ... https://simonjamescathcart.com/collections/shirts We stayed at our friends B&B not far from St Lo, an amazing 1940's timewarp I can highly recommend! https://www.facebook.com/lepontdelapierrevintagebnb/ Harvey and Hobbs
Our most recent 'jaunt'. Over 3oo miles in 3 days, from Paris to Angoulême, last month. Boy it was warm! Ben was on a pre war (WW1!) Tapon, of Angoulême. And I rode a mid 20s Bruneau Durieux, a Brussels machine. Paris to Angoulême, Day 4 - Grosbout to Angoulême, 38 miles by Mike, on Flickr
Does anyone have a rough idea about what sort of saddlebags they used to use on club runs in the 30s-50s. Currently looking to get a Carradice one- seen a few Nelson ones on fleBay, but they seem a little big, not sure if the Barley is too small?
If you ever ride out locally for fitness or practice, make a point of taking the A35 through Lyndhurst and on towards Christchurch. About three miles on from Lyndhurst you will come to The Holmsleigh Tea Rooms, formerly Holmsleigh railway station. It's a lovely ride and a great watering hole, sadly, like everywhere else at present, it's in lockdown. I'm looking forward to seeing the place reopen, I don't have an SJC shirt but I do have some of his shoes.
Have these been posted? CTC and British Tranport Film 1956 https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-cyclists-special-1956-online Eileen Sheridan documentary
We had long awaited sun after a very long grey and wet stretch of weather...I should have been out riding but.....here are pics of what is left of my mountain bike collection.....down to 10 bikes plus one for my wife. Mostly mid to late 1990's vintage with the exception of one gravel bike a Volagi