May You Have a Happy and Prosperous New Year

Happy New Year. May the wind be at your back in 2010!

Before and After

Before: as found

After

So it's been a while... busy with the holidays and what. I thought I would post some before and after pics of the DL-1 Roadster. This was found just about a year ago and underwent a painstaking renovation... I say renovation because the goal was not to get it to complete "as new" restoration, but to turn the Raleigh into a fully functioning (and beautiful) transport bike. Mission accomplished methinks. Stay tuned for some news on my next project. A ladies loop frame DL-1 for the Mrs.

After

Other fine things from the British Isles...

Choices, choices... Full cask strength 12 year old, or traditional 16 year old.

Care for Your Cycle

Regular Lubrication is Important

Tri-Flow works pretty well too.

The Original Tweed Ride

Scenes from the original tweed ride... Luxury cycling indeed.





The "All Steel Bicycle" was a marvel of modern technology... as was the Aeroplane.




Pretty much unchanged until the 1980's

Ye Olde DL-1 Amongst the Penny Farthings

Here is another shot, courtesy of M. V. Jantzen of Ye Olde DL-1 riding amongst the boneshakers. Quite.

Sir Walter Rides Amongst the Tweed

It was a lovely 70 + degree November day in DC today... perfect for the first DC Tweed Ride. I'm told this will be a biannual event... Well, jolly good because the first event was smashing. The Vintage steel was a sight to behold... Pennyfarthings, Pashelys, Gazelles, Raleighs, and lots of Fixies.

One of my personal favorites was this vintage English track bike. It's a 1950's Carpenter with an inch-pitch chain and lovely chromed lugwork. Then there were the boneshakers... the original fixies.







The tweed-clad peleton worked its way down Capitol Hill... Stopped for a quick photo-op at the White House...

























There were even a few Dandies and Quaintrelles on DC Smart Bikes.


Then it was off to Marvin for Eggs, Beer and Gin... I was also pleased to meet the DC's Cycle Jerk and the lovely Baroness Von Cycle Jerk. A good time was had by all.