Here are some photos of the latest way cool bike to go back on the road from my secret workshop

[Page Turner]

...with any luck, I shall ride it some short distance today or tomorrow and relive some of my youthful excesses. This bike has so much cachet that it might be suitable for @AirwickWithCheese, but it is not a tourer, even though it has fender eyelets.  I think that I shall ride it slowly, so that knowledgeable people can admire it as I pass by.

[2Far ★]

Nice ride. Clearly your shop isn't equipped with a paint booth. 

Toe clips? Really?

[maddmaxx ★]

Being absent from the coop has some advantages.  Now you get more time to work on your own stuff.

 

I don't even miss the hobby shop anymore.

[petitepedal ★]

You need to bring that bike to the ABCE and tell it's story...I know people who will drool all over it

http://www.abcetour.com/

[AirwickWithCheese]

She's a work of art.  

I would name her Imogen if she was mine.  

[Nate]

nice work.

classic old steel frame for sure

 

and you don't want to paint it. Shitty original paint is still worth more than a repaint for vintage bikes

[Kzoo]

Nice bike but too tall for a 'normal' person.

 

[FX_James_7.9]

Paige have you ever ridden a Sam Benotto?

[Page Turner]

14 minutes ago, FX_James_7.9 said:

Paige have you ever ridden a Sam Benotto?

...I have a Benotto bike, but it's not a particularly good one, and will probably sell it soon.

[Page Turner]

20 minutes ago, Kzoo said:

Nice bike but too tall for a 'normal' person.

 

 ...after all this time, I cannot believe you confuse me with normality. 

[Page Turner]

43 minutes ago, 2Far said:

Nice ride. Clearly your shop isn't equipped with a paint booth. 

Toe clips? Really?

...in the olde bike world, we call that "patina".  That reaction to toe clips is why I got so many Campy, Road Ace, and Dura Ace road pedals for free.

[Airehead]

lovely.  The toe clips are perfect

[FX_James_7.9]

14 minutes ago, Page Turner said:

...I have a Benotto bike, but it's not a particularly good one, and will probably sell it soon.

I have one that was my first fast bike. It's geared really tall, and it was my first bike after a schwinn.still have it

[MoseySusan]

Ridiculously clean. 

[sheep_herder ★]

Very, very nice!!

[2Far ★]

4 hours ago, Page Turner said:

.That reaction to toe clips is why I got so many Campy, Road Ace, and Dura Ace road pedals for free.

Excellent strategy!

[Rattlecan ★]

Very nice. Who needs more than 12 gears anyway?

[Thaddeus Kosciuszko]

7 hours ago, Page Turner said:

 

 

You better bring a security guard to hold back all the wimmens who will throw themselves at you because of the one-of-a-kind kickstand you put on it.

[Page Turner]

1 hour ago, Rattlecan said:

Very nice. Who needs more than 12 gears anyway?

...I rode it today and I only used three. It's 52/44 in front, so sort of half steppy, in a half hearted kinda way.  More gears are for suckers, with all that extra weight.

[Page Turner]

7 hours ago, petitepedal said:

You need to bring that bike to the ABCE and tell it's story...I know people who will drool all over it

http://www.abcetour.com/

...that's crazy.  It's about all we can do here to get up a rather brief and very slow Tweed Ride every so often.  And they usually break up after about ten miles and everyone goes drinking. I took an olde Carlton to one of those once, and I don't think most of the people knew what it was.  Our British bikes crowd here is much more three speed oriented.

[Page Turner]

...BTW, if anyone is in search of cheap but very serviceable road tyres in 700c, the set of Performance LCR's in the 25 mm width (which actually measures 23 mm) that I put on this ride very nicely.  Kevlar belted, folding bead, 120 tpi casing and smooth rubber ( no tread ) for something like 22 bucks on sale.  I think this might be my new preferred tyre. Not as nice as Conti GP's, but good enough and way cheaper.

[maddmaxx ★]

All this bike talk is making me feel better.

[petitepedal ★]

Page...these folks..at least the local ones meet on the first Monday of the month..many are members of the Minnesota Wheelman as well. There is always show and tell or a bike to look at..sometimes even in January!!  The 3 speed event is in May..but the September event is "All British"..however if you brought a sweet french bike..they wouldn't boot you off the stage...A good 40 miles or so on Saturday..and the Gravity Race on Sunday..lots of fun!!