What bike did you ride today?

[dnc1]

Today is a national holiday over here. I took advantage of an extra day off to get out at sunrise this morning for a 20 mile jaunt on the Rochester.....

Rode in a big loop to and from Wallingford. Stopped near Blewburton Hill hillfort again, can never quite fully appreciate the sheer volume of labour involved in digging out these terraces in pure chalk.....

Feets up Fixie Freewheeling, a kind of Desireé & Hippie Mike hybrid.....

It's the busiest time of year for farmers here, just finished harvesting the wheat.....

The cows are happy in the early morning sunshine.....

Couldn't resist stopping by this English Oak in just about the last standing field of wheat for miles.....

Noticed this fresh "beefsteak" fungus hiding inside the tree, bit of a death knell for it, but, all things must pass.....

A renovated barn in North Moreton.....

Back into Wallingford and preparations are well under way for next weekends "Bunkfest"; they're building a stage in the old Saxon Kinecroft (cattle pound).....

3 days of traditional music and dance, can't wait!

Cruised round the back lanes of Wallingford, bike and bricks. So many bricks.....

Happy riding!

 

[dnc1]

Riding over to see my mum this evening.
A couple of shots from my favourite footpath between the village of Benson and the hamlet of Rokemarsh.....

Sunset along Berrick Road.....

Rode a different road into Chalgrove this evening and stopped to admire the old watermill, appropriately in Mill Lane, who 'd a thunk it lol.....

Enjoy your day people!

 

[COB]

I laced up a set of hoops for the Autocycle over the weekend. I'm really happy to have my bike on the road again.
-Jake

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How did your rim get bent like that?

 

[jacob9795]

How did your rim get bent like that?

Head on collision with another cyclist. No injuries.

 

[COB]

Head on collision with another cyclist. No injuries.

Yikes!

 

[COB]

Put a new set of tires on the Schwinn Wasp this evening after the original Typhoon Cord on the front gave up the ghost. Took it for a ride and took the opportunity to take a photo of the bike in front of my 6 year old granddaughter's first attempt at growing sunflowers. I think she did ok!

 

[tripple3]

I rode all of these: my '36 Packard for practice.
This President is awesome; very smooth.

... of course I did

 

[cds2323]

Took the 67 Racer for a short shakedown ride to see if everything is working ok. Picked it up a few weeks ago as a basket case with the rear wheel bent badly. Relaced another rim for the rear wheel. The bike cleaned up really well.

The bike rides smooth and I really like the 23" frame. It fits me better than my ballooners. I still have to order a set of new S-6 tires. The whole bike only cost me as much as one new whitewall tire will.

 

[SirMike1983]

Nice day today, rainy day tomorrow. Storm clouds gathering this evening, but still cool and dry. Down to the park with this 1958 Raleigh.

You can see the anachronistic badge on this bike. I had two Raleigh badges on hand when I re-built it: a 1970s-era brass badge with the usual paint, and this much older badge. I decided to do something a little different and go with the old badge. The correct badge would be the silver finished model of the '40s-'60s. I had those two badges on hand, but not the silver one. Thankfully Raleigh used the same hole dimensions for a long time - even this really old badge fits 1950s-era holes (as did the 1970s badge). You can also see the outline and filled holes where someone had tried to fit this with a Schwinn badge.

 

[mrg]

Monday nite car show