WINTER BIKES.... show yours off too

[Hal]

Antony

If you want I have a 27in front wheel that may fit that fine old peugout of yours. Let me know if you want it, its alloy, tyres and tubes too.

Hal

[George]

[quote]What is it with winter bikes? All the above machines look pretty decent to my untutored eye, and as keen cyclists, you're all likely to give them a clean and lube after riding in the wet. Would not winter riding be more pleasant if done on the best bike? I sold my second road bike because after riding the best one I didn't enjoy riding it anywhere near as much. A bit of salt and rain won't hurt.

[quote="Dombo"]... you're all likely to give them a clean and lube after riding in the wet.

[Amy]

I'm with you, George. It's been pretty much traditional that - at least with the old style, well grounded roadies - you ride a winter bike with mudguards etc and do long, steady (not fast) rides, to build up strength and stamina. You then get on your light bike and think, wow, that's more like it!

Now that I have my Enigma, I have put mudguards back on my blue Roberts and will ride that over the winter. If I can improve on that then wait till I get back on the Enigma come spring

[Antloony]

[quote="Hal"]Antony

If you want I have a 27in front wheel that may fit that fine old peugout of yours. Let me know if you want it, its alloy, tyres and tubes too.

Hal

[Dombo]

I stand corrected.

Dropping my 6 month old bike on black ice was no fun. Scuffed the QRs on my new wheels, broke the brake hood caps (yes, yes I know I should have got Campag!), chipped the paint.

ebay here I come. Again.

[John M]

Sorry to hear that the Peugeot is no longer with us. That picture certainly brought back some memories, I rode my first race as a schoolboy on an almost identical bike! Must have been about 1983.