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Saturday 15 January 2011

Spotted in Manchester #2

Another round up of some of the more interesting bikes I have spotted recently around Manchester

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A lovely old step-through bike. The manufacturer appears to be “Torino,” but the lettering has faded with age.

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3-speed hub gears made by Sachs, which was bought out by SRAM quite a while back.

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A bottle dynamo and Union lamp to round it off. There is a tail-light on the rear mudguard too. It looks like this bike has been in service for a long time. Thanks to the component choices, it appears it has a good few years left in it too.

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A Thorn tourer, especially notable for its Rohloff Speedhub, an impressive piece of engineering containing 14 evenly spaced gears. It is not everyday I park next to a bike with a rear hub which is worth more than any of the bikes I own.

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I saw this Brompton parked up one lunchtime, completely unsecured. This seemed off for a bike designed to be folded so it can be taken inside easily. My faith in humanity was boosted when I came back a fair few hours later to see it was still there.

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I saw this fully loaded randonneur bike outside EBC, complete with a Brooks saddle and the seldom-seen (in the wild) Euro-style trekking bars.

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@wordsnfixtures bike which I believe I have seen a few times around Manchester.

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A basic but practical unknown transportation bike, lacking a front brake but otherwise conforming to many of the things I feel a good transport bike should have.

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LC’s Pashley Princess Sovereign, Vita.

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A roadster with a personalised coat-guard.

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A rather beat-up but lovely Crescent roadster-like bicycle, with brown tyres and an elaborate chain-guard design.

As always I’ll keep my eyes peeled for any other nice and interesting bikes around town.

3 comments:

  1. Love the Crescent bike... what an amazing chain case!

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  2. I've seen the Crescent bike around a few times, it looks like it means a lot to someone. I only wish I had gotten a picture of one of the sound system bike guys I see around town (different to the CM sound system guy).

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  3. Man, that Crescent chain case is wicked intense!
    I always love seeing older "utility" bikes around that are still in use.

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