> The nose of that saddle (looks like a Brooks) in fact, I think it's a Brooks B72 City/Touring saddle.
-- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Bob W > Sent: 30 December 2007 09:37 > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: RE: Boy are you guys lucky > > What a beautiful bike that is! I love bikes which have the > white-painted bit on the rear mudguard (or 'fender' as you chaps call > it), they remind me of my childhood on RAF stations when the officers > used to ride similar bikes around and across the runways. > > The nose of that saddle (looks like a Brooks) looks a bit high for > comfort over long periods. > > Don't listen to anyone who trashes 3-speeds! The overwhelming majority > of people who ride bicycles never use more than one gear, and very, > very few use more than 2 or 3. To me that looks like a perfect bike > for most needs, as well as being beautiful and old-fashioned. > > I have a 21-speed bike, but in town I almost never use more than 4 or > 5 gears. Only when I'm touring out of town do I use anything like the > full range, and even then I only use about 13 of the available gears > because of the overlap inherent in having more than one chainring. > > -- > Bob > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of graywolf > > Sent: 30 December 2007 04:04 > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: Boy are you guys lucky > > > > <GRIN!> > > I think there was supposed to be an H in there somewhere. > > Translation: 3-speed bicycle. > > > > It was real nice out around here and I got to try it out > > with the change lower gearing finally. I almost got up that > > hill that was a dead stop for me with the stock rear > > sprocket. I think I will be able to manage it if I can get > > in as good as shape as I was in last year. > > > > Oh, websites back up so I uploaded a few images. > > > > The first one was at the top of that little hill. Quite > > sharp considering how shaky I was. Definitely needed the > > break. The white house in backgound is at the top of the > > road I need to ride to get into town. The hill to it is a > > walker for me: > > > > http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-2 > > 0071229a.jpg > > > > > > This next one surprised me. That is the neked sun behind > > those thin clouds. Surprising little flare considering: > > > > http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-1 > > 2292007f.jpg > > > > > > Bicycle in exactly the same spot in this one only avoiding > > the sun a bit: > > > > http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-1 > > 2292007g.jpg > > > > > > And just checking to see if the IR remote will work in > > bright sunlight, you get to see me in my bicycling togs. > > Notice how neatly I hide the remote <grin>: > > > > http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/Dunelt-1 > > 2292007l.jpg > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
