The C2C And Northern Cycle Routes Forum

The LBS in Bridge Road is normally pretty good on cycling good's. I think depends who served you. The SKS 35 mm (road) fits 700x20-28. Yes, the LBS in Great Ayton is very good for advice, but out of the way for me. So it's LBS in Bridge Road for me. I know the right person in there

this was my 2nd mountain bike when they were a rare thing to see, a bloke on the walna scar road offered me £20 for it after i had carried it for miles,nearley accepted his offer.

Ahh, the Walna Scar Road bring's back happy memory's when I did the Wheelwright's a few year ago. Would be nice to do it again, mmm now where is that 2.5" map of the Lake District.

aye was a hard do that,toe clips, biopace,righthite,flexstem,thumbshifters and cantis, the folks these days dont know what am on about.

Don't worry john, I know what you are saying.

Toeclips, had them a few years ago. Now converted to Spd.
BioPace, I had one on the Carlton Corsair Tourer.
Thumbshifter's, still have them on my 3 bikes, Mega Drive Train.
Cantis, brakes before the V's & Discs came in.

Only two I stuck on, that's righthite and flexstem

ritehite was a big spring that attached to seatbolt q/r and other end clamped round top of seatpost so when you came to a big drop you couuld undo quick release on seat bolt and drop the seat,then when at the bottom the seat would spring back to the right hieght ,hence "ritehite".and the flexstem had a pivot with an elastomer bung to take the edge of bumps.if you blow up pic of my bike above you can see big red knob on stem ,that was to adjust it.

av a look
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... =rite+hite


http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... t=flexstem

Ahhh, I see now. Really technical stuff, think I've seen the Rite+Hite somewhere on me trav's. The Flexstem, never seen that one before. Trust the American's to come with that sort of gizmo, still the mountain bike was originated from Marin County or was it.

Correction to my Thumb Shifter, should be Rapidfire Shifters.

Funny enough I did the Wheelwright's on a old style steel mountain bike.

i remember in the 70s cycling round local quarry and makihn cowhorn handlebars in metalwork class.and there was a shop in hexham that sold proper knobbleys to fit my 26" wheels on my racer frame,therefore the mountain bike was born in prudhoe!not as trendy as marin county though.

Yeh, I remember the original Chopper bikes back in 1970's. Proper retro them were. Wish I brought one then and kept it unridden, be worth a fortune now. The one's that came out in 2005, won't the same as the original Chopper.