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Forum: Introductions

03-30-23, 02:03 PM

Replies: 33

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Posted By Cyclespanner

Hello, you clearly are thatboy!

Hello, you clearly are thatboy!

Forum: Introductions

03-30-23, 09:56 AM

Replies: 33

Here I am

Views: 1,413

Posted By Cyclespanner

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TA DA!

My Raleigh 'Twenties', the bronze one is a 1978 'Shopper', the red one...

Forum: Introductions

03-28-23, 04:45 AM

Replies: 33

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Views: 1,413

Posted By Cyclespanner

The Dawes machines turn out to be the 18inch...

The Dawes machines turn out to be the 18inch wheel 'junior model.
I can find next to nothing online, so I'm wondering if they are worth keeping/preserving?

Forum: Introductions

03-26-23, 01:25 PM

Replies: 33

Here I am

Views: 1,413

Posted By Cyclespanner

Fool that I am, I couldn't resist a bunch of...

Fool that I am, I couldn't resist a bunch of utility bikes on ebay today, at a very good price.
Couldn't help myself.....looks like I'm clearing a recently diseased guy's collection filling his dry...

Forum: Introductions

03-23-23, 09:58 AM

Replies: 33

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Posted By Cyclespanner

Ah! The kinks were the original 'Muswell...

Ah!
The kinks were the original 'Muswell Hillbillies'.

Forum: Introductions

03-23-23, 09:14 AM

Replies: 33

Here I am

Views: 1,413

Posted By Cyclespanner

Thank you, cb400bill It seems to me that the...

Thank you, cb400bill

It seems to me that the '20's are so different in layout to 'regular' cycles both here and the US that folk have trouble identifying what is in practice a well designed,...

Forum: Introductions

03-23-23, 06:13 AM

Replies: 33

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Views: 1,413

Posted By Cyclespanner

Hi, PhillFo. Thank you for your welcome. ...

Hi, PhillFo.
Thank you for your welcome.

Having just acquired a 'Solitaire' in near mint, hardly used condition, I'm getting obsessed with it. The more I look the more I marvel at it.

Not...

Forum: Introductions

03-23-23, 03:33 AM

Replies: 33

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Posted By Cyclespanner

A Google quote:- 'Why are they called...

A Google quote:-

'Why are they called ridings in Yorkshire?
Yorkshire is England's largest county and its boundary, over 600 miles long, was established more than 1100 years ago. The word Riding...

Forum: Introductions

03-22-23, 10:34 AM

Replies: 33

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Views: 1,413

Posted By Cyclespanner

Thank you, zandoval Will do (I'd better get...

Thank you, zandoval

Will do (I'd better get polishing).

Forum: Introductions

03-22-23, 10:31 AM

Replies: 33

Here I am

Views: 1,413

Posted By Cyclespanner

Thank you 'gregbent31' Doh! Realized the...

Thank you 'gregbent31'

Doh!
Realized the like button isn't on view when one is replying.

Forum: Introductions

03-20-23, 01:21 PM

Replies: 33

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Views: 1,413

Posted By Cyclespanner

Thank you rumrunn6. Thanks for the heads up,...

Thank you rumrunn6.

Thanks for the heads up, looks interesting.
Or are you trying to tell me something?

Noticed your byline mentioning baseball.
Only once did I have the opportunity to be at...

Forum: Introductions

03-20-23, 09:50 AM

Replies: 33

Here I am

Views: 1,413

Posted By Cyclespanner

Thank you npu1. Is there much of a following...

Thank you npu1.

Is there much of a following here for Raleigh Twenties and diy recumbents?

I just got a 1980 none folding Raleigh 'Solitaire' model; one lady owner from new.
It's a 'spanker',...

Forum: Introductions

03-19-23, 04:04 AM

Replies: 33

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Views: 1,413

Posted By Cyclespanner

Thanks, guy's for your welcome. Looking...

Thanks, guy's for your welcome.

Looking forward to becoming involved.

Forum: Introductions

03-18-23, 02:55 PM

Replies: 33

Here I am

Views: 1,413

Posted By Cyclespanner

I desperately don't wish to offend, but my...

I desperately don't wish to offend, but my limited experience dealing with Americans highlighted a serious (!) chasm of what they see as funny and what we Brits do, and I'm a Yorkshireman, a tribe...

Forum: Introductions

03-18-23, 02:26 AM

Replies: 33

Here I am

Views: 1,413

Posted By Cyclespanner

Thank you, Tom. With a bit of luck I hope to...

Thank you, Tom.
With a bit of luck I hope to find the odd friend here and there.
After all, I'm an odd person.
Can I assume this is an American based forum?

Forum: Introductions

03-17-23, 02:45 PM

Replies: 33

Here I am

Views: 1,413

Posted By Cyclespanner

Here I am

Newbie saying hi from Yorkshire, England.
I don't do posh, expensive or flash of any kind.
Very down to Earth with a long road behind me.

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