Stem magic!

I miss that old stem. Did you refresh the brake levers also? and the Daffodils are blooming and you had a face lift ! Nice work

Thanks Luftie. You’re a gent. That is me on the Morris+MJ on the Wasp in the Wasp profile. You can see that we are getting a real kick out of the bikes. Good weather be with you.

I think that’s the trouble I’m having. Running the cam on 5mpix is making them deform on here. I’ll have to shut it down to 1.5 or something like. We’ve had a few good, sunny days here, but it’s on the turn again.I’d love the chance to get bored by 300 days of sun in a year. Getting very interested in Provence after watching the Russel Crowe film “A Good Year” The Greek islands are still my favorite.Great weather and laid back friendly,family orientated people. The morals seem a lot purer than here. I’m embarased to be British sometimes when I’m abroad. If I see an England football shirt I walk the other way. We are a nation of brain dead thugs.

Pick me up off the floor!! I just noticed I’m in the top ten. Thanks guys. I am touched. (I’ll make an appointment to see the shrink tomorrow.) Feel I need to strip the bike and clean it to be worthy. Damn, I’m blushing now. See what you did? Stoppit! Ha,ha. HeY! THIS CLARET IS GOOD.

Nah, don’t do hangovers(much to my wifes annoyance) I’m still waiting for my 4 hr build on the Claud Buttler ATB to come up on here. It was a real rush job just to see what the frame felt like. Sort of throw any wheels, bars ,saddle on and ride job. Haven’t even wiped the grease off. It’s tatty, to say the least. Rides real good though. Probably worth doing a propper job when I have the time and parts. Thanks WSB. I appreciate all the remarks. Dig the humour. I got a bit of that too. Ha,ha.

With a name like Dursley Pederson it won’t sell on this side of the pond. Seems like the Italian bikes sell with 3 inch labels and no brakes. Mussolini’s Revenge !

WSB. My Morris is one of his plain jane bikes he built when someone just wanted something to get to work on. If you would like to see something that more typifies his work have a look at the 64 track bike at http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/bikes/hrmorris-rb.html
Pretty lugs!

This guy is a joke like his bikes & he wears purple socks!!! Haha..

DeepV: try looking at the other Morris posts and have a good read of the comments. This bike has had various guises over the last 20-odd years, is a fantastic frame with lots of great history. Google H R Morris and you’ll find out for yourself.
It may be nothing special but it’s a great ride (and I should know cos it’s my stepdad’s and it got me into doing my own build)

Good lines Alan. Mike forget the step and make it DAD. My 2nd time around it’s dad , and I like it very much.

Shoulda been an e on the end of Dodge. Thats what you get for typing in the dark.

Wow DeepV, you wouldn’t at all possess a bias toward trendy bikes now would you? This bike is coming along, part by part.

Alan you and I are the same weight (148) I am 6 feet and older, as we age the muscle mass is hard to maintain. I weighed 162 for decades. Lost 10 and the first wife and now steady at 146 to 150 depending on intake. Salud !

Camera work is not yet mastered and need the cord or chip and my laptop is used and missing something. I used to drink two beers daily and found the 2nd too much. Now usually one a day a strong brew and add a little water and its satisfying. Any weight gain lately is not muscle but fat which is not pretty. Time for a beer now, Cheers.

The white grips died. Black cork tape more than makes up for it though. Hope to have a decent ride tomorrow. Day off pending diciplinary for leaving the van running during deliveries due to a flat battery. You do what you think is right for the customers and the bosses kick you in the teeth. It’s a shitty world some people make for us. Night all.

This got an outing today. 25 miles in the pissing rain. I loved every yard of it. Ha,ha.Still got 12 days off work, so I’m planning on upping my daily mileage steadily and getting my fitness near where I’d like it. Fixed is good for that. Not sure if it is better than riding free, but the constant peddaling, even when you are not under load, such as on decents must be beneficial in some sort of aerobic way. Anyone with a degree out there know for sure?

Did 52 miles on this yesterday running a 75 inch gear on single speed. Abit tough going up the hills, but exhillerating going down.

Good for you, Alan. There’s no feeling like maxing out a high gear single speed down a nice long hill.

Topped out at 37 mph on the 75 inch on a good hill. I’ve had 52mph in the Yorkshire Dales pushing 86 inches and slipstreaming behind my ex wife(she was a big girl then) I’ve broke the 50 barrier a few times, but even on a big steep hill I’ve had to spin like a hamster on amphetamines. Amazing feeling at those speeds on 20 mm tyres. Everything is lively.

Damn, i just tried the link but it doesn’t work. Browse for “50 mile trip” by Mikeywolf for the actual ride

I just can’t resist getting messy sometimes. Cheers.

AF,were you the one contemplateing getting a System drop bar?If so do you like it?Mine feel stupid light,flexes over big bumps.Might go back to steel heavyweights.

Congratulations Alan!

Alan, I real biker, first you talk about the new 18 freewheel and later mention you are a granddad for the first time. ! Congrats. What did they name the boy Morris Alan Flint or Raleigh Threespeed ? Your son or daughter ? Hopefully everyone is healthy and happy and married.

The plan is to get my nephew into cycling too, as soon as he’s old enough. I want to crack the 30min mark for the tt asap, but it may mean having to go geared. I’m hoping that the new bars make enough of a difference (I got the system track drops finally and love them) to manage it without having gears- weight saving=speed blah blah. New pics should be up soon

Mikes new bars are a smooth curved track style.Hardly any flat section on the top. Designed to reduce the chance of banging your wrist with the bend when sprinting on the drops. They do look very smooth on the bike. He’s mainly using his peugeot for work now and saving Wasp for training and racing. I think he’s getting serious about this cycling game. His time on Tuesday was quite good for a first tt given the limitations of the single speed. Some of the guys with shop bought carbon fiber crotch rockets were taken aback. Out of 36 riders Mike came 23rd.

WSB, I’ll be racing too- both of us out on the track. On that day the quickest time was around 22mins. I reckon I can do sub- 30mins on the single speed but need a bigger gear to increase my top speed and therefore my average. On the plus side, I managed to sprint my 5mile commute in 13mins over the weekend using fixed. I want to try velo racing sometime too

Will get pics of some of the bikes and put them on piccassa with a link from here.

This has gears on it now for Tuesdays 10 mile time trial. I want to get nearer the half hour mark and I can’t do it on a single speed on the course we’re using. Yeah, I know I’m a puss. MJ has “aquired” a new bike. A Raleigh bananna team replica circa mid 80s. Nothing special steel frame. He’s hoping to put some drops on it and his spds and lighter wheels and race it on Tuesday to save putting gears on Wasp. It’s all kicking off here in Comberton, I can tell you. I’m awaiting delivery of a vitus fork and stem with a Cane Creek 1 1/8 headset to get the globe up and running as a racer. Could be light and fun,,, or a complete bish. More later.

Cheers Slo. That is exactly how I feel. Maybe if I gave up smoking it wouldn’t hurt so much? Some of the guys racing on the Tuesday 10s made the hill look as though it wasn’t there. Fit buggers! It was good to take part though.

Hi Woody. I had front and rear on Morris for my 2nd attempt at the 10 mile. Back on single free with 35mm tyres now. Comfy ride. Put gears on the Aluminium Globe now I have the Vitus forks on it. Just found a way to convert a pair of the old brake levers with the sissy top bar extension lever into brake/gear levers. Took the sissy bar off and addapted some old friction gear levers so I can change gear from the hoods. Taking it out for a test soon. Me and Mike have been toying with the idea of double chainring/single free or fixed. May need a rear deralieur locked off with the adjustment screws just to handle the change of chain length though. Maybe we could knock up some kind of chain tensioner to do the job if the chainrings were close in size. Full report+maybe pics later. Cheers.

Hi Woody. Hope the grazes are healing ok. Mikey keeps locking his bike up with the Tektros he’s got on there. Very solid brakes. Time trials…Did 37.26 on 2nd 10 miler. My younger bro is humbling me still. He did 24.53 for the 10 this Sunday. The little shit! Ha,ha.Re double chainring/single speed.Found the set up will work with our 18 tooth freewheels, but not the 16. The 16 is a bmx job so it’s 1/8 not 3/32 or whatever.We have a 14 and a 16 fixed in 3/32. May try it out at the weekend. The gear levers work fine too. Hell, it almost looks like they were made that way+not cobbled together by a retard in a garage. He,he. I still like friction levers. You get used to listening to the sound the gears make and knowing by the tone whether you need to trim the lever up or down. Not knocking sis at all. There is something almost magical about doing 1 click and having the machine swap precisely into the next gear. Got sis on my hardrock and it still makes me go wow.
I will post the Globe on here after the weekend With a single or fixed on it just to spark debate. I’ll probably call it Igorina, as it’s a ladies frame and it’s made mostly from spare parts. Cost so far,,,brace yourself,,,£29.99. Thank god for sites like Chain reaction cycles.

My brother has never had knee injuries. He wasn’t stupid enough to take up running or weightlifting. Think I’ll have a pint of brandy before next racing. It won’t hurt so much then.
Looking forward to seeing your pics on here soon then. Cheers.
p.s. Visited Dick Morris(the frame builder)at the care home on Tuesday. He is 97, not 94 as I thought. No improvement with the paralysis down his right side. He is pretty pissed off with not being able to walk or do stuff for himself. I doubt there will be any change til he goes out in a box. Sad but realistic.

Stay with the same color, that way if you scratch it , it will not show as much ? Too bad about Morris, but his brain and speech are there it sounds like. Pedal Junction does not cut it with me, hard to log in and no action yet to speak of. We need a 2nd My Fixed Gear site somehow with same format. Go easy on the Brandy. Beer is better.

I found that number slightly amusing myself. Have you ever been to Scotland? It’s nice.

I so need to spend some money on this. There are so many good looking bikes on here now that this has a lot to do to catch up. Respray planned for the new year. Want to take it to France before I’m 50, and want it to look good in Provence.
Any one else seen the film A Good Year? I plan to find the Chateau and buy some of the wine they make there. It does exist. Iv’e googled it ect. Hell, it’s only 730 miles from here. How hard can it be? (I know only too well the answer to that. Ha,ha.)