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| The Zero from Orange, with a Monty Front End | Again the Zero year 2001, that one cracked at a weld near the bottom bracket. |
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| Beast of the East/Cannondale used to be my favourite after the killerV. | The KillerV 800/Cannondale. The frame snapped on one of the slope tubes behind the seat |
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| The KillerV 500 previous orange version, the frame snapped just behind the seat (nov 1997) and the Dawes Synthesis. | The KillerV 800 guarantee replacement, and the Dawes synthesis replacement (guarantee too). |
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 | Road Warrior, my current bike | Beast of East MTB replacement |
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| Bars failure and stitches, down St Martin's Lane W1, with second-hand Dawes Synthesis frame. | Dawes Synthesis, with customised emergency handlebars. |
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 | Dec-96, Paimpol-to-London on a restored Dawes Galaxy, via the BritannyFerry at St Malo | The frame broke down (Feb 1997) in the middle of Picadilly Circus' traffic, on a delivery run. |
| A Peugeot Black Rock: after 5 years of intensive use (1990/95) the chromoly frame was starting to shear. |
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 | Folded Brompton bike | Semi-folded, for a quick stop |
| Wooden Design...I like customised bikes | |
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| Oak, Mahogany, pine, aluminium, all pieces hand made. The moving parts (crank, wheels, direction) were taken from scrap bicycles | |