Beautiful bicycle indeed. Very I had the Bianchi San Jose I bought in 2006 fitted with a Shimano Nexus 8 internal gear hub and hybrid saddle/bars. In most riding, in- town, I use just three of the gears ... but when the going gets hilly, I'm glad I have the others!
You've likely seen these before: http://www.gdgphoto.com/bsj-8/ Godfrey On Dec 30, 2007, at 1:36 AM, Bob W wrote: > 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. > >> http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/Bicycles/ >> Dunelt-20071229a.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.
