Thursday, 2 May 2013

surly long haul trucker

Here is my Surly long haul trucker 58cm in gloss black, kitted out with surly nice racks front and rear,
full shimano tiagra 9 speed gear set and dynamo front hub, only thing missing is my brooks saddle and my panniers







Saturday, 9 February 2013

surly cross check

This is the surly cross check that i used to tour Hampshire and isle if wight in 2010
with my mate Ian ,we toured for a few days starting from Stockbridge heading south
through the beautifull new forest, catching the afternoon ferry toYarmouth.

On reaching Yarmouth we cycled to freshwater where we stayed the night in a
lovely campsite.

surly pacer

surly pacer fitted with 10 speed sram apex

Thursday, 8 November 2012

more bikes coming soon

I have the following bikes ready to be stripped and restored.
 a hobbs of barbican (1946 superbe) a Freddie Grubb 1967 (just back from mercian looks great) 1965 BSA racer rare sturmey 4SPD hub gear, 4x colnago s yes four of them, 1992 khs aero road bike, 1988 mercian super vigorello fixie, 1980s Dawes Galaxy complete with karrimor panniers
1970s ,woodrup ,1979 raleigh superbe( rod brakes) 1988 Britsh Eagle and two more from the surly collection the one and only big dummy and a long haul trucker fully kitted out for touring and new addition to the stable civia kingfield (BELT DRIVE) watch this space.

surly long haul trucker trike





Here is my surly long haul trucker trike,in lovely orange it had a crushed . rear triangle so i had it converted  into a two wheel drive trike.this is the second surly trike in existance,i own both of them .
since the visit from the guys from surly the trike is now famous, i will now publish my pictures of my surly cross check racing trike which i will be racing at the world trike time trial championships in fowl mead country park in Deal kent.

Thursday, 25 October 2012

Surly Steamroller



Custom built in 2011, fsa headset, stronglight chainset,halo wheelset and dia compe brakeset  inc flou yellow cables built as a singlespeed not a fixie lovely light bike to ride.

Suly 1x1 now 1x8


Alfine 8 speed build on my Surly 1x1, wheels are mavic 317 on shimano alfine on the rear and deore on the front ,brakeset are avid bb7 cable disc,truvativ stylo cranks and schwalbe big apple tyres the perfect summer run around. ive just added a pair of sks cromoplastic blk mudguards despite Ian not approving :-(