As I said in the other thread, Retro Bike was a forum I use to read regularly, classic lightweights as well: http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/

Those Hetchins back chainstays are wild, a lot of the old Peugeots, just old bikes from France, England and I'm sure it applies to Italy and Netherlands are very fine. And maybe economical too.

I'm loving riding my Raleigh right now; for various reasons, it sat idle for awhile. It's got that Reynolds 531 double-butted tubing and is now doing well.

At the same time, some of the old Classics of course, are far outside my budget but one can find some very nice ones for a low price.

Frank Zappa's wife passed on; http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/gail-zappa-frank-zappas-wife-dies-at-70/ar-AAfdbYt?ocid=ansmsnent11

Rest in Peace.

See the picture at the webpage above, it might look familiar.

I have not heard much of his music but I know he's considered a legend by many.

Thank You for your response Paul:

And then, on top of that, they cut, chop the handlebars up often. Some bikes like this, meaning fixed wheels, don't even have brakes (see picture below). To the uninitiated, if you have to pedal to make the bike move, then, technically, you don't need brakes. I've read up on it, some still say you should have brakes but I suppose that since you don't have a freewheel, you really don't need a brake.

It does make the bike simpler, for awhile, I'd have derailleur problems but that seems to be in the past, now, I enjoy the range of speeds.

To me, it has seemed like a "phenomenon" with youth mainly, they find some "classic" styled bike and then, strip it down, that in itself, I'm not a fan of. Or again, maybe it is for exercise, I tried it, it wasn't that big of a deal.

I usually ride a hybrid bike, comfortable and when I have to, at least for me, I can get a fairly good speed going if needed.

Which brings me to one more point, I have a light road bike but, I guess it's not really for me. Versus a lot of other cyclists, I enjoy having weight on the bike, I guess I'm not a real road bike cyclist or randonneur. I'm not into speed that much, I guess I will keep the lighter road bike around for emergencies.

The first bike has a front brake, the 2nd one, no brakes that I see. Some fixies make me wince a bit.

Maybe they are good in bad weather or something.

Fixed Wheel, Fixed Gear, Fixie.

I tried this for awhile, I didn't particular get into it. Anyone?

http://www.fixedwheel.co.uk/

I still have a fixed wheel hanging around. Maybe I'll run it again.

Maybe it's good exercise.

Sam Cooke - Steal Away

Night Ranger - Don't Tell Me You Love Me

Velocette in its heyday, what a ride. Anybody know about these or other older brands, just looking at the photos is a thrill. They were very unique looking.

Superfly Jimmy Snuka being charged with a murder over 30 years ago.

11 signs you were in the British church in the 90s

1. You were involved in at least one evangelistic street drama:

2. True responsibility was being asked to run the OHP during worship:

3. You were certain this song was going to get to no.1:

Delirious (or Delirou5, or Delirious?, depending on which graphic designer was working that day) were the British Christian band of the 1990s, and the thrill of being able to buy a copy of 'King of Fools' at your local branch of HMV sent joyous shockwaves around the church. There was one weekend in 1997 when a rumour circulated among youth groups everywhere that somehow the single 'Deeper' had made it to no.1 in the UK charts. Then it popped up at no.20 on David Jensen's Network Chart show, and we all felt terribly disappointed.

4. You got up really early one Saturday morning to go on a March for Jesus:

5. You wore one of these without a hint of irony:

6. This guy was an actual celebrity:

No, not the guy on the right (who was the 'surprise' guest at every Christian gig of the 90s) but Steve Chalke, now better known as an educationalist, abolitionist and pantomime villain. Back in the 90s, Chalke was the darling of the evangelical scene, wowing people with his no-nonsense teaching on sexual purity and his frequent appearances on the GMTV sofa. If you stood behind him in a queue at a Christian conference, you'd begin whispering excitedly to your friends, as if you'd suddenly spotted Tom Cruise. He went a bit nuts in the following decade, making some odd career choices and following a controversial religious path. But enough about Tom Cruise.

7. You went to Spring Harvest and bought armfuls of talk tapes you never listened to again:

8. Your parents made you watch McGee and me on VHS instead of normal kids' programmes:

9. You learned to play the guitar, and you had one of these:

10. You helped fill* Wembley Stadium for a Noel Richards gig:

11. You bought this album, and thought it was better than Michael Jackson's Thriller:

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/11.signs.you.were.in.the.british.church.in.the.90s/60999.htm

Read above web page for more, this won't ring a bell with anyone I bet.

Not to switch gears to a gloomy subject but once again, Phones are the biggest threat to cyclists on the road, imho.

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Lorry-driver-killed-Plymuoth-cyclist-reaching/story-27536831-detail/story.html

I certainly am no Barcelona fan, I hope they are not being sold to interests from Qatar, if they have not already been.

Joan Laporta has reiterated that he will not give up his bid to reclaim control of Barcelona, stating that he cannot stand by and allow the club to be "sold to Qatar".

http://www.albawaba.com/sport/laporta-barcelona-has-been-sold-qatar-725558

I was under the impression at one point, that Italian and Spanish clubs generally did not sell out to foreigners.

Piper was one of my favourites, and seemed to be better adjusted to the reality of the business than many.

Interesting article on drug abuse from a few years back :

http://musclepumpworld.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/wwe-stars-uses-steroids.html

Nice website, I like websites like that.

This one, if one is interesting, is kind of nice, a lot of "old time" articles on it and I mean, some of can be from way back.

http://ditillo2.blogspot.com/

Piper was really, the big star or one of the biggest stars when we first started getting broadcasts of that wrestling federation, it was brand new to me, I watched another before of course but that was the big one, whatever it was called back then, maybe WWF. The big star along with of course, the Hulkster and a few others, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan was the commentator along with Gorilla Monsoon. I think Jesse "the body" Ventura was announcing too and I guess he had to retire because of a bad back. Shocking news. Piper to me, didn't look like a Steroid user, you know, veins and muscles like the other guys so we will see. Maybe they all used. Rest In Peace.

Thank you! Excellent.

I like some Zep, Girl group does when the Levee breaks. And it is very much like the LZ original recording (though I think Levee may be another one of those tunes LZ took a bit from another artist, still a great song.).

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Run Through The Jungle

ZZ Top - Heard It On The X

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters - Work With Me Annie

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cycling/33581524

Bothersome someone would do such.

Tangled up in Blue - Bob Dylan

We talked about riding so many, 100 kms. a day, what they ride in the Tour these days is impressive, what is amazing is they rode distances like that in the 1920s and so on, maybe even more, odd times racing. There are of course, books on the history of the Tour.

I still do not properly understand the race, some.

Gerry and the Pacemakers - How do you do it?

Foghat - Fool for the City

Ramones - Chinese Rock

Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat