steveb leatherworks: the blather

Tasty Trumpet for a sunny, summery Friday

Here’s a tasty bit for your Friday! Ran across this red headed cutie. I love the older British bike look… spindly frames, massive drum brakes with vents, tight, small complex-but precise leak prone gadgetry… very cool. Maintaining anything more than 60mph for an hour on a stock bike will exhaust both rider and machine – so they aren’t really practical for todays “main” roads. Get them on a nice country road though and you will be rewarded with an agile, super handling fun machine that has just enough power to make it really exciting… and having drum brakes insures it will be even more exciting in the case of a quick stop.