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Post edited 9:35 am — Aug 27, 2011 by syksy

Hyvää päivää!

First of all, I must thank you all. I have been lurking here on the forum for most of the summer now, and you Gentlemen have been influental with my decision to acquire this fine British velocipede that the Guv’nor is. The pressure finally grew too high to handle yesterday; I waltzed into a local dealer and literally rode out of the store on my new and shiny Guv’nor. It might have never come to that had there not been this forum, so I have you thank for me being EUR 1150,00 poorer now!

And what a wonderful bicycle it is, an absolute joy. If it wasn’t so fun to ride I might just as well hang it on the wall just to admire it. Anyhow, I took a short ride on the bicycle yesterday right after I had bought it, just to try out how it feels. I honestly wasn’t planning on returning home sweaty and exhausted, but that is exactly what happened. I have had a stupid, happy grin on my face since. Below is a photo from that very first ride with my Guv’nor pictured in front of the Suomenlinna fortress (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suomenlinna), a UNESCO World Heritage site in Helsinki (which happens to be my home town), Finland.

Thank you once again, I’m really looking forward to becoming a regular here!

Kind regards,

Miikka

Hello from Southeast Texas!  I have a Pashley Guv’nor on order so I’m looking forward to enjoying “proper cycling” in a week or two.

John

Ah, good!  I finally got a post to come through.  I had tried several times to post through my company PC with no success.  I finally tried on my Apple and it worked perfectly the first time.  I don’t know whether this problem lies in the PC or my company’s software problems.  Both have had their share of problems…

Now for a better introduction.  I am somewhat of an Anglophile and addicted to anything with wheels.  My daily commuter is a ’04 Works MINI and my weekend toy is a ’47 MG TC.  I recently sold my ’05 Lotus Elise so I justified the purchase of the Guv’nor to my wife as an “Elise replacement”.  I still got “the look” that only a loving wife can give.   I am an Industrial Designer (product design) for a large PC company in Houston that shares its name with a British steak sauce.  When I can get away from the computer screen, I love to work in my garage doing anything including welding, painting, powder coating, metal fabrication, and general mechanic work.

I ordered my 3-speed 20.5″ Guv’nor through Belmont Distribution in Arizona, USA on August 25th.  I have an estimated time of arrival of August 30th, so I will feel like Christmas has come early next Tuesday.  The Guv’nor will join a variety of other bicycles including a pair of “vintage” Trek road bikes (with lugged Reynolds tubing), a Cannondale aluminum tandem, and a motley assortment of American cruiser bikes.  I also still have my childhood Sears 3-speed bike (made in Austria by Steyr in the late ‘60s) that is scheduled for a full rebuild soon pending the completion of a friend’s ’73 MGB which is occupying my garage while I’m giving it a minor restoration.  Come to think of it, I have been innundated with British machinery lately as I just completed an “under the bonnett” restoration of another friend’s ’62 MGA.  Did I mention that I am addicted to anything with wheels…

John