The Guvnor owner wants a perfect bicycle, and Pashley have come pretty close. But the desire to tweak and tinker remains. Here, what shall be known as the “Fairhurst Cotswold Speed Conversion”, takes starting inspiration from the handlebars on the Plus Four, whereby a single speed Guvnor takes on some very special attributes:
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The owner Mark Fairhurst describes it thus:
A. Brooks leather bar tape…made in China…
B. Brooks B-17 Aged saddle with leather laces.
C. Reverse brake levers from the “bargain bucket” from White’s of Malmesbury.
D. SPD peddles…with the hills around here in the Cotswolds and single speed one needs all the help one can muster!
E. Metal valve caps: lightly grease before fitting as corrosion makes them impossible to remove!
F. “Ding, Dong!” The only type of bell one should fit.
G. Fore and aft bags were a pair of old camera pouches I have had lying around for years. The Guvnor was crying out for something like this!All work was done in around an hour with not a drop of blood spilt! The levers required a little drilling and fettling. Braking has been improved as has speed. One can adopt a more stealthy position now the old levers have been replaced.
What more to add? A customisation truly in the spirit of the machine. Thank you Mark!
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I like it!
Are those handlebars inverted North Roads? I put some on my BSA restoration, which were long in the grip ends like yours. They hit my leg when turning so I had to hacksaw off about 8 cm each side.
A picture of the bike, before I shortened back the bars, is on this thread at Bikeforums http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?542142-my-Pathracer