Let's see your Pashley Guv'nor style bikes!

[madcap]

Here's what my brain came up with...

 

[Combat_Butler]

I'm loving this thread, it's got me fired up to do something with my old Raleigh Chiltern.

 

[Hammond Eggz]

Funny, I was thinking of this old thread as I was looking at madcap's bike on his thread - it definitely belongs on here!

 

[Combat_Butler]

Here are my townie's. I don't think of them as "Pashley Guv'nor" style since they were built before the Guvnor was introduced.

Is that bike a Raleigh Tourist? I've got a Raleigh Chiltern which I think is the same bike by another name. Yours looks a hell of a lot prettier though.
I want to put white tyres on mine but the only ones available in the UK in 26" 1 3/8 size are the Raleigh white-wall tyres (black tread) which are very cheap but very thin and weak. Next weekend I'll get rid of the black saddle which looks rather dull and replace it with an old Brooks saddle and fit a new pair of handlebar grips.

 

[stepper]

Actually it's a Raleigh Capri. It's a low end ten speed I scored for $20.00.
This isn't mine but it looked a lot like this one:

 

[2dawgs]

Chris at Barrio Bikes in Phoenix, AZ is building a replica Pashley Guv'nor using a 60's JC Higgins as his platform.

Can't wait to see pics of the finished build; will post when I get them.

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Ok well I call mine a board tracker more than a Governor, but I never was into politics..... :mrgreen: Too many straight bars here got to throw a bent one in the mix.
My Hercules Flat black, camel back, board-track.

 

[DeadBolt89]

 

[Crank!Basti]

 

[K-dregg]

Well this is mine..

 

[anon]

I guess the one on the right might be Guv'nor-ish.

PS. That's not the color of fall - it's a mango tree dying after a flood under the tropical sun....

 

[anon]

Nice! I like the bar-end levers and that leather bag.

 

[anon]

I think Pashley dropped the ball when they chose the Tektro lever, designed to go with a handlebar shifter, for the Guv'nor. They could have thought up something sleek and stylish. The Italians would have.

 

[Hammond Eggz]

Dang, these are some nice looking bikes! 8)

 

[hubgearfreak]

many of yours are better looking that pashley's - here's mine

and how it started

 

[anon]

Your Raleigh frame is perfect for this style. Classic country to ride it in too.

 

[Hammond Eggz]

Sweet!

 

[ej599]

Nice! What kind of hubs are you running?

 

[ej599]

Here's my '65 Hercules. Not quite a Guv'nor bike but all British. I'm running a ' 69 Sturmey S-5 Five speed hub I laced to a Raleigh hoop in the back. I have since put some more aggressive 'knobbier' tires on it. I use it on the rail trail in town. It flies!

Build thread: http://ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic. ... =+hercules

 

[Crank!Basti]

Nice! What kind of hubs are you running?

Thanks! -- SturmeyArcher /w drum brake up front and Sturmey Archer 3-Speed /w drum brake in the back.