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Hugh Porter

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This is my classic "old school" 1977 Hugh Porter training bike, made from Reynolds 531, a manganese-molybdneum alloy. Some of you may have heard me discuss this bike before, and how I repaired a broken Revox B-77 reel-to-reel tape machine (about 20 hours of work) in exchange for the (then twelve year-old frame)  frame. Chrome-work and eyelet brazing was done by Marinoni, who also did the paint (the colour was chosen from a '63 Corvette I was particularly enamoured with at the time). Mr Marinoni also let me have that 53-tooth Campagnolo gear at a significant discount when I told him I was going to have to settle for a lesser brand; if you ever need a bike, I cannot recommend any other shop as highly. 
I took this photo a while ago, but the bike is still the same, with the exception of pedals, I only have one "good" pair of pedals so they tend to get moved from one bike to another depending on my riding habits. This is the bike I once exceeded 99km/h on (about 62 MPH, and going downhill of course! :-)
Image size
2592x1944px 1.53 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot A530
Shutter Speed
1/60 second
Aperture
F/2.6
Focal Length
6 mm
Date Taken
Nov 9, 2009, 8:12:40 PM
Sensor Size
0.5mm
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harrietsfriend's avatar
fastest I ever reached was 56.1mph down a steep but curving hill with a long flat finish.  what non racers do not realize is that after 40mph you have to work very hard to get even up to 50 on a steep hill.

eugene