Friend is selling as she "is admiting cycling is not for her" bought from ebc and never used. £450 ono . Wicker basket brooks saddle the works.
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pashley princess for sale
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Posted 12 years ago #
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"cycling is not for her"
"never used"
Can't you teach her the error of her ways??
Something lighter with lower gears?
Posted 12 years ago # -
Is this it? Spotted earlier...*
http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/pashley-princess-sovereign-bicycle-20/101599448
* I always keep an eye on Gumtree, you never know.
Posted 12 years ago # -
That's the one. Seems like she's a lost cause .
Posted 12 years ago # -
I think she's admitting Pashley Princesses are not for her, no?
Should treat her to a shottie on something else, like your fancy new racer or a brompton!
Posted 12 years ago # -
Her husband cycles a bit I'll leave the persuading to him. The pashley's are incredbly heavy though.. no? I was surprised. My wife almost got one but opted for the ridgeback tourer.
Posted 12 years ago # -
I believe the Princess is 20+kg. I carried the chap's version, the Roadster Sovereign, up the stairs at EBC for a test ride and I could forsee it being a chore to take up to my flat. Understatement value of 98.1%
I doubt there can be any significant weight saving from the Roadster to the Princess; I think they have exactly the same fittings, and I would imagine the extra length of tube in the Roadster is offset by the step-through usually getting more metal.
Posted 12 years ago # -
The ridgeback 'aint exactly "light" but the gearing is better. The pashley is an "I 'll look good around town wth my wicker basket" Which turns into a "Jing's I'll get the bus" Bike.
Posted 12 years ago # -
The ridgeback 'aint exactly "light" but the gearing is better
The Panorama plus racks, heavy tyres and other assorted fittings is about 13.5kg. Which ain't road bike light, but is nothing like the Pashley.
Posted 12 years ago # -
The pashley is an "I 'll look good around town wth my wicker basket" Which turns into a "Jing's I'll get the bus" Bike.
The gears would be fine in the reasonably flat South East of England, or East Anglia/Lincolnshire/Humberside/York/Tay estuary/Moray Firth, etc. Anywhere a bit hillier, and you have an issue with the gearing.
Could be sorted by fitting a larger rear cog, and/or a smaller front chainring. The 5 speed hub gear gives a good range, but the steps are bigger than say a 7 speed. Even so 20 odd kilos is a fair bit of weight to get up Dundas Street...
Posted 12 years ago # -
@kaputnic yeah the world voyage is 13kg I thought it was heavier...... 20kg jeez that's a sack of coal!!
Posted 12 years ago # -
I get around fine on a Pashley. It's OK for going Airdrie-Glasgow. It ignores the weather. I happily used it to haul boys up the hill from school.
Need to get the wheels mended.
Posted 12 years ago # -
If the gears had gone to the lowest gear on the way up Arthur's Seat to the Pollok Halls after POP, I'd have got my Original Trendy up that hill without much trouble. Not quickly, mind. It must easily weight 20kg and I had a child and trailer too. I'll weigh it later somehow.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Oh wow, I wish I had the funds to afford that (though I'd better not let Deliah hear that - she might get jealous)
That looks like a proper dutch bike.Posted 12 years ago # -
I've ridden a Poppy a few times and the Roadster Sovereign once. The Poppy actually felt more solid to me, even though it's 5kg lighter - I think that is partly because the shifter on the 5-speed Sturmey is horribly plastic compared to the 3-speed and partly because the chain wasn't tight enough on the EBC so it rattled like nuts in the equally horrible plastic chaincase.
I have little experience of being anything other than a senseless brute, so I dunno if the gearing is low, high or Goldilocks on them.
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