Sir Alex Moulton just celebrate his 90th birthday last week….
….Happy Birthday Sir..
Seeing this new F-frame from Moulton website quite an exciting rebirth of the F-frame… stainless steel!!…
not sure if it will be available to the public.. probably not… surely, it is a beauty….
A Remarkable Bicycle for a Remarkable Man 9th April 2010
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Alex Moulton’s memoirs have recently been published by Rolls Royce Heritage.
“In this new book, Dr. Alex Moulton recounts, in his own words, his lifetime in engineering. The whole story – from building steam cars as a teenager, and working under Roy Fedden at Bristol Aeroplane, through the development of rubber suspension systems that led to collaboration with BMC, Dunlop and Sir Alec Issigonis in the creation of Hydrolastic and Hydragas, to the revolutionary Moulton bicycle that, together with the Mini, became an icon of the swinging sixties – is told in Dr. Moulton’s characteristic direct style.”
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The new Moulton SPEED is the first production Moulton bicycle to weigh in at less than 20lb (9.1kg)- quite some feat for a full-suspension road bike.
As befits a special bicycle, the Moulton SPEED is equipped with Campagnolo Super Record components, and is fitted with Moulton’s own seat pillar and handlebar stem in Reynolds 953. The distinctive spaceframe design is constructed entirely from stainless steel. Every joint is silver-brazed, and the entire frameset is laboriously polished to mirror finish. With no paint to scratch, the Moulton SPEED can be returned to ‘as new’ condition with the application of metal polish.
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We got into Tokyo on Saturday evening. The flight form SF was amazing. Japan airline is my favorite airline now, they did not hassle with me about the large bike cases I have with me, no question about what in the cases, no large baggage fee charge. I think it is because I paced the box and did not go over the 50lb weight limit. I brought Alex Moulton for my girlfriend, and the Track bike for myself. We checked in at Westin hotel in Ebisu. Sunday we got up real early to build the bike and hit the road.
Finally- landed in Bangkok- I’ll be here for two months!
I just wanted to say ”thanks” to all my friends in San Francisco who, in the last minutes before my departure, equipped me with all these goodies needed for CycleZine to organize a very big alleycat race here in Bangkok. Please stay tuned for the schedule.
A million thanks to:
Box Dog Bikes
Chuey Brand
Freewheel
Freight Baggage
MASH
Macaframa
and Pushbike.
Thanks guys. SF represents very strong in Bangkok.
And of course, not to forget- the Moulton is being happily transported to Bangkok in this roomy Serfas bike case.
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Voila… it’s Summer!!! That means it was time for an update on my red Alex Moulton AM-7. This time it took me almost half a day at Boxdog’s busy workshop space where the following work was done: Replacing the old drop bars and bar-end shifters with new riser bars and gear shifter, as well as brake levers, and the standard Oury grips. Since I rarely go down in the drops, I figured this would be a new and welcome change. Riser bars enable me to sit up a bit, now more of my weight is pressed on the seat where it should be rather than my arms. The width was at first about 50 cm before Ian at Boxdog helped to cut the bars down. I got home and decided that narrower bar would help reduced the flex, so I chopped out more bar down to 38cm. The handing is much better now, not quick and swaying…
9 commentsMy good friend, and fellow Moultoneer, Erik Zo handed me a bag full of Alex Moulton goodies a couple weeks ago… If you don’t know Erik, he is one of the most interesting guys you can ever hope to meet. His love of bicycles is rooted deep in his bones and I know his veins pump nothing but vintage Campagnolo grease.
Steve AKA Papalok on sffixed.com board asked if I could get a picture of my Moulton spaceframe sitting next to the iconic San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge. Structural engineering at its best.. here go buddy…
Bike Porn!!! we love bike porn. This month, I have some new photo of some update/upgrade parts on my candy red AM-7. Took a donated/swooped brook Swift from Bernard and Anna, thank you brother and sister!! and left rear rack and fender on.
Happy Humpday….
Jon at Box Dog bike took these pictures for me last month. Here goes a bike porn/ shameless self promotion.
Here we have me, and my Alex Moulton AM-7 build made in the early 1980s. I scored this bike from a very nice guy from Portland.
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