YouTube 1950'sBritish cycletouring film

[margo49]

What are "gells"?

A particular English pronunciation of the word "girls".
Prob'ly shows my age (and the power of British Cultural Imperialism!)

I think I'll go and look at them again. Lisa, you are awakening all my dormant fantasies. Ah, well; if the worst comes to the worst I shall just fly up and visit Bruno for a palaver and we will get up to all sorts of shenanigans!

[KnottedYet]

Ahhh, that was good!

I yearned for those gorgeous huge seat-bags.

(and I got a kick out of some youngster's comment on YouTube about "the years before the atomic bomb".... um, no, this would be a decade AFTER the atomic bomb, kiddo...)

Now I wanna go for a ride! On my lugged steel bike with my sprung Brooks saddle and my waxed canvas-n-leather handlebar bag!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I yearned for those gorgeous huge seat-bags....

I have the Baggins Little Joe for everyday riding, I can fit all kinds of gear in there.

And I have the larger olive green Carradice Nelson for multiday tours:
http://www.freemanscycles.co.uk/imag..._saddlebag.jpg

I like the "Bagman" bag support, which attaches right to my saddle rails and holds the bags tilted up nicely and away from the tire and seatpost.

...Now I wanna go for a ride! On my lugged steel bike with my sprung Brooks saddle and my waxed canvas-n-leather handlebar bag!

Yeah Baby!!! That's what it's all about for me as well.