My Hybrid

[IanM]

Got my bike finished at the back end of the summer, but what with everything else going on......

I give you peter.

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[IanM]

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[JohnnyBeckett]

hi Ian, a very nice looking Ariel and i do like the front mudguard i think it looks very neat, and i think you have made a very good job of the rebuild of the bike

[will_curry]

That will be fun to ride - something that's in short supply at the moment.

[Eero.Korhonen]

It sure looks good, but don't you need lights?
Here in Finland it would disaster to police.
Br, Eero

[JohnnyBeckett]

hi i think you will find that wen the bike was first made lights was a extra and had to buy them , and if you use the bike in the day light only in the uk its dont need lights

[IanM]

hi Ian, a very nice looking Ariel and i do like the front mudguard i think it looks very neat, and i think you have made a very good job of the rebuild of the bike

Thank You Johnny, I bought the bike as a loosely assembled collection of parts, the PO had sadly passed away before he'd finished it, I never met him but apparently he had a few Ariels, and this was one he was building for himself. I tried to finish it with the bits it came with and hopefully the way he was going to do it. It was a fun project and a bit of a steep learning curve in parts, but I've been helped by a friend who put me in touch with the bike in the first place. The gearbox is out at the moment, hopefully to try and reduce the number of neutrals in there and increase the primary gearing. I've put a few miles on it and always come back smiling.

[IanM]

It sure looks good, but don't you need lights?
Here in Finland it would disaster to police.
Br, Eero

Hi Eero, not a problem here, as long as I don't ride it at night.

I see you're in Oulu, I passed through in 2019 en route from Helsinki to Rovaniemi and onwards to Nordkapp on my modern Tiger, I've been to Finland many times and have some good friends there, Love your country.

[JohnnyBeckett]

hi Ian i think you have done right the thing keeping to what he was going to do it i am doing a 1953/4 NH of a old friend that has sadly past and i am putting it back together how he had it i know it is not going to win prizes but it is fitting for him, and he had the red hunter from brand new, and that is how he change it over the years

[Eero.Korhonen]

It sure looks good, but don't you need lights?
Here in Finland it would disaster to police.
Br, Eero

Hi Eero, not a problem here, as long as I don't ride it at night.

I see you're in Oulu, I passed through in 2019 en route from Helsinki to Rovaniemi and onwards to Nordkapp on my modern Tiger, I've been to Finland many times and have some good friends there, Love your country.

Nice to hear Ian. At the moment we have a lot of snow and -11 frost, so we are waiting
for spring.
Br, Eero