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jd, 23 days ago

@stefan This is good work to be doing. I started when I began to use the fediverse as it seemed to be the cultural norm, and I commonly post images after the event so it's easily done. I didn't expect to find myself enjoying it. Teasing the details out of an image allows me a greater appreciation, I imagine in the way that photography does for many, and an excuse to enjoy using language in a constrained form.

jd, 23 days ago

@stefan I didn't say I was good at it though! In case you're tempted to have a look and hold me to my lofty ideals 😅

jd, 29 days ago

Thanks! It's a British Eagle Touristique. Great bikes, I've got a couple (and had 3 at one point). On par with Dawes and the like but never seemed to have the same cachet, so a bit of a sleeper really.

jd, 28 days ago

They do pop up on eBay from time to time. I don't think they were especially common, due to a short production life, but it seems that they were often cherished so many have survived.
Quite an interesting history, although it's scattered across many sites and forum posts.

From here: https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?t=4126

"My recollection is that British Eagle was founded by a bunch of ex Coventry Eagle employees who were made redundant when Falcon bought the brand and shifted production to Lincolnshire (or South Humberside if you like :wink:)

Taking advantage of development grants then available, they headed west and set up shop in the first bit of Wales you get to from Coventry: at Mochdre near Newtown.

The Touristique was by far the most notable bicycle they produced, objectively superior to the Dawes Galaxy of its day, but usually selling for less. It's a good buy, worth keeping and upgrading. Apart from a few racing models, which never achieved much recognition amongst that fraternity, the rest of the British Eagle range was distinctly undistinguished. One good model was not enough to sustain the business, which ultimately closed."

jd, 3 months ago

@fkamiah17 the clip is up on YouTube too. https://youtu.be/_YDyfy_x7mQ

jd, 3 months ago

@fkamiah17 Oh, sure - the YouTube post is nothing to do with me, I just went searching when I couldn't access it. 👍

jd, 5 months ago

@mike @acquirer I'm seeing the same for @Smithsonianmag. Again, #Pachli app, #Pleroma backend. I gave it 15 minutes in case it took a bit to register.