Pace have been fettling a range of bikes, bits and clothing from inside their shed on the Yorkshire Moors for near on 25 years although you may never have heard of them as up till now it's all been about mountain bikes. Most notably aluminium mountain bike frames, including one that they won't be allowed to let lie, famously and iconically made from square tubing that mountain bikers of a rose-tinted persuasion get all damp around the chamois over. So for Pace to come out with a bike made of *gasp* steel, with *faint* round tubing brazed into a *fetch the smelling salts* road bike, is certainly an unexpected departure to some.
I'm doing the above ride this Sunday. Anyone else going to be tackling the relatively flat-looking terrain of the new Forest on a single-speed or fixie? I'm sure I can't be the only one. Hope I'm not.
If my brother-in-law speeds off on his carbon-fibre road-bike I might need some company
2008 Genesis Skyline, 58cm (I'm 6'1" or so)
Standard but with the following mods:
Goldtec rear track hub
Gerbhardt 48T 1/8" Track chainring
EAI polished stainless steel 1/8" 17T cog
KMC INOX S10 1/8" stainless steel chain
Specialized bars and stem
Sell Italia Nitrox saddle (little bit knackered, so optional
Brand new FSA bottom bracket
Brand New Shimano R650 brake calipers and pads
200-mile old 700X28 Continental Ultra-Sport tyres
Black scotchlite stickers on frame and forks.
I do also have the original unused pedals with clips and straps.