Pashley Speed 5

Since its release in September 2013, the Pashley Speed 5 has been very popular amongst vintage cycling fans and enthusiasts. Many ponder over the anticipation of one day owning such a beautiful cycle for themselves. 

Although most sales have been in the United Kingdom the Speed 5 has slowly won the hearts and minds of cyclists across the USA, Europe, Canada, and Australia.

As time passes more and more Speed 5 owners accessorise their beloved bicycles and post photos of their efforts on all types of social media. I've gathered some images to post on a single page for the delight of those interested in the Pashley Speed 5. 

I hope you enjoy them... 

I've found that very few Speed 5 owners like to have their photographs taken holding their beloved cycles but it is with great pleasure that I present to you today a couple of such photos! I commend the bravery of the two men pictured above with their beloved Speed 5's....I find myself with feelings of both envy and jealousy.

Safe riding...

James @ PVC

The Pashley Guv'nor Plus Four bicycle.

In 2009 UK based Pashley Cycles released its limited edition Pashley Guv’nor Plus Four bicycle.

The Guv’nor Plus Four features a Reynolds '531’ frame with brass plated lugs, the lugs look absolutely beautiful and are truly stunning in the flesh. The bike also features a Sachs Duomatic rear hub and Speed Drive front chain wheel that provides the four gears that the title alludes to.

Its heritage arose from the 1930’s path racer for which the Guv’nor series of bicycles have become notorious.



The stunning brass lugs.



The Plus Four edition was limited to 50 bicycles that were distributed randomly throughout the globe. Each bicycle bears a brass identification plate that sits at the base of the seat tube just above the bottom bracket. Each plate identifies the number of the particular bicycle in the series of 50.



The brass identification plate on each bicycle.

Due to limited numbers, the Plus Four was hastily snapped up by bicycle collectors and cycling enthusiasts around the world. As you can imagine, each proud Plus Four owner is interested to discover the fate of the other 49 bicycles in the series 50.

'The Guv’nors Assembly' is a website located at http://www.theguvnorsassembly.com/ and is the site where Guv’nor owners worldwide display their admiration for Pashley Guv’nor bicycles. The site provides a forum, events, and other applications for Guv’nor owners to enjoy – and well worth a visit.

At present one of the members of the site, Duchy Wheeler, is attempting to locate and identify the 50 owners of the 50 Guv’nor Plus Four machines throughout the world. Duchy has had reasonable success with his task, although he would like a bit of a hand to complete his list as below;

	GUV’NOR PLUS FOUR REGISTER	as at 20/11/2012
NUMBER	OWNER	LOCATION
1	KEITH	EUGENE, OREGON	USA
2
3
4	SIMON	HERTFORDSHIRE	UK
5
6	FOR SALE BOBBINS CYCLES, LONDON.	Jan 2010	UK
7	BRETT	?	AUSTRALIA
8
9
10
11
12
13	FOR SALE VELORUTION, LONDON.	Jan 2010	UK
14
15
16
17	CHRIS	BALTIMORE, MARYLAND	USA
18
19	MARTIN	PUTNEY, LONDON	UK
20	GEOFF	BODMIN, CORNWALL	UK
21	JONATHAN	RHODE ISLAND	USA
22
23
24
25	JOHN ATKINS CYCLES	WARWICKSHIRE.	UK
26	NORTH ROAD CYCLES SHOP	BRITISH COLUMBIA	CANADA
27	ROGER, HALIFAX CYCLES	HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA	CANADA
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36	WIM	BOECHOUT	BELGIUM
37
38	IONUT	BUCHAREST	ROMANIA
39	RYAN	BREAKWATER, VICTORIA	AUSTRALIA
40
41
42
43
44
45
46	GREG	SEATTLE, WASHINGTON	USA
47	PRIVATE	ARIZONA	USA
48	TAFFY	OREGON	USA
49
50	ELLIOTT	EAST ANGLIA	UK
??	TRAVIS	SYDNEY	AUSTRALIA
??	WALLAH	?	USA

Duchy would dearly love to receive an email from Plus Four owners who have not yet been identified. Please email Duchy at sjb.gfb@virgin.net if you can provide any assistance.

Until next time...safe riding.

James