Recommissioned: British Eagle Touristique

I’ve just completed building this old beauty up from a f&f purchased on a whim. The attached photo is from the shakedown run rather than necessarily the finished item. I’ve lots of tweaks to make.

I wanted to add that if anybody could help with dating it or knows of decal availability I’d be interested. I have not seen another with this marking but then again I have not seen many of them at all.

That's a sturdy, good looking machine. As for decals: check out https://h-lloyd-cycles.myshopify.com/ . He's listing a complete set for 1980s British Eagle bikes. It may or may not be correct for yours.

Even if not, he (Steve) is a whizz at copying and producing duplicates of what you have. He has done several for me and they've always been terrific. He's a top man, top work!

The bike looks excellent- love the colour and dimensions of the frame.

There's an interesting review (and info) here - the writer says they are appreciated by those who know their touring bikes. http://www.thevelocollective.com/britis ... ic-or-not/

Thank you, that website doesn’t show my exact decals. I may contact them if I decide to go further with the restoration. Thank you again that’s a huge help.




That’s superb, it confirms the existence of decals like mine but goes further with kind comments. Mine is updated with an Ultegra & 105 mix 3x10 groupset, though still with Deore LX Cantis.

Adding some recent photos. About 3000km done on this now and no issues to report.

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Adding a more recent photo, now with matching rims and a bunch of other tweaks made.

Plenty more to but it has been superb.

Is the seatpin bent, or is that it's design to achieve lay back? The straight seatpin looks much better