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It's cold to camp this time of year but the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley are still beautiful. If you are planning to visit the FOD trails we may have a convenient solution to the accomodation problem. We live in Ross on Wye and as our our long term lodger is moving out we have a self...

Very "off topic" this but I'm hoping someone can help. We need to book a venue either in Bury St Edmunds or the village of Culford for upwards of 50 people for a get together after a funeral of a distant relative. Looking for somewhere that can serve tea, ccoffee, pastries etc. and...

Just need the chain ring (have cranks already) if anyone has one please?

OK chaps -building the OH a bike and have a bargain frame - unfortunately disc only which is not my usual thing so nothing suitable in the stash of wheels! Need something functional but probably not fancy - need to keep within a budget! Anything suitable lurking out there?

Have asked before but now that winter is approaching - does anyone have any clip on mudguards for 26 inch wheels? - running road style narrow slicks so raceblades would be good! Thanks

How many parent and offspring combos do we have on Retrobike? Here we have CAS and Son of CAS. She with her Rockhopper, he with a "soon to be retro" Club Roost build. Forest of Dean this weekend!

OK chaps - this is serious stuff. Up until now I have taken possession of a spare room in the house to build bikes and even store a few - True I've had some tools in the garage but most of the work has been done in the warmth of my own centrally heated "cave" But all that is about to...

Impending home alterations means I need the cupboard space! - so a couple of cheap items to encourage the ladies to get on their bikes. Diadora Geko MTB shoes size 37-- have seen a fair bit of use -usual scuffs to heel etc. but clean and maybe good for trying out SPDs for the first time...

Hi All We are off again prior to this year's event - looking for Team Poland this time! Follow our travels on http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... 450#799450 See you in North Wales in September! CAS

Hi All Some of you will remember our wanderings in Europe last year on the way to OWMTBC 09 in Holland. One of the lovely things about the first event was the opportunity to meet fellow retrobikers from different parts of the world and make friendships borne of a common interest! Team...

Hi All, We are off to Holland at the end of next week to the Friesland area. We shall have the camper and a couple of bikes. Any suggestions for interesting cycle rides? My husband doesn't really like off road but tracks and paths through various terrain is great. Campsite...

Well folks it the camper season again and having changed our vehicle we have a few items spare- all items well below new prices! Fiamma carry-bike 2 bike rack - needs bolts to fix to camper or caravan and whichever "arms" you need to secure your particular bikes onto the rack ( parts easily...

As it says on the tin - has anyone got raceblades or similar for 26" wheels? I run narrow road tyres on one of my bikes and could really do with an effective set of removable mudguards. I shall be at HONC and Mountain Mayhem so posting may not be a problem! Let me know what you have...

My son suffered a break in at his house in Gloucester today. Amongst the stuff stolen was his Zaskar. He had bought it as a teenager, spending inordinate amounts of money on it and kept it into adulthood. A couple of years ago when I got interested in retrobikes he sent it in my direction...

Ok Chaps - time to save this lady's sanity! Is there a foolproof way of getting the cable tension right on a front mech? I've replaced the cable on the OH's bike - hybrid bike with triple chain ring. I tensioned the cable with chain on the small ring. But on trying to change up it rattles...

I've tensioned the chain on my singlespeed build by adjusting the position of the wheel in the horizontal drop out. Problem is that the tyre brushes against the chain stay at the front and it's been suggested that I need a half link to allow the wheel to push back further. I'm using an 8...

Hi All, Considering the x-lite chicken stix levers that ededwards has for sale at the moment. Problem is they are meant for cantis and I want them for v brakes. It's been suggested that you can run v brakes with these levers. Does anyone know for certain if you can do this? -They do...

Here's a thought for the romantics amongst you. Last year -present arrives from my husband on Valentines day - heavy square package with an interesting "wobble" to the contents when shaken. Intriuged, my mind runs through possible (romantic) contents as I open said package. The...

Has anyone had recent contact with The Green Rabbit? I bought a stem from him a couple of weeks ago that he promised to post in 2 days. Nothing has arrived, my PM checking on it is sitting in my outbox after a wek and emails have not been returned. I'm a bit puzzled really - the guy's...

Does anyone know if you can get parts for XT v brakes? Having sorted out a bag of brakes that I fondly imagined contained a complete set, front and back, I've found that two of the arms are missing the pin mechanism that locks onto the bosses, the surrounding housing and the long spring...