Recent content by 70sSlacker

Re: Although I’ve said the frame was heavy and not Reynolds 531 if you look at the shape, especially the tapering, of the seat stays you can see that some thought and care has gone into the design and manufacture.

Re: To add to the OP's research into his bike's history, as you can see from the catalogue the bike originally had drop bars. In the late 80s, early 90s it was fashionable to butcher the handle bars in the way that a previous owner has done. They were called courier bars AFAIK and were popular...

Re: Something triggered me to look up Elswick Turbo 12 bikes and I came across this post on this forum. I had one of these! In fact I had two. I think the first one was blue but I was getting a wiggle on head down into the wind on my way home from Scouts when I rode straight into the back of a...