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    LeMond in Southampton

    True Temper double butted frame as per its stickers
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    Merlin Titanium 1993 15"

    What is going on with that head tube? Is it as squiffy as it looks or just an optical illusion?
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    Early muddy fox WsM

    Crikey do you reckon someone paid >£140???? Worth a lot less to me and I like old MFs!
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    Yellow Hobbs winter beater of distinction (WBOD)

    I have done East to the Wey a couple of imes too. One day I will the full "circular" thing in a day...... Farnborough to Greywell, back the other way to the Wey, the back to Farnborough in time for tea 😀 Will have to get back to proper levels of fitness first lol
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    Yellow Hobbs winter beater of distinction (WBOD)

    In the summer a rigid mtb, hybrid or gravelly type bikes are perfect. As would be a classic steel road bike that can cope with 30ish+ mm tyres. I used to ride the towpath a lot while the early evening traffic was bad, then head back home on the roads when they were quieter. Every year or so I...
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    Yellow Hobbs winter beater of distinction (WBOD)

    I like a ride along that canal towpath myself. My best tip if you are new to the area is that in the winter some sections of towpath between Woking and Frimley can turn into deep mud. Make the most of it in the summer 👍🏻
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    Old Peugeot in Cash Converters

    If anyone wants to buy one I have for £95 please form an orderly q lol
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    Raleigh Royal 22.5" cheap BIN Pompey

    Thank you for saving me from buying this 😀 Although, had I known of the Pearson's connection, I might have pulled the trigger as I spent a lot of time in the 80s and 90s drooling at the window and inside the shop lol
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    Why is one side/drop out of my fork like this?

    Loosing a back wheel is not good but I would much rather that than losing a front wheel lol
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    KARMA Claud Butler

    Shame I am not in your neck of the woods as I would like throw some time and penetrating oil at that with a view to using it.
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    Massive but tastefully specced Caygill tour /rando Shrewsbury

    That's a pain but hopefully it can be fixed with some help from the seller towards the cost 🤞🏻
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    What are these little seatpost bolts called and where can I get one?

    Oooo, they look too nice to hide away under a seat lol
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    What are these little seatpost bolts called and where can I get one?

    Try asking at your lbs if they have a nasty scratched up seat post in the parts bin you can rob a barrel nut off
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    Bar tape for that 'retro' look

    WTF, selling used bar tape!?!?!?
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    Why is one side/drop out of my fork like this?

    One of my favourite internet resources.
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