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Purchased Carlton decals 2 weeks ago .no issues

Off to the Brooks open day this coming Saturday. Hopefully there will be some free samples :rolleyes: 👨‍✈️

I have what you need . Yours FOC. Top nut only. ⁹ It is in vgc. pm your address and I will post it to you on my return home. Away touring

I know that feeling, just you wait till you get your bus pass . It helps pick up a lot of slack . Recently spent hours buggering about with bits of head sets . In the end I bought a new one . . As others have said check the stack height .

Got my paws on a pair of wheels built with Royce hubs at Bristol bespoke a few year back . Beautiful engineering ,the wallet just couldn't stretch that far .

Fishing reels for hubs ... Give me Hope every time .

Don't get me wrong here about Carbon fibre frames. They are great for racing etc . But could I hang panniers on one and generally knock it about as I do to all my bikes . During the pandemic sales went through to roof . I have seen a lot of little used ones for sale and if it ain't got...

But it's a barrow of laughs

I saw a chap the other day jumping up and down on his fancy frame .I asked him why? He looked at me agast and replied "I am trying to improve my carbon footprint " Heads for door 🚪

Wider tyres ? Who can't remember the head long rush from 27x1 1/4 to 700c and narrow tyres. I relize this can has been kicked down the road , or shouldn't that be ridden down the road? I have always considered the good old imperial size ideal for the average rider . Comfortable on most...

Does the sum total of components fetch more than the whole? Or is that market also finished ? Looking at prices on net some 1970s and 80's items seem over priced for a limited audience. I think people got carried away and paid far to much for some bikes and or components. Just like the...

Been looking at various classic bikes for sale on the net . As we know very little is selling . Some lovely machines,one nice hand built one has been relisted three times already . I wondered how much demographics is effecting the market . Many classic marques mean little to most cyclists...

I reckon I could get the missus to make me some of them from old toe straps .

This needs a price please ,forum policy and moving to the bikes for sale thread . Pictures paint a thousand words

A steerer thread reaming tools one of the few tools I don’t have .