Recent content by Betsy

I've just got back from the Peaks.. there are a lot more tourists out today, a sign it's the school holidays. Good and bad experience today.. the bad part was, i had an argument with a National Park (he was more of a National Socialist tbh) Ranger about whether or not i should be riding where i...

It was Rob Penn @Wyndbrook .. but the BBC4 docu I was thinking of was called ‘Ride Of My Life: the story of the bicycle’ You’ll enjoy it @highlandsflyer .. anyone with a love of clunky old machinery will.

This is an hour worth spending.. Brooks (Blue Lug) Factory Tour I've seen a Brooks factory tour, years ago, on that TV documentary.. where that Guardian journalist builds his perfect bike.. (the name escapes me) ..he visits, CK, Campagnolo..ect to compile all his components? Anyhow.. it's...

I read it as Australia 😁 Eu to USA is certainly a lot more doable than Au to UK. To give you a rough idea of costs.. it’s around $180 to ship a frame from USA to Eu

Good luck! Even shipping a small parcel from Au or Nz to UK is insanely expensive! edit- bleary-eyed, pre-coffee, 6.30am post, sorry, please ignore 😴

Dropper ;)

The value / worth of almost everything is entirely subjective.. I don’t see why these forks would be the exception :)

https://zenmarket.jp/auction.aspx?itemCode=b1182864644

Oh! do accept my sincerest apologies.. Have i posted this in the "connoisseurs of excellence, refinement, and elegance" thread by mistake?

Thanks! .. i'll have a ride up there

Do you know which road?

Isn't this the seatpost you spent umpteen years searching for?

My neighbours have two of these back to back.. storage for 6x bikes .. alas, I was more concerned with keeping warm so I stuck a wood shed in the same spot (insert facepalm emoji)

I used to sub-let one years ago under a block of flats for a fiver /mth.. i put my Beetle in there over the winter and put my Landrover in there over the summer.. there was no partition between mine and the neighbouring garages so i could'av just rummaged through other folks boxes of VHS tapes 😁