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Not on a retro piece today A bit far for mtb, a bit knobbly for road... Through the plantation, through the woods Along ancient byways and new growth Through the bat tunnel on the wye valley greenway... Getting to chepstow for coffee Bikes are Ace! 😍

An additional benefit of this style of lock is extra "reach" in a 4wdConfrontation style situation, if you know what I mean. You can swiftly reduce excess 4wd width by "mirror removal from a safe distance" and although safety goggles and a secure exit path are as necessary as chainsaw...

Maybe the stem, if it isn't 21mm. And the little roller for the rear brake cable - not because its worth anything, but it has a certain functional charm. The rest is better recycled.

The lee chi levers and the RH thumby are the parts I wouldn't put straight into bikeworkshop scrap bin

Sadly it was The Friday Afternoon of the entire Raleigh operation!

Check those welds! Mig! Check that BB! Made in britain🤯

I had what felt like a sticky headset... turned out to be the steerer cracking in half!🤕

If it's cleaned up and working ok that's what you want. Get Riding👍 but if there's wear in the straight ahead position, you can rotate the cups to reduce it, but ideally you'd replace the headset.

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Always surprises me how rarely we see broken bars without evidence of prior crash - but that sensation of a handlebar breaking when riding is never forgotten😬 With motor vehicles, driver error is around 95%, mechanical failure 5% Retrobikers is probably no different. In Bristol, a deliveroo...

Looks like it was chucked together on the hearth by a major concern, and badged up for HP?

And the other end of the market, Hugh Porter branded gaspipe special

Depends on weight, alloy, level of use, design and corrosion. Any 30 year old bar will be weaker than when it was new, but the difference might be insignificant. Try asking the manufacturer if the bar is still safe to use as designed🤔 Few retrobikes are used to their original limits though...

Surface corrosion is different to fatigue - but any 30 year old lightweight aluminium bar is beyond its life expectancy. How much they've been used probably has a bigger effect than corrosion, but is sometimes less obvious.

That's true - Creak is rarely the headset - it can even be the cables! But if the headset is suspect noisy, then dismantling it, cleaning it up and relubricating it will definitely change the noise if not eliminate it. Alloy cups with steel inserts are a bit troublesome - and if you've got a...