Recent content by Bobspoons

Best wishes everyone

Sorry about the post op and hope you are getting better quick. Ill have a bite of fish in your honour this weekend :)

The lunchtime rides are great, generally about 30/35mins for a blast of about 6/7 miles at the moment, really fun to slot in around work. Have gone up to 50min rides at times too. Chip shop sounds really really nice right now :)

Hi Marc, based in Batley :) Very kind offer of you thanks. The build is simply a refurbishment of my Carrera Krakatoa 1989 I am a poor cyclist though. Last offroad cycling was probably about 20 years ago. Then on/off road cycled (hardly any) on the same Carrera for following 20 years (hardly...

:) Thanks Pedro, bike rebuild is well underway now, so looking forward to trying it on a modern trail. Really uplifted by all the comments in this thread about the capability of retrobikes on new trails, thanks folks!!

Rules said 1 bump per 24hrs so waited longer and bumping.

Thank you for the offer but no its ok I can manage the cost, its not the price its a principle I have over customer care and the fact that I feel they didnt attempt to try and help. Im sure they have their fans though so I dont want the thread to go downhill so wont say anymore.

Hi I have a pair of Schwalbe 26x2.10 Black Jack MTB Tyres As-New. Bought from Wiggle for £26 the pair. Cant fit my frame (Oops) and as Ive had them on the rims, Wiggle wont take back and swap, so I am offering up for sale at a discount. The have been on the rims in my dining room for...

Ah, sorry, at work at moment (sneaking online), will try photo later once home.

Hi hope you can help In taking off my rear wheel, which doesnt have a quick release, is old style solid axle, the deraileur bounced around and took all my attention and I ended up realising I had three washers on the floor. So, 3... odd number, where they go?? If it was 4 I can imagine its...

Not sure if the front is ok or not to be honest, was reattaching rear first and when it wouldnt fit, I took em off. Might be easier to sell them as a pair. Adds an option for me though Xerxes thanks for the thought. Fagin, not Wiggles fault that I ordered the wrong ones, my fault. Im just very...

Damn Wiggle said no: "I am very sorry to hear that these tyres are unsuitable, but I am afraid that once the items are fitted - even if unused - we would be unable to accept as a return unless they were faulty. Please accept my apologies for the disappointment." How can you know they dont fit...

Re: Re: Thats a fantastic thread thank you. Looks quite fiddly, going to try squirting oil in first :)

thanks Im not too sure of the rebuild and dismantle on these so could bust it so the machine oil is best bet i think :) cheers

My gear shifters are old Shimano bar mounted thumb levers. The right (rear) is a little stiff, deraileur seems fine. At 25 years old, wondering if they need a lubricate as its not something Ive lubed before. As the right is indexed (sti I think w=is on it but not what modern sti seems to mean?)...