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I used my Chopper mark 1 to go to school on. And the shops and even to the seaside once, 20 miles (though I had to get the train home on...

Don't know much about Raleigh frame numbers after 2000, but this looks a later model with the style of gripshift, probably 2010-12. A...

Buying a bike on holiday: first sign of madness 😜😎

It's a tidy little example. Okay, so they are not a 'grand marque' in France by still a very respectable little bike.

Just as an experiment I tried listing items at different times of the day to see what the results could be. I've noticed a pattern that...

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This is a really nice Henri Depierre available locally for 400. I'm really loving the French 'coque' cut outs on the lugs!

My french pal picked this up from a boot sale for 100 euro smackers. It's a cycles AJP sort of low profile with a curved seat tube...

It's never 'only a Colnago'... Always special! 😎😜

Appears to be a Conic Spiral SLX, 1985-88. The early versions had all round tubes. They are easy to identify by measuring the down tube...

This is probably what it looked like paint fresh from the factory (this is one of the super rare Colnago CX). The decals on your bike...

The down tube decal looks new, or at least too modern. I'd say it was a cromevelato (coloured lacquer paint over chrome) which has been...

I've got a penchant for Reynolds 753 forks. They have that 'just right' balance of lightweight and plush ride. Carbon 1 inch forks can...

I'm 5'9" and a bit. So I'm always on the lookout for 55/56cm franes. Fortunately in France it's a very common sizing so the choice for...

Just for fun couple o years back I bought an Old Focus Mares, the cyclo cross version with Cantis. It was a great bike and relatively...