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I'm surprised that Campagnolo haven't adopted the Shimano cassette spacing, it would have opened so much more if the market, especially in wheels, where they have done more than okay but could've done better though. Proprietary systems are a royal PITA, I've once known a few Italians in my time...

Courtesy: Steptoe and Sons, the original 'problem hoarders' 😎😂

Visit to Genie with a lamp and three wishes I think... 😂

These are nice, entry level classics. Raleigh did the same with their Team replicas in 18-20 tubing, mid range Bianchis are probably over priced, so if you paid low money for this, you've done well.

I've been making an inventory stock of inch headsets, I'll basically buy anything Campagnolo/Tange/Shimano because stock is better than money! Right!? Luckily I've been able to buy a load of 25.4 headsets locally for between 10-40 euros. I think of it as an investment in my ridiculous 'steel...

It was pretty identical to this. My dad bought it me from a 'bloke in the pub'.

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 account of my first case of the 'bonk'). It was sea foam blue, and it got me proper street cred in the playground. I even used it to pull a girl, though two...

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 nice find.

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 on occasion, if you list something in the early evenings, it will get absolutely zero views no matter what. Or if you list too many items at once (more than 5)...

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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. There pretty rare, with the ever awesome paint finish by Cavallo.

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