Recent content by ChrisFerg

Hey all, I need to sell my road bike before leaving on a big tour, and have no idea what a reasonable price would be for it! I know this isn't really the right forum for this as it's not (quite) retro, but thought I'd try my luck! Its a 2008 lemond tourmalet...

Hi all, just to say thanks to everyone for all the offers! I met mark today and relieved him of his lovely Bridgestone, which will hopefully do the job brilliantly. This community has definitely come to the rescue, I'm now beginning to feel very excited about our trip rather than just stressed...

Hi Endre! Def interested, sounds fab! Do you have forks for it? If not presumably it'd take pretty standard 390mm a-c rigid forks? And where are you based (for picking it up)? How much are you looking for it? If you know the year that'd be handy so I can look up exact dimensions. Thanks...

Thanks WimVDD! I'm pretty set on using v-brakes unfortunately (partly because I've already bought them, partly because they're what i'm most familiar with maintaining)... Lovely bike though, would def be keen otherwise!

Hi all, deja vu, but I've been having a complete nightmare with frames recently. I'm looking for a 17" frame (I'm about 5'8") steel mtb frame for my upcoming tour from the UK to Japan. I've been through several frames and had problems with all of them, so here i am 3 weeks before we're due to...

Re: Booo, a little too big for me :( cheers

Re: Hey, what size is the frame? And where are you based? Cheers :)

Re: Thanks, but I think I'm sorted for a frame now. If something turns out to be wrong with that one I'll be in touch! How much would you want for it out of interest? Think I'll probably end up scrapping the frame tbh unless anyone wants it? Doesn't seem financially worth repairing and...

Re: Thanks WimVDD! Looked through every one listed and still can't see one like mine - the cable routing is pretty different, though much else of them looks very familiar, so perhaps it's a particularly early/weird model.. I'll check back there intermittently and see if anything turns up :)

Hey all, I picked up a frame a while ago from someone on here. It'd been repainted so has no identifying features, but he said he thought it was a Wheeler, which seems pretty plausible looking at pics i can find online. If anyone knows much about these I'd be interested in trying to identify...

Re: Thanks, that's really useful! I think I've found a replacement frame that will do thanks, but if anything turns out wrong with that too I'd be looking for a 17"...

Hi all, Looking for some advice please! A while ago I bought a 1992 orange clockwork frame from someone on here for £70, with the hope to build it up as a touring bike for my upcoming tour. It'd been painted by Argos a while ago but needed a repaint, so I took it to my local guy, who also...

Hey all, I recently picked up an orange p7 which I need to find some rigid forks for. They need to be 1 & 1/8", and I think around 410 - 430mm a-c (to replace sus forks with around 80mm travel). I'm building it up for touring, so would need something with braze-ons for mudguards and a front...

OK great, thanks a lot both! Sounds like i'm looking for forks corrected for 80mm of travel, then, which I think is around 410-420mm. (That's basically what I was told originally, but i'd gone into a rabbit hole online and confused myself unnecessarily it seems :P ) Thanks again, Chris

Hi all, We recently picked up an old orange p7 from someone on here, which we're going to build up as a touring bike for my partner. I need to get forks for it, and while the guy we bought it from was really helpful I'm still a little confused about exactly what fork length I need (and how much...