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Yates definitely had a very individual take on bike fit back then. I believe a lot of it was to compensate for issues created by various crashes during his career.

If I'm not mistaken that's a Croix De Fer, not a Tour De Fer. I have a battered Tour De Fer frame doing nothing but it's a medium 54cm so way too small.

That's all right then, nothing to worry about. I used to fill them with grease to stop them whistling on descents!

Raleigh put vent holes in the fork blades and seat stays but never filled them (as far as I'm aware) unlike other manufacturers/frame builders. There should be one high up on each fork blade and one down by each dropout. They're not pin holes though, much bigger than that. These are on a pair of...

I remember being told by the father of a young British hopeful racing in Europe back in the late 80s, maybe early 90s, that his son gave up all hope of moving into the pro ranks when it was made plain to him that even at top amateur level doping was in effect compulsory.

Great photo! You're looking fast there Paul.

It's certainly the first time I've ever had a proper trophy in my house! I stumbled across a race report from Lord Cammish's 1985 winning ride on another forum that reveals it was run on the Boro'...

I don't recognise any names until we get to 1972 I. R. White who I assume is Ian White. After that I think I remember these ones correctly. M. Bradshaw - Mick Bradshaw G. Longland - Glenn Longland D. J. Smith - Dave Smith and some bloke called Cammish who I think did the occasional decent ride 🫣.

I've recently been given custody of a trophy that my current club inherited when another local club was wound up in the 1990s. It was awarded to the fastest rider in the Nun-Brook Wheelers open 50 mile time trial covering the years 1953 to 1988. Imagine my delight when I discovered some famous...

From what I remember of riding TTs in the very dim and distant past, the brake lever position wasn't important from a braking point of view but they actually look well set up for braking from the drops. I'm so used to braking from the hoods these days on modern bikes that I find my old bike...

Standard 5 and 6 speed freewheels have a centre-to-centre cog spacing of 5.5mm whereas compact 6 speed ones like Suntour Ultra are 5mm. The sprockets and spacers are thinner on Ultras too. Sheldon has detailed info here: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/cribsheet-spacing.html There's also this page...

The seller's dad must have been a strong rider to pedal those gears "far and wide across Yorkshire". Quite tempted by this as it's not far from me, probably too big though.

Sorry, just checked and all my spares are English thread.

Is your frame British or Italian threaded? I have a couple of spare Campag BBs but can't remember what thread they are. Are the cranks well used? The tapers could be shot if they've been used with the wrong BB in the past.

Are the seat stays triangular?