Recent content by DCBassman

Holy thread resurrection, Batman! Off the road since last October. Absolutely massive spinal surgery in January, 13 hours over two ops. Hoping to start fettling again next month, riding in July. The fettling will be the conversions noted above, except I'll go to a 34t max rear sprocket, as I'm...

There are downsides. The stem is too low for me, and has no adjustment range at all. I have another bike to strip, and may use that to convert this to 3x9, V-brakes, and different bars. If so, there will be some original Marin bits available. For certain: bars, stem, XT cantis. Possible: XT...

Were I still commuting, probably be riding the new-to-me 1994 Marin Pine Mountain. Previously, I used a Trek 800 Sport, bought new in 2001.

I've tidied it up a bit, new tyres, chain and 11-32t cassette fitted. Marin Pine Mountain 1994. Still haver the Specialized Fatboy tyres it was fitted with, they're in good nick so kept as spares. 40mm City Jets fitted at the moment. On the first test ride after these updates, the RD tried to...

I have only sold this one in the last month, but had it from new. At the time of sale, it had 3x9 Alivio gearing (48-38-28 to 12-36) and a Shimano crankset in place of the original Suntour. A nice ride, and still in stock form, it got from London to Brighton in 2016, no bother. Sad to see it...

I'm happy using Wellgo LU987Us on both my bikes. Not the lightest, but far from heavy either. And crucially, can be found for around a tenner.

Greetings again, 2nd post. Here's the nearest thing I have to a retro bike. It was almost certainly sold originally as a ladie's drop bar roadie. When I first got it, it had 27x1 1/4 wheels, full mudguards, riser bars, and downtube shifters. Now it has narrow flat bars, 700c Shimano R500...

Greetings, my first post here. Here's my not-quite-retro road bike , a freebie included as part of a bike mechanics course in 2017. As acquired: As it is now, almost: flat bars, wider-range 9-speed gearing. The only major departure from this is a later R550 wheelset, replacing the R500 set...