Recent content by doctor-bond

🤤 🦄 Would you swap for a Grafton bottom bracket sleeve, or a Ringle deraileur guard?

What a superb ride 😍 haven’t been down that way for years but will deffo need to.

I like that - braze-ons galore. My money is on Lee Cooper/Orbit: sleeved seat tube cluster and forward facing clamp. It does looks a bit Robertsy but maybe the fillet filing doesn’t quite fit?

Got to love some sticker action ⬆️ I built this ugly spug for locking up and leaving. having no fear of loosing it is very liberating, and I’ve been using it for all sorts of duties.

Carefully: approach from the side and don’t look it in the eye…..

Agreed. 20th C. aero is fascinating: how come it shaped so many things from planes, to trains, to automobiles, to bikes, to interior decor? The promise of personal speed. In the 19th C the speed of a horse was fastest; or if you were richer than a horse owner, maybe mimic that speed feeling...

V. Clever (Patented no?) V. Dead end. V. cool 😎

I’ve got a bunch of frames that need a good facing, so am going to bite the bullet. Anyone got a tool that’s gathering dust and up for grabs? Ideally a combo tap and face like the LifeLine ones, but facing is key. Looking for durable, practical and affordable not NOS campag 😀

There are loads of issues with AI practically and ethically, but something like this gets you to 90% with traceable links on a non contentious subject - seems a good use and no more inaccurate than the human opinions, lost rememberings and heresay that many forums are awash with. I guess a...

Despite the AI flowery language (“durability over lightweight finesse?”) that’s pretty good and useful! There isn’t a pic of a 3 pulley cyclone on Disraeli gears as the link above suggests, but there is one Here :

I like these frames - light and tough - and it looks like yours came with some interesting forks too. I guess you have to decide where on the bike spectrum you want to go: from pristine catalogue clone to daily beater. I think I’d take the survivor patina and play with that: scruffy but...

Uppishness.

Must, know, more ….. 😁 Built for popping down to B&Q, or a deal sweetener as part of a massive supply contract?

(She was home, just not answering 🤫)

I’ve got a set if your still stuck.