Recent content by festinalente

If you’re used to EA70 posts, then you may well need the offset Thomson version. Certainly the EA70 post I have has got more layback than any of my other posts.

Is that Sandy Gilchrist's old shop? I'm not down there often, but thought I saw some quite fetching old bikes in the window when I passed just recently. I didn't know they offered frame painting, but that's good to know. Apart from anything else, I'd like to have someone doing the job that will...

Hendersons.

If you don’t mind. I’m looking for inspiration. I have a nice Alves road bike in 531c. Let down by a paint job that probably wouldn’t have been my choice when new, and is tatty now. Thinking about a fresh coat c/o local metal painters who have a bit of bike experience. Would like to see what...

Many thanks to everyone who’s contributed wisdom and detail. Found more here than I expected when I first posted, and am much better guided in the search now!

I’m not fixated on a particular year, but like the prestige frames and a rigid frame + fork combo. Would prefer not to have a redundant canti hanger, but would be using xtr vees. Am curious - did the geometry change only from year to year, or did the 2 models really differ in frame layout in the...

Am getting interested in finding one of these. What are the differences? Was it largely spec? All I can see in the catalogue is that the Team Issue may have benefited from a butted bottom bracket shell that wasn’t on the Team. Were there other differences in the frame?