Recent content by flyingfinn

My 96 Lava Dome with all the right Race Lite parts and a few period upgrades to 8 speed and Deore XT groupset

gt lts 5000 Being a fan and devotee of effective double wishbone suspension design for cars the layout of the rear suspension on this model always impressed me as it achieves a rising rate from single rate spring and has a good degree of compliancy from the point of reaction being mounted on...

Repairing a badly worn Kona Dog Collar I posted before about undue wear on the dog collar that came with the Lava Dome I was refurbishing, basically the brake cable had sawn a groove (outward and downward) in the body of the collar - see picture. Although many do not seem to have suffered...

Bromwich Lo-pro David, It would definitely be good to see some pictures - I seem to remember seeing one that was just being built up at Colin Lewis' when I collected mine in July 87. flyingfinn

Tom Bromwich Many thanks, excellent info. I have a busy week ahead so if I do not get time this week I will try and find the time to follow up on this the following week. ff

A' Ha See, we told you it would cleean up well; that looks great. It just needs a new chain and, if looks were everything, it would benefit from a freshen up of the tyres to look pretty fresh. ff

Kona Lava Dome morphing througha Lava Dome phase As posted recently on the forum: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=120632 I have spent the past couple of months gathering together parts to do an overhaul of an abandoned Lava Cone.

Tyre size wrt rim If your Mavic is a 15 you are right at the maximum with a 32 tyre but it is not size that is causing the problem with fitting. There are a number of websites covering wheel and tyre sizes but I tend to use that collated by Sheldon Brown (RIP), and also refer to many of his...

White Kona Although I tend to prefer keeping the original colour if possible, (and like period Cantis), I am not against colour changes; and as others have said, white definitely works well on these frames - particularly when keyed with black components. Excellent work! ff

Touring Tyres I agree with monty dog's view wrt weight v durability; however, my personal preference for touring and commuting is Continental City Contact. A key advantage is that they should be available as a tyre and tube combination guaranteed for a year without a puncture. If you get a...

1987 Dura Ace Equipped 531 Bromwich frame As a recent arrival on the site I was going to steer clear of this for a while, however, since it is rBoTM here goes! This bike was built for me from new and it started out with Shimano 600 equipment but through from 1989 to 1991 I upgraded most of...

Bromwich - Lee Cooper - Thorn I did not consider it to be astray; the reason I finally joined retrobike was to have this sort of engagement and exchange of information. The suggestion to rename the thread was genuine so that others could pick up on the additional subject matter. I feel...

Framebuilders This has generated some interesting discussion, perhaps the thread should be renamed 'Who builds Thorn Frames now?' I might have time to call in at SJS over the half term week, perhaps I should ask the question directly? flyingfinn

Dog Collar Beaver, No problem, I will probably take mine off the bike and try and solve the problem over the half term week - then post on the repair!!! ff

Paint Anthony, That looks like a good job though, I can just see the area on the chainstay but only by making a close look. I see in a number of posts on the site that people recommend not going to Halfords, and I totally agree. The Motorfactor industry is overrun with overpackaging and...