Recent content by Frankenorange

Welcome! Fine bike there and great story 👍

Niiiiiice.

The 517 is a brilliant rim. Strong enough for hard XC and gravel , but not heavy.

I say red and yellow. The barbers pole down tube and forks have been done in days gone by(still is being done!) so why not do the bars? I think it will work well being in close proximity to the headtube. Might not work if the colours were not a good match but they look to be from your pic. The...

The next one to keep an eye on is happening soon. A LEJOGLE by a Canadian woman who is going to try an take the outright record. An amazing back story to this. http://lejogle.org/...

The Twyford shop would have originally been Peter Hare's. Dave Russell, who had a shop in Slough, took Hare's over after closing his Slough shop and briefly trading from his home. I think that must have happened in the early 90's (maybe mid) so it depends when you went there. I remember Hare...

I think they are Cane Creek Direct Curve

Liking that alot 👍

Lovely looking bike there :)

Top one is original. I think the lower is a copy.

Some great weather we are having. I went for a pleasant wobble around this morn when it was still a bit misty and chilly. As the ride went on the sun started seeing off the mist and it warmed up loads. Very refreshing and enjoyable it was. The next week is looking good for us in the south of...

What a great karma :)

Always nice to see how different a bike can look with a better selection of parts 👍

How is the wheel building coming on?

What are you on?