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    Some Retrobikes passing through Bikeworkshop in Bristol

    I don't think it makes much difference at all, when it comes to riding, compared to the effect of 70-100kgs average rider weight, above the BB., has.
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    Classic mini project

    I think if i was going to ever do this sort of thing again on a 1275GT engine i would replace each carb with a throttle body and injector. Have an ECU doing the injection and ignition with a sensible cam and a ported big valve head, lightened flywheel and internals and i think 100bhp whould be...
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    Imlach's Sweaty Hippie Funk Collection, adventure bikes, rusty rats, cruisers and other alt bastardisations of bicyclery

    That is a whole lot of awful put together really well. If you block off the front half it looks kind of ok even with the unaltered shaft drive sticking the wheel out back. It is the front half that is not right. Maybe chunkier tyres would bring it together? I dunno. Maybe a horizontal top tube...
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    98+ BoTM 98+ Bike of The Month Aug 2025 - Now taking entries

    That GF looks rapid. Lovely colours and proportions are spot on 😎
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    Raleigh Mountain bike team replica

    This could be BOTM this month. It is perfect. Enter it, or be square.
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    Pre-WW2 BSA, something of a diamond in the rough I believe

    The hyphenated name is very much like American product naming. I can imagine a travelling salesman, called Chuck , who has holes in the soles of his shoes, the collar of his shirt a little too worn and smelling slightly of hooch. Chuck has been drinking too much of this, since being laid off...
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    Free zaskar le

    Members only. Can you post the details and a pic please.
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    Imlach's Sweaty Hippie Funk Collection, adventure bikes, rusty rats, cruisers and other alt bastardisations of bicyclery

    I don't get shaft drive. If you don't want mucky socks there is a thing called a chainguard.
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    one for Nob

    Definitely Brooklands
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    Campagnolo retro Saracen picked up for £5

    £5 !!!!!!! 👍👍👍👍
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    Pre-WW2 BSA, something of a diamond in the rough I believe

    You could have a drillium seatpost as in that advert 😀
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