Recent content by Happy Shopper

Re: I had an O'Brien Border Chieftain in the late 70's as my first drop barred bike. Just a five speed and not a bike or brand of the highest quality. Mine came from Coventry but they also had an outlet in Heron Way in Nuneaton in the 80's that my mate worked in and I worked in Halfords round...

Re: Finally got round to riding the bike. Just an hour last night to get a feel for it. Hadn't quite tightened the front mech enough (as the nut had rounded slightly) and over the ride the mech slowly pulled down until it was rubbing the teeth of the chainset. One of the bottle cage captive...

Cost wise, it started as a project to hang a load of old stuff I had in the garage onto a suitable frame. Initially I was heading down the good old Italian steel route and after missing out on a few ebay bids and seeing prices getting progressively higher (particularly since the announcement of...

Full spec of the bike is as follows: Frame: Vitus Duralinox 979 Fork: Vitus Duralinox 979 Headset: Tifosi alloy Stem: 3ttt Record Handlebar: 3ttt Competizione Bar Tape: White microfibre Brake Levers: Supposed to be Victory, but think they’re actually Chorus. Brake Calipers...

Re: Vitus 979 / Peugeot - Now built up (with dodgy picture) Poor quality photo from inside a dark garage, could be a while before I get a decent day and daylight time with the bike to take some better photos. It's all built up now, but not finished. The RH retrofriction lever has failed me...

The rims are Wolber Profil 20's that have had very little use. A rare ebay bargain. The ebay bargain being the 'rare thing' rather than the rims!

Build progressing along......

Frame now stickered up in Peugeot livery. I know that the 979 only appeared in the Peugeot catalogues of a few countries in around 81/82 and never got as far as this mid 80's livery, but the carbon tubed version did and was used to great effect by the likes of Robert Millar, so in my head it's...

Big pile of bits that I now have to assemble into my Christmas pressie..... to myself.

Jeez, how on earth did you spot that! I'd forgotten the jockey wheels were blue and only rediscovered it when I gave the mech a damn good clean. They're Tacx ones that I fitted about 15 years ago. I've still got the '92 Athena chainset but it's in pretty poor condition and the 10spd...

As I probably ride along Ridge Lane two or three times a week and people seem to be travelling from far and wide I'd better put my name down. I think it's a school holiday week so as long as my wife doesn't decide we're doing something else then I'll be there.

Hi guys, I've just signed up to the forum so thought I'd share my bike with you. I was all set to restore the 531c frame I had made for my 21st birthday but it's a little too far gone to be viable. Still with a hankering for a retro steed, to use up 20 odd years of cast off and...

Just built up a Guerciotti Record frameset myself, I'll post a pic on the forum.