Recent content by Iwasgoodonce

Looped around your body like a bandolier! It’s the only way!

I used glue. It went fine. High? Me? Noooo.

There was thread on here that was my one and only ‘sticky’. It was about surviving with tubular tyres but it suddenly disappeared and hasn’t been seen since. Dunno where it went? It is possible to use them day to day and a few here do. Tan walls are probably key. And a tin of Pit Stop.

It indeed a Weinmann. It mentions 17 on the rim which matches the above dimension. Thanks All.

Clincher? Tubular? If the former, where are the hook that hold the tyre in place? Ignore the cat, he just likes to be involved. Size is 27 x 1 1/4. It is nothing like the tubular rims I have seen so this brings me back to some sort of clincher? I know what would be clinching every time I...

It doesn’t look like it has seen a lot of action. The paint looks factory fresh.

I think you’re asking the impossible of the wrong set of people. I got around this buying an old bike for nostalgia reasons issue by never getting rid of the old bike in the first place.

Looks like someone cared for it. Was it Mike Kloser who raced for them?

Elegant in a functional sort of way. Designed to go fast. I have the 80s (maybe) equivalent from before Greg discovered tri bars.

The traditional way to power that would have been a child. They frown on that sort of thing now, the soft wussies! It is a nice thing; not over restored either. No good for my gas forge. Give it a month or two and I may well consider it cold enough to wreck my elbow again with a bit of...

I wouldn’t bother letting it into your heart though! Very clever @ferrus

I’m making a worse mess trying to get the damned bottom bracket drive side cup out!

I still really enjoyed that era though. Lemond, Fignon through to Indurain and his competitors. I think I slowly started to lose interest slightly when Riis beat Indurain. I still followed the big tours and even went to the ToB a couple times. For me though, that was peak racing.

Everyone’s different innit? The two least comfortable saddles I ever had the misfortune to perch my posterior on are a Flite and a Rolls. I saved for ages for the former when a gangly yoof and ended up giving it to a mate. He of course, loved it.

Nice. I will be travelling up on the 19th and back again either late on the 24th or possibly the 25th. If not I’ll have to make a special trip as I want this bike. I haven’t seen another larger than 55cm. Daughter is nearly 6’ tall.