Recent content by John83

Yes, 'sadly' it was missing when I got the bike :lol:

Thanks for the welcome! I reckoned it was about time for a change. The horrid 80's stickers were all shot, and the frame was starting to rust. Personally I prefer the new look. It seems a bit classier now :D

Cheers fella. We get a lot of that around here :)

Here's my present retro road bike. It started life as a Raleigh Sensor, which I believe was an early 80's bike. This bike was saved from the scrap man and donated to me as a project earlier this year. I'd never so much as fixed a puncture before this, so fettling this bike was a bit of a...

Here's my current retro bike, a 1996 Saracen Backtrax. I bought it a few weeks ago in a bit of a state and spent a couple of days stripping it down, cleaning, and rebuilding it with a mixture of old and new parts. I replaced the off road tyres with some Schwalbe Road Cruisers, and now I just...