Recent content by kermisking

I will second the ultra romance thumbs up !.

We live in the age of the internet . A frame builder can Market , self promote and show their work to millions for very little if any outlay . The downside to that is if there is customer dissatisfaction they can be very publicly crucified . The owner of Ellis Briggs perhaps hit the perfect...

My cycling is mainly road based with road racing in the past . However I always find it entertaining and enlightening to watch a Paul Brodie the mountain bike frame builder (mainly) you tube clip . Paul sold his successful bike business but shares his skill and craft on camera . The instalment...

When I started cycling on lightweight bikes in the early 1980s there was a plethora of British frame builders , the predominant material to have a frame made from was steel . Bob Jackson until recently made well priced frames , semi production style . They were well established , had low...

Yes I sold mine a shame because it fit great but I have and had too many bikes . It definitely opened my eyes to the top quality of Japanese bikes though ! Eddy Planckaert's Panasonic was for sale recently on Netherlands Marktplaats , now I am fairly certain that bike would have had a lot of...

Very nice bike . I had one that was the Pro ride of Patrick Stroucken when he raced for Peter Post's Panasonic team . It was a great handling bike even though it had been well used .

Hi Waterford 45 , Please could you measure the length of the head tube ?. It might be a mistake on my part but the size of your Randonneur seems to fall between the 55cm and 57cm size , I don't think the guy with the tape measure would have been that far out at Raleigh but worse things have...

Looks like it was made by light structures in Yorkshire . They make the lighting rigs for bands stage shows . That was a poor pun but it would be interesting to see who made this very rare looking bike .

I don't have any mechanical tips apart from maybe a third hand tool . If the brake set up is pissing you off, have a sit down and a nice cup of tea . Allow yourself plenty of time and laugh at your own mechanical ineptitude you will get there eventually with a few curses thrown in .

Hi , This is very similar to a 1989 Mondiale frame . I think it is higher quality with the engraved seat stay top eyes and B in the lugs . The serial number sounds familiar to the Mondiale . Look up on line 1989 Bianchi Mondiale lots of information for you to harvest . The tubing is probably...

For many years I have bought and sold mainly road bikes for my own use . It helps that I worked in Engineering so did a multitude of measuring and also scaling because the drawing office had left a dimension off . People sell bikes for friends /relatives often having zero bike knowledge but...

Thanks Neil , could you message me the paperwork of this bike please ?

Hi Neil , have you sold the Wester Ross ?

Hi good afternoon , I will take the Campagnolo brake pads please if not sold thank you .

You could get someone to Tig weld over the top of the groove . I wouldn't advise heating up by welding an old aluminium fork though . if it breaks it could be nasty .