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Those bars you have on the Rory O'Brien look to be deep like a Cinelli 66 . A Cinelli 64 is shallower so when on the drops you will not be as far away from the brake levers . For a classic look a slight slope to the rear about five degrees from horizontal when setting the position of the...

That bloke Frank has got some serious welding talent and can produce too .

The photographic description of this Orbit bike reminds me of playing " spot the ball " on the pools coupon . There is no square on level photo from which you can estimate / guess the size of the bike . Looks like a decent bike for the money though .

While ever there is a breath left in me I will keep buying bikes . These days they are more utilitarian than thoroughbred race machines . At the moment I am fixated with Raleigh Randonneurs especially the 708 model. I have not done any loaded touring on them but plenty of club runs ...

Great video , one of my favourite makers Tommasini was well represented and some interesting lesser known makes . The Nobilette that Mark Nobilette made for himself had some lovely custom touches .

This seller is offering some excellent bikes . Unfortunately my 173cm size is not suitable and my wallet is empty . The fully French equipped Singer would be my favourite only because I am not keen on the Herse colour scheme . The Masi probably loses originality points for having after...

I would expect a steel Gazelle frame to have some branding somewhere on it . Some investigation is needed of circa 2000 Gazelle catalogues see if there is a similar frame in there .

I have never owned a Roberts frame /bike but to my eye they always look well thought out and well made . In my area Wakefield West Yorkshire I know of at least two Roberts owners one with a white Spider and another with a road bike . Last Christmas I bought my girl friend a club man compact...

Winstanleys have one for 99.99 or perhaps someone on retro bike has got one ?. I stopped using Rolls so cannot compare for you between modern day ones and the originals but they look the same .

This is one of the lower models not champion Mondial quality . If its got mudguard eyes and clearance that might be a bonus , the higher end ones did not . The Mondials are great handling race bikes designed for Dutch criterium racing.

That crankset looks like a first generation chorus which eventually became Athena later on . The PCD of your cranks should be 135pcd . Pro riders would put on a 44 teeth inner ring for Paris-Roubaix ,it being a flatish course and the riders not wanting too much of a jump between big and...

A classic retro road saddle could be a Selle Italia Turbo, a Selle San Marco Concor or Rolls , not sure about mountain bike retro though ......

Thanks Tommy, I will take a look . cheers Stuart.

For sale this tiny yellow De Rosa built with Columbus EL oversize tubing . Top tube is 51.2cm centre to centre , seat tube is 50.2cm centre to top . Seat post size is 27.2mm and bottom bracket is Italian threaded . The drop outs front and rear are engraved De Rosa and the heart shape is...

At first glance looks like a Colnago super from around 1983 . I think Mexico Colnago's were made of lighter tubing so if you know the average weight of this size Colnago super and compare it with the same size Mexico that might tell you what frame you have .