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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 .

I was in London last year to pick a bike up from South London and ride it back up to kings cross from Balham via Clapham Common . From what I saw cyclists had achieved a critical mass and there was a lot of them about . Multiple cyclists running red lights , a messenger guy falling foul of a...

Being the retro technophobe neanderthal that I am I recently sold an item on e-bay and bypassed the simple delivery and paid my own postage and hand wrote the postal address on the item package I had sold has I have done for the past seventeen years . Of course e-bay generated its own label...

My N plus one limit on bikes and frames was exceeded many years ago so I will have to pass on this Austrian built frame in pearl rose colour .

My first 531 complete bike was one of these , did my first races as a schoolboy on one . Sold to me by Bill Hargreaves's cycles in Dewsbury West Yorkshire. This was also sold at Bill Hargreaves's cycles hence the large BH sticker .

I have shopped with blue lug and keep it under 135 pounds and have had zero HMRC problems . Very fast service quicker sometimes than the UK . They always have some interesting items that are unavailable in the UK .

I was out on my clubs "club run " today. which is a lot more like a cafe race . One of the blokes asked when would I be buying a carbon Trek . I replied unless the local bike shop owner Dan gives me a new Trek I will never own one . It's just not my thing . Also I did not like the way Trek...

Hi Joe , I have a brand new chorus 50 teeth compact chain ring for 26 pounds posted if that is any good for you ?

That is a beautiful bike , it looks fast stood still enjoy !