Recent content by LondonClassic

Nice bike. Tyres look fine for me for what you want to ride.

I'm paying £120 a year to host a site and than includes wordpress, certificate, security patches, email - all that guff. I think thats the going rate for small sites in the UK. No idea what kind of traffic velobase has but I suspect its reasonbly meaty as its pic heavy. Fair enough on not...

Donated - and thank you @bulgie for your work and upkeep on such a valuable resource. Is it the bandwidth charge thats stopping you pro hosting? Would take the DNS and cert issues out in one move.

There were tons of officially rebadged Vitus frames weren't there. This could be unofficial...or a prototype / sample.

Sold for £100! Looks like all internet bids.

This is my 1987 Coventry Eagle Touristique rescued from FB marketplace for £35. Wheels, saddle and rear mech have been replaced but otherwise all original kit. She has enjoyed a full DIY respray in my back garden in RAL 720M. Despite being one of the least cool brands out there, those that know...

I feel your pain. Bloody hard selling a bike right now. Lots of well meaning suitors whose interest isn't strong enough to make a sale stick.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/761646183039832/ Seller says it just needs inner tubes and paint. Probably a bit more than that by the looks. I appreciate its niche but posting anyway.

Or frontloading the recycling cost at the point of sale, so costs are already covered.

For a minute I thought you had one of those Blade Runner photo virtualisation machines...canny idea going back one lot. I agree, from that pic it looks more bonded than brazed.

Whoever owned these - a classical approach to the stable. A racer, a light tour/audax machine and a full on tourer. The lugs part is hard to tell from the pic. If its monostay then its potentially the Champion Mondial Super AA monostay frame...

Always thought this was a good way to.

Personal choice but for me it would be Snog Condor Marry Dawes Super G Avoid Gazelle Nothing wrong with the Gaz of course but if I won this I would try and sell that to pay for the other two.

I know. I'm moaning more about the rise of the GCN approved £40 bar tape mentality. And as I typed that I checked and the £50 bar tape barrier has been broken. And I still think a Michelin World Tour is a good tyre BTW :)

Thanks for the breakdown @bikeworkshop. An LBS having recycling costs is something most punters aren't aware of. Tyres are one of those cycling things that seemed to have mysteriously crept up in the last 15 years (at least at the 'performance' end of things). Tyres and bartape!