Recent content by longun

brasso/silvo or good old metal polish and elbow grease. pics :)

Humber bridge and a dynatech solaris

I loved it buddy, it was in my top 15

I had a 2 hour Skype chat with Jacquie, most of what we chatted about can't be shared lol, she's ace, and I've a few locks of her dreads..... that was a cool and interesting gift!

One person per post ;)

Very tired, come down hits hard now and with being tagged, messaged and finding pics and videos etc I haven't compiled anything yet, so I will do a brief write up this weekend and add some pics, although I hardly took any and wasn't allowed to GoPro the retro XC race..... But Thankyou all xxx

Coming down from the Malverns and got thinking while walking the dog, haven't uploaded pics as I am still coming down from a great time (read tired) haha Here's the general rule of this game..... Trail of fame (wall of fame rip off haha), who'd you like to go for a casual ride with, have a...

It's for Steve's bike that I'm finishing for his folks since he passed, it's wasn't fitted to the fork and isn't in his spare parts boxes Or a similar crown race that fits cartridge bearing headsets.... Ta For this https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/pace-rc200-f5-yeah-that-one-on-ebay.472895/

Small update Tyres swapped and cassette fitted but needs a damn good clean first. Brifters fitted, silver pace bar fitted and a flite, although mark (dad) wants a comfier one haha, it'll do for the malverns :) Mechs fitted, found some shimano shims for the front. Rapid rise fitted as it's quite...

picked up a dynatech xc50 this evening, all original bar the saddle, gonna strip it, clean it, rebuild it and ride it :), pics to follow

Steerer isn't an issue as he'd already sorted one, didnt realise he had a stem/steerer ala rc100, gutted it isn't long enough. The pace crud catcher would be great, he has a basic clear one and wanted to get some decals made up but never got round to it I don't think :( Once it's ready and...

Picked up the pace and a few boxes of parts this morning front his parents. Quite emotional loading it up and driving away. I have had a rummage and almost everything is there is some forn or another bar little bits like an 8 speed chain and cassette, headset ahead cap, pedals and a front mech...

Who's racing retro Saturday in the xc?