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Diamond back had an alloy u brake frame in 88 iirc. Worth a check and comparison

Near me ;)

Cheers dude, just taken the year from this Special Products Division | 1993 | Retrobike https://share.google/9qV002swpBemVc14V

To do.... Clean brakes, it's and chainset hardware. Found the 7 speed lx brifters, will check them after a clean with a cable fitted. Wheels are minging so hopefully clean the same a the rest.. chain and cassette will have to wait till later in yhe week

Box of cleaned bits and a dynatech seat qr, never new these existed. Presume it was a generic one. Paints peeled but cleaned up and works well.. mechs got a good scrubbing and feel tight and not worn at all, jockey wheels look new! Found a syncros post in 27.2 from Steve's parts stash, the...

Weight comparisons, shocking! Standard stem,bar and seatpost against zoom bar,stem and the orange hotrods. Will see what posts I have later, this one should be long enough..... And a dirty chainset before soaking

That's the plan at present, although I have a silver 1 inch zoom stem and orange hotrod bar that would feel amazing on gravel and weight alot less haha, I'll get them scales later and compare :)

Shame about the scuff, think its had a light or computer fitted at some point here. Bb spins lovely! Might strip and service the wheels tomorrow evening if I get time.

Cleaned and had a quick furniture polish. Looks nicer in the sun and cleaned up well tbh. Stripped and cleaned the headset ready for reinstallation with fresh grease. Gonna have 5 minutes cleaning and checking the bottom bracket, span well so shouldn't be an issue.

Just stropped the original sti's I think they're just sticky and need some love and cleaning. I'll probably use the lx though. The handlebar and stem weights the same as a car so may swap for some alloy ones haha. Got some period zoom ones. Frames cleaned up well and I'll give it a quick polish...

Bare frame and forks, ready for a bloody good scrub

Okay so it's got knobbly 700c wheelset and not quite cyclocross so I'm sticking this here as it's more mtb ;) Bought from Facebook marketplace a few months back fairly locally from it's original owner who used it to get about as an engineering apprentice back in 93. He lived in a beautiful and...

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

Humber bridge and a dynatech solaris