Recent content by Mrphoibos

Re: I'm the seller. Thanks for the kind words. It did sell one bay last year for top dollar but the winning bidder came up with some cock & bull story and didn't pay up. Then I didnt get on the case of selling it again until now.

Re: Errr... Is old bicycle ownership a one way deal? Are we forbidden from ever moving on? I've been collecting bikes for a long time and I don't plan on stopping. I decided that this one wasn't getting any use because it isn't my size so it's best to let someone else have some fun with it and...

Re: It never had a BIN at all. I listed it with an starting bid of £200. It's all getting a bit exciting now though. I honestly have no expectation of what it'll go to. I'm quite touched, though, that it's causing such a stir. Glad others see in it what I do.

That's my bike! It is indeed early. Was built in 1984 for a chap in Dundee. It's built with 531 All Terrain tubing and has the widest fork crown you've ever seen! It's not really based on a road or touring frame but it's really early in the mountain bike's evolution so geometry is a bit cookie...

Sounds like your cartridge bearings are just a bit worn. There's not much else to go wrong with these hubs. If you can pull off the alloy spacers on the axle, exposing the bearings, you can tap the end of the axle with a hammer and a lump of wood and the axle will come out with one of the...