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Lovely job!

Great shot of The King! Loving the drilled handle bars too.

Looks great!

When I came to re-use my 40 year old racing wheels I decided the original Clements were past it, despite the fact they still held air. I replaced them with a set of Vittorias as they look the part and weren't too expensive.

Nice looking bike! Your steepest climb on the 100 mile route is Mam Nick. Quite a climb on a 42 x 28....depending on how fit you are! The technical descent is on the High Peak Trail heading down to High Peak Junction. The scenery is quite fantastic, especially when the sun is shinning! I'm sure...

I think what they are referring to is modern tri-spoke wheels. Any wheel from that era would be suitable but remember some of the descents on the L'Eroica Britannia are quite steep and technical!

Wow that's so nice to see! Great looking bike and what an exciting prospect of riding 800 km to Burgundy!

Now you'll be needing a retro yellow Peugeot jersey to match!

Nice to read about Allins. I bought mine, second-hand back in 1971, with a special smoke-effect paint job! Sadly the novelty wore off, had it re-painted and used it in time-trials as a schoolboy. Fast forward 45 years and I'm still riding it with the original equipment fitted at that time. It's...

I saw the Eroica advertised recently as a "family lifestyle festival"....no mention of bikes or cycling! Regarding the "mud-bath" Christmas Festival last weekend at Bakewell Showground, the traffic was backed up from the B 5056/Picory Corner junction into Bakewell....so it's not just L'Eroica...

Re: c1952 BSA Tour of Britain - too far gone to restore? Is that a barn-door I see in the first photo? ;-)

These certainly are "Testing Times" ! ;-)

Nice, the paintwork looks in good condition!

Put some wheels in it and ride it like it is and feel the memories come flooding back!

Matlock Cycling Club are holding their double hill climb this weekend, Sunday 23 October. Riber hill in the morning and then Bank Road in the afternoon, with a full field of 120 riders on Bank Road. (I think we had only 40 riders last year) The National Hill Climb the following weekend is held...