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Just to confuse matters I also have a WI branded version with black cups…

That's the one, Kettler Alu-Rad I think? I once raced my German exchange student on one of these when I was staying with him, I can still remember how upset he was when I beat him up a hill (he was riding a much lighter road bike) :LOL: They are possibly the heaviest aluminium bike ever but...

Just finally had a look at this thread. Pleased to see this on here :) FWIW I would agree that the stay should be okay, assuning that the stay itself hasnt been bent in any way? Brass filling and retouching probably is the best way to go. And the shifters in the catalogue image are almost...

Another article for your perusal as well - starring yours truly :) https://www.cyclinguk.org/sites/default/files/document/migrated/publication/201009044.pdf

Late to the party again! I'm loving all of this. @LunarBike you are doing everything exactly as Mike would do in regards to machining. He would be very impressed with your efforts for sure. If you were not in any doubt before you will definitely know that no 8 Freight is exactly the same - at...

Sadly can't help... but it might be useful to know that geknackt is the Austrian (German) word for cracked, should you need to ask the question :)

Oops, didn't spot that! It is a bit of a curio, looks like it has hardly been used. I would like to know more about it's history for sure :)

On Facebook Marketplace... https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/216942621513635/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_top_picks&referral_story_type=top_picks Price strong but looks immaculate condition wise - strange that there isn't more information in the sale ad. Possibly somebody...

Indeed - I had one of these and sold it for £120 on here a few years back. It was much nicer condition wise as well! EDIT - I'm actually wondering if this is the same bike, with a little extra wear and tear?

I believe the Dia Compe code for the ones you need is OPC25K If it is there's some on Ebay overseas, not very cheap though...

Yep, TRP are essentially Tektro's modern high end offerings. I have a couple of sets of their v-brakes and I have been super impressed by them. They have Titanium hardware and very well made. I believe the Marin Lite brakes that were OEM on 95-96 models were also the same as these RBP's more...

Nothing wrong with these in my opinion. They perhaps lack the better quality hardware of more fancy brakes such as tri- aligns, but work as well as similar mid range offerings in my experience. IIRC they also offered a RBP branded brake lever as well, if you wanted to go the whole hog. I'm...

Saw this a couple of days ago, not sure how the seller is calculating the cost at all. I suspect that his mates are also spamming up the comments as there are several posts stating what good value this is! The bent fork concerns me as well TBH, that's 1020 gas pipe hi tensile steel at best. Not...

Probably ended up with people asking if they could take just the one bike and the penny dropped. At the original price I would have taken them both no questions asked, then offered the other to a bike recycling charity. Still would have been quids in! Some people never learn :rolleyes:

I was thinking flimsy, weak and sh*t...pick two But I catch your drift!