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I haven't used them yet, but even if I had I doubt I would have been able to give you a useful answer. Most of my bikes are already equipped with nice pedals from the likes of Lyotard, Campagnolo, MKS, Zeus and Miche. They all work well, and I don't think I am going to wear out or break any of...

Nice! Lovely shade of yellow, which works very well on this build. 👍

Exactly. €1,000 if you're patient, €1,500 if you're not and have to pay eBay prices. Getting back on topic: I just bought this for mrs non-fixie. Not in my hands yet, but I believe it to be a mid-seventies Super Evry. Full Reynolds 531. Even with a nice new B17s and a guidon à trois positions...

"Relatively" is the operative word here, of course. And to be clear: I didn't buy it. I am Dutch, after all. ;)

I'll admit to being a bit of a pedal fetishist. I recently acquired these, which I'd been lusting after for quite a while. The Spécialités T.A. ref 4690:

The point I was trying to make (I think :rolleyes: ) is not so much that new bikes are expensive, but that good quality second-hand bikes are (still) relatively cheap. You may have to be quick, though, to get a good deal. In the automotive world people have cottoned on, and nice older cars...

Luckily I prefer old stuff. The price tag on this Alex Singer I spotted in Saumur a few years ago reads €4,400:

Nice build. Very effective. Love those colours. 🥰

The village church of Woubrugge, NL:

My collection was complete ten years ago. I am never going to finish all the remaining projects. I just bought a new bike. 🥳

Nice find! Whatever it turns out to be, the choice of parts is typical of a previous owner who knew what they were doing. I like the Middleburn cranks. Looks like a bit of TLC and some consumables should get you on the road. Enjoy and report back, please! :)

The combination of top tube cable tunnels and under-the-BB-shell shifter cable routing usually points to the early 1980's. @juvela 's right in that the Belgians were the first Europeans to adopt Japanese tubing and parts in the early '70's, but the overall impression I get from the pictures is...

I'm sure I'll be buying a few more bikes, but unless they're Singers or Herses, I'm pretty sure my last bike is already in my possession.

I believe the fork crown is indeed modified. This shape is fairly common on Plume Sport forks. Vagner and Ekla come to mind as possible originators: The bottom: Most are kept in the attic. :)

Don't tell anyone, but I actually have a few more. ;) I don't have pictures of all of them, I'm afraid. Sorry about that. 😟 This is an early eighties "Strada" which I've ridden quite a bit a few years ago. Built by Frank Groot, I believe. Pictured here on a rather famous historical site in...