Recent content by oldave

Thanks all. In no particular order...I could keep it, but unlikely ever to ride it for health reasons. If I put the 739 cranks on then complete except for the Vs, but not original to the frame. The components came I think from a '99 Explosif. The P2s are from 2006, I saw the Evans receipt that...

Not even any wild guesses?! Would splitting fetch more?

I know the bike market is bleak, but any guesstimates as to a realistic sale price for my Kileaua? Must be one of the nicest about. Most of the components off a slightly later Explosif I believe. I fitted a 737 crankset because I prefer looks over the 739, which will come with it. As will the...

@Joe_Rides .....nice bike though! I very much like my Aurora.

^ 501 handlebars are very comfortable IME! Nice.

Over 50 years ago I worked at the New World gas cooker factory, probably the worst engineering works in UK. Even there we didn't send out cookers with the burners upside-down. Well, not often....

Can't be many of these about? https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/973579690998882/

No bids with 10 minutes to go....

Cleanse your soul, clear your conscience....."publish and be damned...!" (That phrase doesn't actually work in context , cos no-one here will damn you!)

IME the "K2" frames deliver a properly comfortable ride! Bargain.

Very nice Royal. I had an immaculate one a few years ago, rode very well. Jo seems, as always, entirely relaxed about the ever increasing fleet!

Just to widen your field, Jamis Auroras come up occasionally and at a decent price.

Certainly my best masking tape and rattle can paint job!

They can be very pretty!

Lovely. If forks worked and tyres not too big for proper clearance....I would be interested.