Recent content by pictonroad

☝️ Try some on-one OG bars, they have a great sweep to them. If you can convince someone to sell you their carbon model then you'll be winning. They came in a 'chewy' spec that means they have loads of flex. I have some on my rigid cannondale singlespeed and they are transformational from a...

@bikeworkshop shop has drawn the same conclusion as my riding colleagues. I'm part of loose collective of life long MTBers who foray into multi day gravel exploits. We've drifted about on various set ups but most have settled on shortish stem and wide but reasonably conventional looking drops...

Hell yes, all that matters is having fun, everything else is opinions and you know what they say about them...

That's wild looking, love it, what are the forks?

very subtle, I approve of making old bikes how YOU want them, especially if you're using them.

This should be good. 😎

He's a great rider and there's some gold in that collection but the way some clearly utterly dead saddles go back in the 'good' pile tells me that lot will end up in a probate lot clearance.

Whole lot of 'I'll get round to rebuilding that one day' in that auction.

I quite liked the lauf when I had a go on it. On some of the fast south downs descents you can't see because you're eyeballs are vibrating, the lauf wasn't perfect but it was alright.

you'll need a tensioner anyway. I've had a few magic ratio bikes for commuting. The magic only lasts a few months, they ALWAYS wear and fall off which gets boring very quickly.

I'm a serial bike fiddler and ride modern bikes hard in all weathers. None of the things you've chucked up are better than the modern equivalents. We went through a phase where stuff was changing for change's sake but I 'think' we're mostly out the other side now. I-beam saddle clamps solved...

Unfortunately you were beaten to it Cloverleaf.

Someone will want this, came on a bike I bought for other parts. The pistons moved when I pushed them but it's definitely spares or repairs territory. £10 plus cheap post.

I'm partial to ordering tyres to be delivered just to experience the visceral thrill of time travel when I open the package and inhale... Ahhhh If I was to come into serious money I'd build myself a home pub in the style of a wooden floored bikeshop in 1996. Stock the cabinets with anodised...

It's lovely isn't it. I'd happily give that shed space.