Recent content by pwebb

Lenton Sports - I think its 1954 - build thread started -though progress may be slow

latest crazy project - bought for the patina and the challenge - so far just cleaned the frame, freed the seat post and quill stem, removed a lot of gronk.

it was until I filled it up with retro bikes - lol

having a red month at the workshop

I think you can safely leave all the paint on the canti bosses, won't affect the movement of the canti arms, you can always fit a nylon washer if you do get a bit of stickiness but grease should be enough. Paint job looks good, colour is always a personal choice, if you love it that's fantastic...

If only AI powered search tools were that useful, with the advent of GEO, they are far more likely to return both a misleading and factually incorrect set of hypotheses and targeted advertising in equal measure and will soon render themselves as useless as the the SEO trained services that they...

clothing catalogues are hilarious - thanks for those :-)

oddly devoid of oil, tar and general gronk though, its all junk but relatively clean junk - looks like someone hoarded this thinking it would somehow be useful at some point. I am often saddened by the detritus that appears on FB marketplace

Interesting history indeed, it's quite remarkable this dates back to 85 as I had it down for 1988 and didn't know the history behind the Ultra. I am glad I didn't get too much wrong working from just the single pic, I should have guessed other folks on the forum would have seen this one before...

Ritchey looks like an Ultra from around 1998 ( judging by the U brake at the rear ) It has TIG welded frame ( not superior fillet brazing alas) but the cable routing and seat stay union with the seat tube lead me to believe this is a Ritchey frame albeit not a team edition nor fillet...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/177294563184 looks like good condition and these are great frames, massively underrated

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/405932250467 not the usual CM with slender lugs and this one has cantis and braze-ons as though it was once a tourer/hybrid, and previous owner has blocked up the bottle cage holes - presumably to go hardcore CX riding??? Its a good price and canti-stop equipped...

Au revoir Les enfants, but yes to any Louis Malle

Very pertinent for the times we find ourselves witnessing currently, sadly. A great film if you ever get the chance,etched forever in my memory