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If you look at your bottom bracket you will see a Y* prefix the star will be the year of the 1980s so mine is Y701 which is January 1987. Yours looks like 1989

beautiful! have you signed up for some summer TTs?

try Ford Tawny Brown - bang on era Ray

All sorted now got an old bit of brake cable and forced the lining out, threaded the new cable and popped it back in! One problem solved, one more to go!

Hi again, similar job to the cable routing question a few minutes ago. The caliper is unconnected to the brake lever and cable at the moment but I noticed the drive side rear brake arm snaps back lovely but the non drive side has a much weaker return. I have looked at the internal spring and...

Hi all, just redoing my brake cables and cant seem to get the front brake cable through the plastic sleeve that is within the stem, feels like the angle is too sharp for the cable to slide through and the cable is therefore running into the back wall of the sleeve. I have tried a bit of grease...

Re: Hello, I met Rod Greaves in Costa Coffee in Whitby two years ago and this is the first time his name has popped up anywhere. I noticed him park his interesting looking bike against the window while I was sitting there with my family. We had finished and I was outside by myself trying to...

Re: Tcr not credit. Also check length you need according to crank.

Re: English thread, but you need to check crank compatibility. I have a 2000 credit and its 9 speed 105 octalink. Hth

Re: Thanks for your detailed response. It is the head-tube, it appears to be worn front and rear in line with the symptoms of the fork rocking back and forth. I bought a NOS 105 headset in the hope it would hold but it worked loose after a mile or so, when I tried shims, I managed to damage...

Re: The Loctite didnt work so looks like the frame needs a new headtube and will also therefore need some paint. I wondered if it is possible to fit a 1 1/8" headtube with a 1" frameset to get rid of all this headset silliness once and for all - realise I will need a new fork but that would...

More recent post says better Butler frames were Roberts sourced which was also my understanding? Pearsons in Sutton also used the Croydon framebuilders but would also source from Dave Yates so who knows. The frame number on the drop-out isn't that common, that must narrow it down somewhat...

Re: Roadking on here usually has informed opinions about Croydon framebuilders. Try sending him a message he may be able to help. Ray

Re: I have bought some Loctite 680 but before I go ahead and glue the bottom and top cups in does anyone know of a "deep insert" headset I could try before going permanent with the Loctite? I did read a post somewhere but cant seem to find it now. Thanks

Re: I have a 1987 Peugeot Elite I have just converted to single speed as a "get to work by avoiding public transport bike". If you look at your bottom bracket you will see a Y* prefix the star will be the year of the 1980s so mine is Y701 which is January 1987. Check it out!