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Henry’s old shop. I worked there as a lad in the early 70s to earn a bit of money for TT entry fees. Henry also fixed my Langsett after...

Bet that’s fun in crosswinds.

Thought at first that it might have been a grease nipple. That shows how old I’m getting!

Ducati are one of the fastest, fuel efficient motorcycles on the market today. The range rover towing the trailer it's on though...

Only if it has a Ducati badge on it.

Pity they messed up the cable routing for the back brake on the 1984 model, going by that image.

Are those socks UCI-compliant?

And wings, like F1 and MotoGP.

From: The Rough Stuff Fellowship - The Early Years, pp 27, covering March1957- March 1958

The old cyclo-cross method of using a quarter of an old tyre outer, taped to the frame, was a cheap way of doing it.

And socks? How much weight did they add?

Is that what is meant by swan upping? I’ll get my coat….

I wonder if that might be too thin. Pedal Pedlar have some NOS Modolo cables which they say are 1.8mm...

Wouldn’t fitting a decent pair of side-pull brakes make life a lot easier?

Way back in the dark ages I only had one bike and used it for everything from going to school to time trials. All on sprints and tubs -...