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I managed to spread the rear triangle from 130mm to 133mm to give me more options on hubs - had to go past 150mm to make this happen.

Re: Re: Thanks for that. This one rides beautifully. it's light, responsive and very comfy, but then the other half doesn't do any knarly trails. Its definitely worth some TLC to keep it going. I might have to treat the inside of the tubes though. When I removed the b/b (well it virtually...

Re: Re: Yeah! I thought so too but the decals definitely say "sabre racing cycles" so I couldn't make my mind up. Also a friend had a Venom road bike but it didn't have that headbadge.

Can anyone shed any light on this bike brand? (not to be confused with the more modern megacheap brand of the same name) I bought it 2nd hand 20yrs ago for my better half and has only seen light use since. Reynolds 531 steel frame. The rear dropout is 130mm. Unfortunately the b/b is now shot...

Thanks for the comments. The BB is a bit of a work in progress. I only had a 115 in my parts bin so it had to go on. Well I do have others but they really should go in my bin bin. However, it rides just fine. I'll get around to changing it sometime but I have a Colin Cape race frame gathering...

Re: Ta. I do really like that blue. However 2 of the photos somehow got converted to grayscale so I've updated the post :-)

Just finished this. Campag throughout. 81 NuovoRecord mech, SuperLegere pedals, Tipo hubs, GranSport brakes, Cinelli bars & stem, Suntour 6sp block 13-24 x 42/39 half step gearing. Rides beautifully. :D