Recent content by Snusmumriken

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I don’t know what happened to Paul Villiers, but he seems to have gone out of business shortly after building me this lovely bike in 2010. (The log was not included.) Please post photos of your own Villiers Velo bike.

My fault, I posted in what I took to be a Villiers thread, but I think I’d better start a new one.

I’ve just bought a bike with chromed steel wheel rims, which I don’t intend to change. The last time I had chrome wheels was on a Gitane bike in the 1980s. In wet, or even damp, conditions, ordinary black or red rubber brake blocks had no grip at all. Following advice from the books of the...