Recent content by TheDocmeister

I have a mk3 tucked away at the moment and was also looking for new decals. There wasn’t anything in the usual places that I could see. Mine are still there though - if you need close-ups for repros I’ll try to remember to take some pics.

No drops, no downtube shifters and those tyres look over an inch wide to me - definitely a tractor!

Looks like a mountain bike rather than a road bike to me. You might have more luck over there?

You hit it on the head there. I'll not be getting lycra'd-up but will be doing some weekend cycling with the kids, maybe some commuting - or just trips close-by. For that sort of use it's a 'nice' bike. Fast enough, light enough, easily looked after and a bit of a talking point...

Yup, definitely some SR components on it - at very least the handlebars and maybe stem. I didn’t make it across today, but will have a proper look over the weekend. It was searching online for info that I came across someone referring to a “Sakae” built frame, but I had noticed a built in...

That's fair enough, perhaps explains why there is very little info when Googling them! Never believe all you read online... Was this just a new line in frames that were being made in Nottingham - I'm thinking like the earlier aero tubed frames? My interest was only sparked after purchasing the...

I hear you there! I’m 5’9 standing with a 29” inside leg, equivalent to 6’ when sitting down 😂

As far as I can make out they were used on various “almost lightweight” frames - the top end of the standard range sort of thing? - in the early nineties I’m assuming. Rear brake cable running inside the top tube is the first thing I noticed. Hopefully be over to my bike today, so will get a pic...

I’ve just picked up an early 90s Raleigh Record Sprint - the unloved blacked out version… It cost me £20 and although in need of a little tlc and some bar tape it rides really nicely. I’ll post pics on a project thread later. Question is, what are opinions on the (not) Sakae 501 frames? I don’t...

26.4mm, originally a Birmalux

Birmalux, certainly 26.something I think. I’ll go and have a look now, but I think it was discussed earlier in the thread somewhere.

A bit of a coincidence, I pulled mine out of the shed earlier, pumped up the tyres and had a spin around the block for the first time in ages!

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I know it’s a very old post, but do you still have this by any chance?

Believe it or not, I’ve just parked next to what looks in the dark to be a pearlescent white Peugeot 2008! I’ll need to be out early in the morning to see if it’s a match…