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Ok . slowly getting there . Fixed BB , got new tyres. Next sticking point is the chain , it's very rusty and stiff. I did try and break it with a cheap chain breaker tool (doh!) , with the intention of dunking in in oil . This has resulted in the chain still half linked and a bit twisted ...

Not sure what the proper name for them is ? I've got the right/rear mech one , but the left/front mech one disappeared years ago , anyone got one spare ?

We used a pressed steel brake lever , easier to bend straight after the inevitable endo :D

/\ That sound exactly like mine Gruff ! But I think it was brush painted grey !

Trelleborg ?

Andyz I can't find any available for sale though ?

Arse , so how do I fit knobblies to a Sturmey Archer three speed ? :facepalm:

This has got me thinking (almost always a dangerous thing) .. Is , what we used to call 26 x 1 3/8 now called 26 x 1.35 ? ie. will http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Schwalbe-CX-Pro ... ClO_w_wcB# fit http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/33127382 ... mp;ff13=80 ?? :D

i was thinking about this last night as jabberingjimbo said , some had really short alloy mudguards , I guess the theory was to keep crap off the brakes ? I didn't have straight forks , I don't think anyone in our "gang" did , but the cycle speedway bikes did. There was a bit of woods over by...

I seem to remember the handlebars we used were slightly smaller diameter and needed "shimming" witha piece of Coke can !

Don't remember them . This was mid 70s before BMX .

i was looking at the rather lovely Clockwork Orange bike and noticed the rite-hite (spelling?) thingy , I vaguely remember them when they came out so Googled about them and ended up on a museum piece about the first MTB the Breezer ! Still with me ? Good ! In the days before MTB , we as...

Hmmm,are they expensive ? :lol:

Mainly after Marin in black like this EDIT: To add I don't have a Bear valley , but love the early 90s acid casualty colour scheme !

Re: Re: Thankyou kind Sir ! I did find his FB page , but noticed he was away so started looking elsewhere , but I'll message him.