Recent content by zerogravitas

One of the coolest wheelsets ever. Shame they went out of production so quickly! Are yours tubular?

Quality contributions recently gents! This thing takes the crown for the week I reckon. 👌😁

Fantastic looking frame with quality components, thanks for the history and looking forward to seeing how you gently restore it! A clean and polish looks like it will take you most of the way. 😁 I actually like the aero bar setup as it shows it was really used for a purpose! Drops give it a...

Much better. 😁 Get those bars rotated down though. If they are pointing up like that to help your reach, move the brakes up the bend a little, and if that doesn't help you might want a bar with shorter ramps. The rule of thumb I go with is the lower flat section of the bar should be parallel...

Beautiful looking frame, Principia make superb bikes. I worked with a German guy who was a huge fan and could really see why. 👌

Ah that's fantastic, I've heard tales of Ned's collection. Wonderful that this event goes off with such style and enthusiasm after all these years. Curly Hetchins Bates I think? One of my favourites

Lovely! Very tidy, and a nicer stem! You need some SRAM Red shifters with the red detail to tie in with the logos.. might be a bit excessive for the frame ;) I really like the functionality and feel of DoubleTap shifters, big SRAM fan from this generation onward.

@Nob, here's my Denti; Full build thread here; https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/80s-mino-denti-master.432205/

Thanks for the link @ferrus Looks like he has a few other good videos about some obscure and interesting components.

Recumbent Fab trike Quad (missing a stoker)!

Okay a few more: This was the most distinctive veteran I saw. Amazing looking machine. Rare splashes of colour from the newer machines. More later!

This is pretty local to me, and whilst my oldest bikes are 20+ years too new to run (1960 cutoff), it was fun to ride over and have a quick chat to a few owners and then watch the grand depart. I took a whole pile of pictures but here are just a few. Bates trike (cantiflex tubes)...

11 years on! I upgraded to some larger dia wheels and better trucks after a while. So many miles on this thing.

Veery cool frame. Love the rear stay shape.

The red one is a very ratty Phillips, flat plate dropouts and brake bridge. The drivetrain is also orange with rust (zoom on the rear caliper for an idea). I am firmly in student bike territory with plenty of old heaps about so some don't make my cut. 😉