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A brief diversion into the world of motorcycle tyres. 3 or 4 years ago I was chatting with a manager at the head office of a tyre manufacturer, who informed me that their new off-road tyre was just days away from going into production. It was to be named after a US national park by the tyre's...

Guess I was lucky. Had a 2002 Jazz as a second car. Sold it in 2013 with 70,000m on the clock and during that time it never missed a beat or gave any trouble. The boot space was so useful for carrying big/odd-shaped loads and it swallowed MTBs.

Struggling to pay our invoices for some time, so we've only been supplying them on a pro-forma basis. Desperately sad for the employees, but it reflects the state of the cycle industry. In addition to the names mentioned above, Raleigh also pulled out of the P&A business 12 months ago. There...

Heard a potential buyer just pulled out. So the rumour may have some substance.

Yum! 😎🤯

Love it, love it, love it! It would have my vote in BOTM.

Rally, really like that.

Hi, I'm having trouble sending you a PM. I'm back in my office on Tuesday, if you can wait that long.

Congrats to @al , a deserved winner. Amazing bike. I'm bloody delirious to come 2nd in that field! I'm off down the pub. If anyone's coming, the first round's on me. 😁

I have a pair of virtually unused 737s with original pads, bolts and straddle cable. If you're interested I'll dig them out tomorrow and pm you an image.

There's only one job I really dislike when it comes to bikes and that's applying decals 😱. So since I was up early today I thought I'd get on with it before the usual round of Sunday chores. The car can remain unwashed for now and the wood pile unchopped. The image makes the decals look a...

Rims are now laced to 737 XT hubs with DT spokes and nipples, and Smokes front and rear. I hadn't paid much attention to the Ringle/LX hubs that came with the wheels because they were going to be changed anyway. But when stripping the wheels down I noticed the skewers are ControlTech...

A few more parts went on this afternoon. M737 chainset and front mech, both purchased a couple of months ago, and a set of XTR pedals nicked from one of my other bikes. The mech had some pretty ingrained dirt and took a while to clean up. NOS M737 brifters are on Renthal bars with Yeti grips...

denco.h1e's 1991 Trimble 4-1 Build thread

Fitted a few parts this evening. Lightly rubbed the frame down with an 800 grit Scotchbrite pad to give it an even satin finish. BB is a new 107mm Tange. Headset is the bike's original aluminium Tien Hsin - I think I read somewhere they own the FSA brand. The headset's locknut was once...

Not a 17" for sure. Head tube is much longer than mine.

I hadn't, and thanks for bringing them to my attention 👍, but the price is a bit too salty for my budget. It's almost as much as I paid for the frame, forks and wheels! The chap I bought the frame from sold his CR brakes for (I think) £250 and I kind of made my mind up then that I'd head down...

Only ever bought one, but still have it 31 years later.

Don't know what happened but I posted about this new build last night only to find the post has disappeared today. Probably hit the wrong button without realising 🤷‍♂️ Anyway it's a 1994 Parkpre Pro\Elite that I won on ebay. It came with the original Mag 21s and a set of wheels with...