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Panda Pops!

Perfect for a short person with incurable nostalgia.

Thanks. The levers are 'Prostar' branded, which have been cut down and drilled. So nothing fancy, but originally chosen because they're pretty light, I suppose.

Here's my 1983 Alan Richards (Tower Cycles). I originally built it up from a frame over various lockdowns – the thread for that is here. Among other notable features are a headbadge I had to custom design (with a bit of guess work required), and some brake levers which were once used by a...

True – though for a Catholic church it's positively subtle and restrained :LOL:

No, I have not been on a tour of Tuscany – this is in fact the Church of All Saints, in Hassop, Derbyshire. Built in 1816-17, it started life as the chapel for Hassop Hall over the road (owned by a prominent local Catholic family).

Looks like a fantastic bike to restore. Just to see it with standard road bars will be a massive improvement.

In the case of Bruce Burford, he was 'virtually towed' up to 100mph on the rollers, and then got up to 207mph, which does seem like a slightly pointless record, I have to say, but each their own and all that...

The protagonist on his snazzy Falcon in Deep End (1970). It's a curious film, with an interesting cast including Diana Dors and Jane Asher. The Falcon does play a role in the plot, at one point ending up with its front wheel getting run over by a car.

Ah, thanks. I didn't really think anywhere like that would be interested, but I might get in contact with them, then.

Most likely it was done by a frame-builder, not just a DIY job - or it may even have been an optional extra when the bike was made. Either way, it shouldn't have damaged the frame at all.

It’s a pump peg, for holding one end of a pump, the other end sits against the seat tube opposite. Back when pumps were too large to fit in a back pocket, of course.

Dawes Milk Race Reynolds 501 frameset - 52cm. It's been somewhat roughly resprayed, and well...it is what it is, so good for a pub/beater bike, basically. Collection from Sheffield, or I could theoretically post it for £15, I suppose.

I've decided to (edit-probably) sell my unrestored 1961 Severn Valley frame which is also 56cm, if you're interested @chickendrumsticks? It does need a full renovation, so may not be what you're after, but it would a good price...

Value is very hard to say, even if you could get it 100% verified, I wouldn't want to start putting a figure on it myself. Also, I don't know about how you go about proving provenance when it's a case of 'this person knew this person, who knew this person' sort of thing. No doubt there are...

Interesting - given how you found it, I strongly suspect it's the real deal (just because why would someone put CB's name on a wheel and put that on a bike, unless they were trying to sell it for big money with some made up-story attached to it). But, the same questions remain, of course. Who...

Obviously it looks the part, but with anything like this it's all about proving (or at least, knowing) the provenance of the object. Meaning, you'd have to be sure of where the person who sold it actually got it from, and how many hands its been through, going right back to its origin, really...

I can collect this on the weekend of the 26th if you can hold onto it until then?

Yes, I'd like new bar tape and some gears for my £900, please. It'll never sell for that, anyway.

I managed to get out this morning before the temperature got too silly on a shakedown ride for my latest build. I came across this rather handy looking camper conversion, which happened to co-ordinate quite well with my bike. It had come all the way from Austria. I sometimes wonder what people...