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I’m making a worse mess trying to get the damned bottom bracket drive side cup out!

I still really enjoyed that era though. Lemond, Fignon through to Indurain and his competitors. I think I slowly started to lose interest slightly when Riis beat Indurain. I still followed the big tours and even went to the ToB a couple times. For me though, that was peak racing.

Everyone’s different innit? The two least comfortable saddles I ever had the misfortune to perch my posterior on are a Flite and a Rolls. I saved for ages for the former when a gangly yoof and ended up giving it to a mate. He of course, loved it.

Nice. I will be travelling up on the 19th and back again either late on the 24th or possibly the 25th. If not I’ll have to make a special trip as I want this bike. I haven’t seen another larger than 55cm. Daughter is nearly 6’ tall.

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Hi @mcslaski , I really think this would be perfect for my slightly tall daughter. Trouble is, I’m way to the south. I do need to travel to Edinburgh up the M6 in October though? Could I be met on a Sunday?

That one is down in that London place! Also too small. Thanks for the link though as I have no idea what options exist. That’s another name there and, what a name. I love it. With only a slight squint, it’ll be the courgette bike. I see a mottled green paint job in the future.

Hi @Jd345 thanks for the offer but I’m looking for a complete bike. Out of interest though, what size is it? I assume the seat tube C to T is the measurement to go for?

It is a family joke. She is the shortest in the family. At 5’11” only just though. I nearly took the shortest title.

Tentatively looking for a bike for my daughter to ride. Something classic comes to mind. She is the family shortie (just!) so maybe a 22.5” seat tube length? Anything in the collective sheds? I’m in the midlands and she is in Nottingham.

Looks very nice but quite small? What is the size please? I am tentatively looking to buy my daughter a bike. She’s the shortest in the family apart from the cat. She is still a bit tall though.

Was getting out of Wolverhampton today when we spotted this large bundle of vintage mags: They are in the Baby Blues charity shop. Thought I’d post here as you never know…

One of the many tools I don’t have space for but keep anyway is an old Clarke fluxcore ‘MIG’ welder. I know I would need it as soon as I got rid of it. I have even used it for welding in a bodywork patch on our old car when it failed the MOT for a crusty wheel arch. Very cool project BTW. It...

Did you seal it in some sort of envelope? To keep the oxygen out? My making has hit a pause until cooler times. Have requests to make a couple then.

We all know the colour of the door of the shed that the bike is kept in…

I have something similar if not the same. It certainly is a parallelogram design. It is fitted to my do most things bike. It has been toured, used to get the shopping and even used as a mountain bike! I have always liked it. The steering geometry stays the same with the levers always where...

I have always liked this photo: A photo of a photo but still reasonably clear! My brother at the end of a race. I think we can agree that he left nothing out on the course. Late 80s or early 90s I say. I think he had a black Stumpjumper. The race would be somewhere in South Devon.

One of those has been my constant companion since 1991. I’m amazed you managed to break one. A properly overbuilt frame! Mine is still going strong.

It isn’t too difficult. I followed this guy’s video. I think it was him. I remember fingerless gloves. Grease bungs up the pawls. I used old style diff oil. I even managed to replace a pawl spring. They are fascinating things. Give the rims a good prod with something metal. That’ll...

I grew up in Devon. It is a wonderful place. I did Ten Tors in 1986 maybe? The very hot year with people dropping out his heat related illness. Did a lot of hiking and biking up there. Your thread has made me remember. Cheers.