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    Best LBS in Britain

    Not without the crocheted straight jacket anyway😉
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    Help me choose a xxl steel frame

    What's the toptube on this Bob? Most large and custom frames up to y2k didn't get longer than 59cm.
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    Help me choose a xxl steel frame

    We custom made a few frames for supertall riders back then. Factory product was rare at or beyond 60cm tt.
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    Help me choose a xxl steel frame

    Mid 90s frames longer than 59 are quite rare. Many jigs and tubes just didn't go long enough 🤣 How tall are you?
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    Help me choose a xxl steel frame

    Is the saddle height right on the team line? Can you measure the toptube length?
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    Screwdriver Volt/Mains Tester

    I like to test live, flip the fuse, and then test off.
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    Screwdriver Volt/Mains Tester

    If you're doing anything near electrical contacts it's super useful to know what's live when. But if you're not competent or confident, you should probably call an electrician!
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    Screwdriver Volt/Mains Tester

    Electric screwdrivers are magic. Instead of getting a whacking shock, when you stick it on a live wire, with your thumb on the top button, you get a soft, flickering glow like the light over the door of a 50s nightclub. It's a completely different experience. Being real magic, it probably...
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    Best LBS in Britain

    Chain reaction killed 100s of LBS, leaving corporate sheds like Evans and Halfords running on cheap borrowed money and finance. These are now joined by branded "stores" but I'm hearing whispers that their finances are shakier than Mr Stevens from Cardiff
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    Best LBS in Britain

    It's definitely not us We have nothing over £2k Loads of bikes in the shop are dirty We don't stock new xtr/dura-ace or di2, although there's quite a bit of pre-owned kit kicking around. Our stock is so mental that one of our psychiatric doctor customers said it was like the inside of his...
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    Brings tears to your eyes

    Brake lefty righty is about indicating to turn across oncoming traffic, so on those grounds, Right and wrong Are indeed relative... To which side of the road you ride on😄 Which side of the road? It's like one way streets though, it's just advisory for proper cyclists🤣
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    Brings tears to your eyes

    I think you're wrong😉
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    Look whats just been invented 😉

    I can't imagine any circumstance where it's more enjoyable riding one! I have ridden one, it was even less fun than building the eccentric wheels for it🤣 either you're A Clown Or you look like one.
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    Look whats just been invented 😉

    By "Hill" They mean "Barely perceptible gradient"🤣
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    The other "HOW MUCH IS MY xyz WORTH" thread for 98

    Worth a lot more in pieces im afraid. As a bike I'd price it under a thousand, serviced insured and guaranteed. 🙄 26 might not be dead, but its pockets are deep and its arms are short.
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    Look whats just been invented 😉

    The customers for super high value new bikes, (Often termed "dentist bikes" in the trade) are 90% mammalian and 10% racer Like modern Land Rovers, the supposed target audience is not the real one. Is there a name for this marketing style?
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    Look whats just been invented 😉

    Average new bike cost is around £350, according to the industry. https://www.cyclinguk.org/article/how-much-money-can-you-save-cycling Yes indeed. £350. New. Average. How many bikes are RBers looking for from this rrp point? As you can imagine, online sales dominate - there's not much...
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    Brings tears to your eyes

    I'm flagging the combo of the bike and the seller's description. The bike alone is fine... apart from the front tyre and v- brake levers...😉
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    For Sale Raleigh Randonneur Reynolds 708

    I love these bikes - Let me know postage to Bristol its close to working for me👍
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    Brings tears to your eyes

    It's not as the good lord intended...🙈
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