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https://onlinebicyclemuseum.co.uk/1941-sunbeam-gents-wartime-finish/

Just to return to this build. After loads of searching and back and forth I've worked out the bicycle is a Sunbeam (probably a war time finish) build when supplies and chrome were short during and after the war. Everything on the bike was given a coat of black. Sunbeam apparently didn't produce...

Thanks 👍 - yeah I'll have a look at the bigger frame. ✌️

Hello - I was bought a Raleigh Nirvana (I'm sure that's what it was called) around 1992/3/4 I can't be sure - it was a platinum or silver kind of bike - very basic model with sis shifters etc but I can't find any in the catalogues. I'm just wondering if I was correct about the Raleigh Nirvana...

Hello - selling my Coventry Eagle - it was given to me as a dark purple pretty scruffy thing and I've had it blasted and resprayed in a nice leaf green.new decals etc. It's got a lot of nice original parts on it. Happy to give more details if someone is interested. Original Simplex running gear...

Thanks 👍 yeah it's really hard choosing colours etc. I agree. It's a very steady thing like.

Thanks 👍 to be honest I've not properly ever measured the bike. I dropped the bars forward so they are now level with the angle of the stem and it's actually proved better on my wrists for some reason. I think it's because I lowered the seat so I wasn't leaning into the bars as much but it's all...

Just thinking 🤔 brown cable, black, green or silver maybe. I'll be changing it as it suited the older style but now I'm thinking green 🍏

It's a bit old primary school toilet roll with the pink and brown I get it. I'll leave it for now. 😂

Yeah - I've had the bars in all sorts of positions to be fair. I have them up some days down others when I'm trying to impress 😂 in all honesty I could ride a 60cm miles better after trying a friend's so I'm on the lookout for a bigger frame. 👍

I updated the bar tape to a more relaxed tone.

Thanks folks. The Vittoria Rando tyres look nice actually. I'll only be using this on mostly tarmac and a few tracks which are fairly flat I'll use inner tubes aswell. I've never stepped over to the tubeless dark side yet. I don't need to really. Good stuff. Will try share some pics of my build...

Hello - great stuff - thanks - I might try your suggestion instead. Thanks for your help.

Hello - I've a pair of Mavic CPX 12 700 rims. The original tyres that are on them are from a 1998 spec and are 700x25 but I wanted to get a pair of Panaracer 700x30 GravelKings - I don't think the frame will allow much wider tyres at the rear but will these Mavic rims be ok to run 700x30 just to...

Just nudging this in case anyone has something hanging around 👍

I have been toying with doing this on another unknown frame just to see what it looks like. Thanks 👍

Thanks for this folks. As an update I actually got in touch with the guy I bought this from originally and ended up having a bit more talk and he did the same with the guy he acquired it from. Turns out it was a Coventry Eagle as the original dark red colour seemed to match. So I decaled it up...

Ahhh I did thanks (well I sold the bike on in the end) 👍

Still looking for a 32 hole rim if anyone has one - thanks 👍

I bought a copy of this book when I acquired my Saracen from @Tootyred on this here forum. The red one I acquired wasn't like the black ones used to take up Kilimanjaro but yours has some similarities. The wishbone brake hanger looks similar to the ones in the book. These are lovely bikes to...