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anything steel, 700c with canti stops and good tyre clearance gets my vote ! Slender retro tubing with gravel or CX tyres looks infinitely better than ghastly carbon nonsense and grotesque oversize alu imho. its deifnitely true that current generation also wont go for skinny tyres...

@Woz , yes that is pretty similar, I must say I thought it was more for aesthetics than aero and maybe also a tiny bit of weight saving - since there is no need for conventional binder bolt or ugly seatpost clamp. It does allow you to see how thin the ti seat tube is against the...

Mike on this forum (https://www.retrobike.co.uk/members/beenatitforyears.18277/) knows the full history of this frameset and is still in contact with Paul Donohue and confirmed it is his work and one of only half a dozen made with this Reynolds 2000 tubeset. I can confirm the seatpost bolt is...

Fabulous, I hope it does well, some lovely parts there as well as being a classic.

...reviving an entry from March 2025: PWebb's 1992 Diamond Back Axis original build thread https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/2025-time-warp-build-thread.488809/ not an exotic Canadian wizard's iconic creation perhaps, but one of the nicest paint finishes DB ever produced IMHO

fitted a new Tange threaded headset and specsheet* correct UN52 BB *I will go for the 'Expert'/'Pro' spec from back in the day ( mostly XT ) but minus the V brakes as I much prefer cantis. I think I have most of what I need for a period correct build - to be continued...

Having previously renovated a 1997 Prestige (https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/merlin-prestige-1997-project-thread.488324/) I couldn't resist this one from RB member @DalryBikeDepot ... frame number confirms 1996 build but apart from decals this is ostensibly the same frameset...

owner posts occasionally on Retro Mountain Bikes UK group - seems to collect Saracens and is therefore also likely to be a member here. price reflects pedigree of the frame IMHO - TIG welded Cr Mo so £100 seems about right to me, cable routing says late 80s to me (bottom pull mechs)...

Nice project, watching this one with interest, nice to see something different getting a new lease of life

a matter of choice I guess, but IMHO the first picture looks infintely more attractive than the second and its not just the brylcreem :)

My most ridden bike: goes down to the allotments, takes me to and from my workshop in Altrincham almost daily - has no fancy components 100% parts-bin build, plus this 1997 frameset cost me £80 on ebay from a very nice Gentleman in London - I took bubble wrap and packing tape...

looks like the columbus forks are long gone - a shame The super light ethos is kind of lost with suspension fork up front - defeats the original object of a Nivacrom frameset IMHO

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/756971530699752 OP's other listing also interesting

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1753210368686771 county lines or just for generally terrorising the neighbourhood? reminds me of a battalion of battle droids!

Landfill, I don't go to HB or the Range since I am worried I may just have to set fire to the entire store to save humanity.

Very nice classy looking bike, GLWS.

Ugh, not been a good season, hope you can hunker down and the clean up isn't too arduous. Seems we all need to get used to storm damage and flooding around the globe these days.

Lol all correct, I am now fully up to date with stories from local newspaper covering boys with fingers in dikes, plus mice with clogs in windmills. Plus the Campy bits were in great condition thanks!. Oh nice wheels btw GLWS

I have used the Tektro brake booster/rocker things to simplify cable routing and especially when no front cable hanger is provided nor available via a hole in the stem... ...all the ones I have tried tend to direct all the force on just one side of the brakes (see below pic) - so...

wot no cows?