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Back in the early 1980s there were a few guys who rode trikes in time trials in Yorkshire - and not just flat trials either, I often encountered them on the more acrobatic hilly tests too. I still vividly remember catching and passing one at the U-turn on this roundbout, which as you can see is...

Despite there being a very old saying about not reinventing the wheel, all the grouped/asymmetrical pattern wheels around show us how often some silly bugger will try it.

In my experience, most bike shops (and a fair number of cyclists) have unused bottle cage brackets lying around in a drawer.

As far as I know, Target wasn't a brand name used by Falcon - although I could well be wrong. However, according to a mate from that area there was a company with various target-related names (such as 'Target Wheel Products') based in an industrial unit in Barton which ran a low-volume...

What @bikeworkshop wrote. IMO, the only good things about that wheel is that it's got J-bend spokes and nipples you can get to without having to strip off the tyre. Back when I raced (ha! - that's one way of decribing it), standard bikes usually had 36 spokes in each wheel, maybe 40 in the rear...

Yep, but back then it was 'clean airflow'. The only 'Aero' we had was a chocolate bar. If I recall, it wasn't long before the RTTC got their knickers in a twist over the levers and probably found another reason to ban Alf - something that they did on a regular basis.

It's a can of worms that depends on a number of things. There were at least two and possibly three changes to Campagnolo square taper BBs over the years. The first was when they introduced helicoil grooves in an attempt to combat foreign body ingress and the second to comply with CPSC regs which...

A Svelto was good when new but wore very quickly even if maintained. Unlike the Eco which was never great but would go on and on and on and on and on. I suspect there are still some 1970s Ecos out there doing sterling work every day.

I think that there could well be two (or even three) frames here. In two of the b&w pics, the bike has brazed pump pegs on the seat tube and a cable operated front derailleur with what appears to be brazed levers, whilst in the last (with the guys in uniform) it has a lever operated mech. In the...

Round tubes, the style of the stay/dropout joints and the internal brake cable suggest that it's a Super Piu but it could be a Superissimo or an Altain. Trying to identify a refinished Colnago frame is a nightmare, especially as the factory was open for varying models for special orders. To my...

I've posted this picture before: There was also a single speed Mexico with flat bars often leaning against the window of a chemist's shop and on one evening I spotted a carbon aero Cinelli in a stack of bikes outside the staff entrance of a restaurant.

Back when I worked in the trade alloy cotterless cranks were starting to appear on utility bikes and we had a lot of customers complain of knocking or clicking when they rode - especially, for some reason, on Falcon bikes. The cure was a tiny drop of oil on the pedal threads and lightly wiped...

The only UT bike I use (a winter training/utility/hack - the other I've not finished building) has developed a creak - every left pedal stroke, it creaks. Originally I thought it was the sole of my shoe rubbing on the pedal platform but no, it's the left bearing moving in the cup - it'll take...

No. It's the paint style - although there was a specific 'Decor' model and some frames carry an 'Art Decor' script decal on the top tube.

Unless I'm very much mistaken, it's a mid to late 1990s Super Thron (sometimes incorrectly called a Thron Super). Going by the paint scheme (which is similar to the decor used on the Altain models) I'd err more to the late 90s.

That outer chainring has seen better days.

I think (but I'm no way an expert in the mechanics of modern Campag stuff) that like bikeworkshop wrote earlier you've got a lot of worn parts in the shifter - none worn enough to be instantly identifiable as the cause but each contributing a little to the issue. Maybe you could try a different...

This is a slightly out of focus pic of a 26 year old Record 9 speed which was working perfectly when I swapped it out as part of a global upgrade to 10 speed on all my bikes a couple of months back. As you can see, the tops of the same teeth are also flat. The only faults I've ever encountered...

Looks very much to me that there's a cutout. The levers look to be those for the short-lived Weinmann/Dia Compe delta brakes - the issue with the cables was that the original Weinmann/GB/Altenburger metal bodies weren't subject to a major redesign for aero cables, they were just slightly...