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Afternoon all, after just completing my first Mountain Mayhem on my Parkpre Team 925, still trying to work out whether or not I actually enjoyed it!!! Deffinatly a lot harder than our team of 4 oldies expected. I am left wondering how the 'retro' times compared to some of the times posted on the...

Thoughts please....... I am planning on participating in my first Mayhem as part of a team of 4 this year. My predicament is that my other 3 team members will be all riding modern & I do not even own a modern bike. I was thinking about using my Parkpre Team 925, however it is my p&j & the...

Was it only 1991 where Marin made the Pine Mountain in black (possibly Zoltan Grey) with orange stem & forks? Did they make any other bikes in their range with the black/orange combo? Were they all XT all over or was it a mix of XT/LX/DX? How high up the range was the Pine Mountain back in...

Does anyone have any experience with a Ferrari cx60 frame design by Colnago, I have been offered one new for £500, it looks like a good deal but just wondered what the people in the know thought?

So it was time to retire (strip for parts) my Specialized Crossroads Comp, my commuter for the last 14 years. In that time I have completely striped & rebuilt her from frame up again to keep her going. But I think now it is time to move to a new (old) bike. With this in mind I scored a very...

I live in Bexley & was wondering if anyone had a good (complete) Thames path cycle route. The reason I ask is because I was told a while ago that not alll the path is rideable. So wondered where the short cut / detours were to spend the least amount of time on the roads & the most amount of time...

If a suspension fork has brake bosses be it old or new fork, can it therefore take v and canti brakes?

I took these apart last weekend & the elastomers are toast. Does anyone know where I can get replacement elastomers for RST forks? Alternatively does anyone know if I were to buy a 2nd hand cheap RST fork were they all elastomer? So could I swap out the parts? Any help would be appreciated as I...

Anyone had any experience of clear powder coating, pros & cons? Any pics of frames that have been done? Thinking about getting it done to a polished steel frame.

Last night I managed to put 3 coats of clear on my polished steel frame. No rubbing down between coats, leaving around 15 mins between coats. I followed instructions on the can, light dustings not so heavy as to get runs. I maintained the 20/30cm spraying distance. However I checked the frame...

Is there an easy way of stripping the anno finish back to metal (silver)?

Just polished up my Parkpre Team 925 frame & was wondering whether or not to give it a laquer (rattle can) coating. Previous posts on this matter seem to be pretty inconclusive......

Is it possible to use a threaded 1 1/8'' steerer tube set of ridged forks with an a-head set as opposed to a quil stem & threaded head set?

I have a set of the above shocks on a bike I picked up yesterday, I think they look the biz & from what I can gather, back in the day they weren't a bad shock. However............ The above two pictures show you what they look like.... The problem is there is no rebound at all, this is a...

Parkpre Team 925 Full Shimano LX group set, PFR seat, RST MOZO Pro W shocks (that will be another tread) Pulstar hubs original wheels. Now gotta decide what to do with her? Its a steel frame that has been titanium plated, however it has surface rust spots all over it, so I'm now...

Today I picked up a pretty original Parkpre Team 925 which I intend to refurb over time. However the frame is steel that has been TI platted but there are little rust spots all over the frame. The trouble is wire wool will remove the TI platting taking the frame back to steel & the metal polish...

I have been a member on Retrobike for just over 2 years now & I thought it was about time I reviewed my builds. It was seeing all these fantastic builds on this forum that that got me wanting to have a go myself. I have never been one for 'factory correct' but then again none of my bikes are of...

I intend to run a shimano DX front derailleur (bottom pull) with a STX RC tripple crank. Sheldon Brown's website says a 110 / 113 bottom bracket would do the trick (fitting wise for the STX RC crank). However my question is do I need to take into account the DX derailleur I intend to use when...

I recently purchased the above with a view to attaching it to my Parkpre, however when screwing the derailleur onto the rear drop out, it will only go on so far as the spring & C clip you see in the pictures stops it from fitting flush. Have I bought the wrong derailleur or is this derailleur...

I bought the frame off ebay a couple of months ago, don't know why really, just that I was looking for something as a base for a new build. I was after something a bit different, spmething steel, hard tail, something you don't see too many of, so I guess Parkpre kinda fitted the bill. I have...