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Picked up a couple of months ago......a sorry looking E.G Bates. Recognising the Bates name as being something of potential quality I dropped the seller a message and within the day I was the new custodian. Eddie Bates was the Bates brother who was based in Plaistow (Horace Bates being the...

Spotted on fb marketplace earlier in the year......a very sorry looking Orbit. Now - I was aware of the brand but not in any great detail - but was pretty sure they made good, light touring bikes, so I made inquiries. Haggled and agreed on the price before looking at it (not sure why I did it...

Hi all, Anyone have a Maillard 700 high flange rear hub to match this front? 36h would be ideal but 32h would be OK (I'll find a rim to suit) as I'm sure beggars can't be choosers. Drop me message if you have anything suitable. Cheers!

Hi all, Has anyone got a spare/broken/odd Campag Gran Sport brake lever? I need a brake nipple barrel as one of mine has corroded and cracked. I'm assuming that this component is common across different Campag levers? Happy to buy a whole lever, a partial lever or just the barrel. Raid...

The usual daily trawl of the various online marketplace adverts turned up a potentially interesting bike this week......a Titan. Couple of things that piqued my interest was the Shimano 105 Champagne groupset, chrome forks and the funky fluted tubing. Enquired about it, arranged a viewing and...

Hi all, I've just picked up a cheap do-er upp-er and I'm trying to identify the frame builder......if that's even possible. (appreciate I may never get a definitive answer on this). It's certainly a well specc'd lightweight.... What I know: 25" Frame 27.2 seatpost (531DB?) Nervex Pro lugs...

The latest steel-steed in the fleet - picked up last week - and my first bike with track ends. A 1970-something Claud Butler Olympic (I think.) Barn fresh - stored for decades and sold off due to a house clearance. The guy I bought it off had it secondhand in the late seventies and sent it...

A few weeks ago I had a message from a friend with a link to a fb marketplace advert for a MacLean Featherweight "Barn Find" that happened to be fairly local to me. I love it and hate it when this happens in equal measure......as I usually love the bikes that I get sent links to but it usually...

A couple of months ago I spotted an advert for a tired looking Claud Butler tandem for a reasonable price. Sorely tempted I managed to talk myself out of it and it sold really quickly. Fast forward to Friday night, perusing the fb adverts and the very same bike turned up, this time on the...

I'm after a seatpost bolt for my Raleigh project. I think originally it was a Specialites TA allen key style bolt - but has been replaced with a nasty rusty std bolt arrangement. Anyone got something suitable? I realise there are loads of these available on eBay from China - just wondered if...

I'm after a Suntour 6spd free wheel - specifically just a couple of the screw on cogs - 14T and 15T - but realise I'll probably have to buy a complete freewheel. The one I'm fixing has 13,14,15,17,19,21 teeth on the cogs. Similar to the one pictured - the Maeda Industries one...... Anyone...

A few years back I landed an '82 Raleigh Competition 12 - I renovated it and it was an absolute joy to ride........but slightly too small. Like it needed a fractionally longer seatpost to make it comfortable. It was close but not close enough. viewtopic.php?f=23&t=357417 So I sold...

Picked this up this week from a lovely old gent called John, who used to be sidecar racer (pillion!) in the 1950s/60s. Spent a while chatting to him when I picked the bike up - a fascinating chap. He was giving away (or donation to charity) a very tired looking Claud Butler. I spied what...

A few months back I bought a Claud Butler Electron from an elderly gent who had given up cycling at the age of 86. viewtopic.php?f=23&t=407882 Anyway - the frame turned out to be bent and eventually cracked. So I shelved it - which seemed a shame as it was a one year only 531 tubed...

I've had a desire for a while to get hold of a "proper" Claud Butler, i.e. built before '57, pre-Holdworth ownership. Probably inspired after seeing some of Peachy's awesome restoration work on this fine forum..... Anyways - I'd missed out on a couple this year on FB marketplace and...

Browsing eBay for local bikes and a tatty Claud Butler piques my interest.....no bids, £10 start, day to go. Chucked in a cheeky bid....not expecting to win........anyway, picked it up last night. Did a bit of internet trawling last night, to try and work out what I'd actually bought! Frame...

A while back, last year, I took up the offer of a karma frameset on this lovely site.....a Carrera Epic Tony Doyle. Attracted by the '90s splatter paint job I contacted Hillman to see if it was available and where he was. Turned out that he lived a few streets away from my folks. Very kindly...

Needed for recent Carrera Epic GT acquisition. LH crank arm (non-driveside). FC-A300. Not sure on length needed - will check later. Would consider a complete crankset too - either 300EX or 500EX.....or similar

Spotted this beauty on fb marketplace last week....badly advertised with just 3 photos the flite saddle and what looked like Mavic GP4 stickers piqued my interest. A quick Google search for Guerciotti confirmed that I should probably send a "Is this still available?" message. :lol: It was...

Mine - on eBay Lovely original low miles bike, sadly a smidge too small for me so it's got to go. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303245673435