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Just finished my Hirame road bike and my next project is a brace of Trail 531's from 1988-89. We have had these since new but from 1999 until now the have been in semi retirement in France for use on holidays. The frames mainly mine one are starting to show signs of rust scabs which if left for...

Has anyone else entered this sportive, If so are the using modern or Retro bike? I've plumbed for the 107 mile loop but with the amount of riding I haven't done this winter I have got to get a lot more miles under my wheels. Phil

This is a solution for those of us who are not too fussy but would still like hoods for their old brake leavers, I have not been able to find hoods for my shimano 600 leavers and had been looking around for other options and remembered heat shrink tubing, so a quick look on the I-net brought up...

I Bought this in 1995-6 as a bike for around town and going down the pub (4 miles away), as I did not want to use my MTB or Road bike loaded with s 600 bits as there was nothing solid to lock them up to. It was for sale in a bike shop in old stevenage Paid £50.00 for it and it looked like it...

I tend to buy bikes with a big leaning towards the frame materials. At the time the trend in the mags was that the components wear out quick so you will soon need to replace/upgrade them. And with the offer of 531 main tubes against the likes of muddy fox offering plain tube bikes with similar...

I am about to rebuild my Hirame bike of 25 years after it was run over by a 4x4 (on soft ground ). groupset was mostly shimano 600 ex pre sis and I now have all the second hand parts to rebuild. The frame finish is showing its age with paint chips and surface rust so needs stripping down and...

Hello Im Phil mid fifties I have been viewing this forum for a while and decided to join I have 4 road bikes 1986 built Hirame o22 tubing (yellow frame) from whiskers which I speced with ma40 wheels and a mix of shimano 600 arabesque (brakes) and ex (pre sis) this is due a rebuild as the...