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For a Look kg386 that I've picked up, which has a mix of Ultegra / Dura Ace. Trying to upgrade to full Dura Ace but the shifters have been the sticking point so far...

Hello, I'm hoping someone might be able to offer me a quick bit of advice, I've ventured out of my comfort zone (which is basically anything beyond adjusting brakes and gears on old road bikes. I've got an old Raleigh Yukon that I use for getting around town which is creaking from the bottom...

Afternoon all... I've succumbed to eBay bargainousness again, at least I hope it's a bargain. Might anyone be kind enough to play detective and help me work out exactly what it is and how old it is? I got it off a house clearance feller in Nantwich for £50. It's a Holdsworth frame, at least...

Hello again - two slightly related questions. 1) A friend of mine has a Raleigh 531 frame from the 80s (I think it's a Road Ace, or maybe a Record Ace) and wants to widen the rear forks to make them accept a modern 10-speed Shimano 105 setup, but he isn't confident about cold setting the frame...

Of course, I know who he was and his pedigree as a race mechanic and frame builder, and I've wanted one of his bikes for ages... Now I've finally got one, it'd be great to find out more about it - what it actually is and what's on it. I will be taking it to the Harry Hall shop in Manchester...

Hello - I am about to have a couple of Raleigh frames powder coated, and when I build them up again I think I'd like to go with a modern sealed bottom bracket for both of them. Can anyone recommend one? One is an early 80s Raleigh Record Sprint, and the other is an early 90s Raleigh volant. I...

I've just bought an early 1990s Nigel Dean World Tour from a friend of mine at my running club. It looks like 20 years ago she was sold a lovely touring bike, except that it was too big for her... so she was never very comfortable riding it, eventually gave up, and it's spent the last 5 years...

I'm doing up (well, turning it from a wreck into something saleable) a 1978 BSA Women's 3-speed at the moment, and I'm almost ready to flog it but have got stuck at the mudguard stage. Everything I can find on eBay seems to be for mountain bikes or hybrids, including a set that I paid £14 for...

I've succumbed to buying something interesting-looking on eBay on spec again... a bit of googling suggest it's either a Dawes Tartan Tourist or a Dawes Tartan Clubman, but then for all I know they may be the same thing. It's certainly made from Reynolds 531, thanks to Google images I'm pretty...

Hello - this is my first foray away from proper downtube-mounted gear levers so please forgive my ignorance... I bought a secondhand pair of Campag Record brake lever/shifters on the ebay which are for a triple on the front and a 9-speed on the back. I've since found a 10-speed long cage...

I've come upon a rather lovely 1978 Triumph Traffic Master - at least, i'm guessing that's its age because it says '78 8' on the Sturmey Archer hub at the back. Although it looks like it could have come from any era from the early 60s onwards - it's a classic British working man's bike. I've...

It's for a Reynolds 531 ST 1985 Raleigh touring frame that I'm building up - I've already got a Campagnolo Racing T triple crankset, 8-speed Record rear derailleur and brake/gear levers, and a 115mm Veloce bottom bracket... I just need a front derailleur to go with that lot. This is the first...

Apologies for my lack of knowledge, but everyone has to learn somewhere and I thought I'd best ask the cognoscenti... Is there any way of attaching a braze-on front derailleur to a band? Or do you have to get a band-on derailleur and stick with it? The same question applies to levers - I've...

I've finally got my 1985 Raleigh Classic 15 stripped down and ready to take for painting, which means I'm starting to think about what new parts to buy for it to build it back up with. I'm definitely going to need a new seatpost, the old one had been bodged in there with sellotape. Does anyone...

I've got some secondhand Mavic 650b rims to replace the bent chrome steel ones on my Peugeot 3-speed commuter, so it should actually stop in the wet now. I'll be wanting to re-use the Sturmey Archer hub gear from the original back wheel, and have got a Maillard hub for the front. Can anyone...

...on how to get them back into the brake barrel adjuster that they came out of? They were a fairly tight fit when I took them out to fit a new cable, and they don't want to go back in. Are there any old cycle mechanic's tricks? I think I've tried everything obvious - holding the cable with...

Basically I've reached the conclusion that I'd like to be riding something lighter than my hybrid or 3-speed to get about, but the roads round here (and particularly on my way to work) are in such terrible condition that when I tried using any of my road bikes I realised that before long, either...

I seem to have bought one. Photos to follow but it seems to be from the 60s or early 70s. Can't post photos at the mo but the handlebars have been replaced by steaight ones, a long time ago to judge by the condition and the brake levers. Everything else looks pretty original. The brakes are...

Many months ago I got a Raleigh Classic 15 for £21 off eBay. It's in a bit of a state - I've already thrown the wheels away - but it has two main assets. Firstly, it's a Reynolds 531 touring frame, and secondly it's got a Cinelli stem and Cinelli Giro d'Italia handlebars. I want to a) put the...

Hello - am still learning about the world of retrobikes, looking for a retro racer and have had the offer of a Carlton International from the early 70s for £20. The frame is white with red and green stripes. However it's quite rusty. I know Carlton have quite a following, and were absorbed...