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Up for sale is my Gazelle Champion Mondial road bike. Pearlescent white over half chrome stays and forks. It rides very smoothly and quietly and handles well at speed. The wheelset is particularly nice. I don't want to break it up again, I'd rather it went to a good home, I don't want to put it...

Hello, I'm thinking of selling my Gazelle Champion Mondial road bike. I'm not really asking what its worth, but I'd like an honest opinion, before I put it in the for sale thread, whether £300 ono is too much to ask. I built it up about 10 years ago and it has served me well, but after some...

Hi, I have acquired this oval chainring, with another that I won on the bay. I can't find out much about it. I wonder if anyone on here can tell me how old it is? I am guessing it is maybe more veteran than retro. Is it of any value? It is 46 teeth and is cast alloy. It has made in Belgium...

I have just been cleaning and reassembling my 1950's BSA double chainwheel, and I noticed that it is dished by about 2mm. See picture below. Has anyone else come across this and is it normal? Should I straighten it out? It does appear to be even all the way round, so it runs true, and the...

It's about time I started a build thread for this bike. My next door neighbour, Alan, was clearing out his shed some time ago, and he offered me this bike, because he couldn't fit it in his car to take it to the tip! Naturally I found a home for it in my shed and it has been there for about 5...

Can anyone please advise - I am ready to put bar tape on my latest restoration, but my Shimano 600 brake hoods (non aero) are hard and cracked. (see picture). I am sure they will just break if I try to turn them back to apply the bar tape. I am considering replacing them with new but I am not...

There is no model name on this but I am thinking this might be a Dawes Galaxy from the 1970s. I am not sure, but I think only the Galaxies had Oscar Egg lugs and mudguards around this time. Saying that the gearing doesn't look quite right, (can't see a climbing ring at the front)...

I'm planning a neo-retro summer bike project, based on an old Claud Butler Holdsworthy 531 frame circa 1976. I ride out in the hills a lot with a few long steep descents, and I've not had very good experiences with rim brakes. I've tried Weinmann centre pulls and side pull calipers on my old...

Got these Lee Chi brakes in a box of other stuff at a car boot sale. I am a road man - not MTB Any use to anyone? There is a cable pinch bolt missing and they need a good clean up. Sorry no cables. £8 posted 2nd class to UK mainland.

There are 2 potential projects for sale local to me, but funds are too tight to bring them both into the stable. Basically, which would you choose? Or maybe I shouldn't touch either? I know they are very different bikes, from different eras, but I'm a fan of British bikes, vintage or retro...

It's probably been asked a hundred times, but EXACTLY where do you create a signature for posts on Retrobike? I have passed the requisite 5 posts, I've checked the box to add my signature to posts, and I've studied the "Edit Profile" page but can't find anywhere to actually enter a signature. It...

I'm a new member on here. This will be my third bike build of recent times. First was a rattle can rebuild of my 1979 Raleigh dragged out of my parents' shed, second was a new build winter bike (Planet X Kaffenback, steel of course). This time it is my other half's 1988 Dawes Lady Galaxy, a bike...