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I have been given a Falcon Cotswold bike. I estimate is is from the 1990s but it is fitted with cantilever brakes and at some point I believe the downtube shifters were replaced with Shimano RSX shifters. The shifters have resisted all my attempts to clean including soaking for a week in white...

I am just starting on this Holdsworth Mistral. I think its a Super Mistral, and I'm trying to date it and work out what equipment it started with. As you will see from the attached pics, it's two tone colour, fully chromed front forks. The head badge is a bit faded but is very dark at the...

I am finishing restoring a Holdsworth Monsoon. The rear spacing is 126mm, but the Weinmann big flange hubs I used when building the wheels have resulted in a 10mm gap between the frame and the top gear cog. Unfortunately the Simplex derailleur wont reach to low cog although it has plenty of...

I have just bought a Trek 2000 frame. The condition appeared very poor, but on examination, it is just oxide causing bubbling, and I expect it will look as good as new. It has a clear serial no, which has me date the frame to 1991. Decals may prove a problem, because it appears to be a...

I just bought a bike frame from a car boot sale - very light - so I assumed 531 tubing. It had been badly repainted, so I had it shotblasted. This revealed the Dawes logo and the no 389863 on the bottom bracket. I had already removed the downtube stubs, because I really don't like downtube gear...