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Does anybody know of anywhere that sells good old fashioned cyclometers? I'd be needing one (well actually two) for 700c wheels, I hate cycle computers with a passion and just want a simple cyclometer for clocking up the miles. Cheers, Gareth

Don't know much about this, but I wanted a BMX to ride while I'm out with my son and relive my own youth so I picked this up for a fiver. Yes it needs a damn good clean and definitely a new seatpost. I think the chrome on the frame will clean up well enough, although we're not talking show...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0562197886 So since when was the Fuji Track available in 531? Presumably this is what ebay call "keyword spamming" and what I call "lying".

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Walking through town yesterday lunch time I spotted a bike chained to some railings looking, from a distance, distinctly retro. Closer up it turned out to be a Raleigh Clubman, looking lightly worn but very healthy. The bars had been replaced with risers using a crappy steel stem from some...

I'd like to fit bar end shifters to my Dawes, but I'm having trouble finding seven speed indexed shifters in that fitting. Nobody seems to stock them new (fair enough) and I can't find any used. Somebody, I think it was Dia Compe, used to sell simple converters. They were a aluminium bar end...

Back in the day I used to have a big pack of bar tape, I think there was about twenty metres in the pack. I recall that it cost about twice as much as a pack or bar tape complete with plugs and finishing tape. Since I hardly ever use the plugs and never ever use the finishing tape they're a...

You know those quick "I'll just pop out to the garage for five minutes" jobs? Well I've just done one. I wanted indexed shifting on my Peugeot. Today I remembered that parked at the back of the garage is a Dawes Sterling I haven't used since I got it. This one came with a Hyperglide six speed...

Hi, I'm looking for a pair of six speed indexed downtube shifters to fit braze ons. Standard indexing not some strange Suntour variant. Nothing too flashy. Anybody got a pair they want to sell? Cheers, Gareth

Got this from Freegle a couple of weeks ago, but haven't had the chance to do anything with it. It's hardly been ridden by the looks of it, but has got a few rusty fittings from sitting in a garage for many years. Just a clean and a bit of rust removal and it will be very nice.

I don't know how I do it, I really don't, but every time I get another old steed it takes some weird seatpost size. Old Peugeots I'm used to. The solution to my Saracen was a shim. And now I noted that the post on my Freecycle Dawes Sterling was looking a little rusty, it's also right on the...

I promised to post pics ages back, well here they are: It's an Aneto in 501, I can't find any mention of the model in old catalogues but it seems to be the same spec as the PH501 Ventoux. Luckilly to group is natural aluminum alloy coloured rather than the white on the Ventoux (same...

I used to quite fancy a Bianchi Pista, but I saw one at the station last night and I've really gone off them. It's the first time I've seen one close up and it just looked more wrong the more I looked at it. It's supposed to look retro, but it just looks cheap. I'm not sure exactly what...

I'm desperate for a rear wheel to get my Dawes Stirling back on the road and I'd consider anything as long as it's 700c, true and chiply cheap. Once I've got the money I'll buy a decent wheelset to do it justice, but right now anything will do. Cheers, GJ

The thing about an auction is that the price the goods sell for is what the market will stand. So, in theory at least, things sell for what they are worth. OK so worth is a complicated concept, but hopefully you see where I'm coming from. So why is it then that the prices some retro bikes...

Peeps, I looking for a functional 700c rear wheel. Shimano cassette or screw on freewheel. My frame is spaced 135mm (it's a tourer with an MTB gruppo), so it would need to be spaced 130mm or 135mm (it's a steel frame it will flex). If anybody has something lying about they don't use let me...

One of the jobs I wanted to do with the free Dawes I got was to fit a block with wider ratios to attack our lovely south pennine hills. I have a couple of six speed freewheels lying around so late last night I popped out to have a go. Out came the solid axle and I checked which tool I needed...

I'd been trawling ebay for a cheap commuter for a while, and by cheap I mean almost free since I've got no cash so I was having no luck. Then I saw an offer on Feecycle of a "Dawes bike with drop handlebars" and that was all. I asked for it and got it. I wasn't expecting much, but it turned out...

I'm after a single speed coaster brake hub for a cheap project. It's typical, but I'd noticed that SJS Cycles had them in stock for a tenner for ages, and then as soon as I want one they're out of stock. If anybody has an old hub or wheel lying around so equipped then I'd be happy to take it...

I'm building up a single speed around an unused Saracen Protrax frame. The Tange tubed one with the externally butted seat tube. I know there's no chance of finding the right Saracen and Protrax stickers and to be honest I'm not too bothered anyway, I prefer the plain look. What I would like...