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Hello I went to Halfords the other week to find touch up paint. I found a close match m3-500 but they had it in a spray can only, not in a handy size with it's own brush touch up tin/container/pen like tube, etc. Drats!! I live in Sevenoaks Kent but I also sometimes doss down at my mother's...

Hello Slightly non bicycle related...sorry mods...but I trust some of you a lot more than a you tube video lol. It was a close call... I bought a volt/mains screwdriver tester the other day. I have never used one before... The last time I stuck anything into a socket that was made of metal...

Hello All I am looking at purchasing the above headset tools from an ebayer in Poland as the original Shimano tool is very expensive. I know nothing about import tax, which I am assuming there will be and if so how it is calculated? Thank you

Hello I am trying to figure out when my GB frame was made. It has the serial number 2568 at the 3 o'clock position on my bb shell and I know of one other found on Classic Lightweights that is 2268. I'm sure the year is not 1968 as my frame is 1970s maybe early 1980s? Pictures can be found in...

Hello Have had a look on the intranet but at the moment unable to find any information on the above dropouts. Can anyone help? To actually id the forks I'm guessing I will have to remove them and look on the steerer tube? Many thanks 😀

Hello Haven't posted for a while and have been avoiding the temptation of buying another bicycle until .....today lol The gentleman who had it from new had sadly passed away and his son wanted to sell it. He thought it maybe a 1960s frame but I believe it to be 1970s? I can't find a serial...

Apologies because I know this subject is frequently touched upon. I have had a good condition used 105 Shimano h/s installed on my frameset which has now been built up...I should of checked it earlier so I am a bit fed up but another lesson learned. Now the cups were in very good condition as...

Hello Because I find this sort of thing interesting, sorry lol I thought I would compare the weight of a Shimano 600 (1980s) 6 speed 13 to 18 freewheel (a time trial spread of sprockets?) to a Tourney (2025) 6 speed 14 to 28 (a more normal spread for 6 speed?) freewheel. The Shimano 600 weighed...

Hello Will a Shimano 600 rd 6208 work with a Dura Ace mf 7400 7 speed free wheel? In friction mode I believe the answer is yes but in index I don't know? Many thanks!

Hello! The only thing keeping me sane in this world at the moment while I stick my head in the sand are my bicycles. On that note I had put up the subject of Steve Dunn framesets built by Woodrup but that didn't receive much response so to generalise it I have put up the title Woodrup which...

Hello Just purchased a bicycle frameset and it's seat stay ends have Pete Dunn inscribed on them(?). I have been informed it is a Woodrup frame and I know he was based in and around the Yorkshire area. Does anyone know any more about him and I can not find any frame decals even on H Lloyds...

Hello Peeps Simple question from a very simple person 😁 What's the difference between the 1050 rd and the 1055 rd? Were the ones between those two numbers? Just curious 😃 Many thanks...

Hello Time to kill...so was wondering...I know you often get people asking can I install modern equipment on an old frame? How about the other way round? I have a Shimano 105 set of components and was wondering could they be easily(?) attached to a fairly modern aluminium frameset? Has anyone...

Raleigh Colour Codes - UK RTU 012 Space Blue - Use 000 Primer RTU 034 Beaver - Use 000 Primer RTU 035 Sea Foam - Use 999 Primer RTU 036 Aqua Blue - Use 000 Primer RTU 045 Glade Green - Use 000 Primer RTU 049 Slate Blue - Use 000 Primer RTU 052 G P Green - Use 000 Primer RTU 068 Dark Blue - Use...

Hello RB's I bought a pair of very nice Shimano 600 brake calipers for a very nice price...but they were missing the cable adjusters. I had not realised you need M6 Flats as described in the title of the post...drats. I know dia compe also made them but I can not find a pair anywhere. Any...

Has anyone heard of the above cycle shop or know anything about them? I have a Reynolds 653 frame with their sticker on it and can not find anything on the internet at the moment. There in the late 80s and 90s? Thank you 😃

Hello Retrobikers! Just had meds lol Another one of my dopey questions... I have a Mavic SUP rear wheel with a Campagnolo freehub and its very nice but I run a Shimano 600 SIS RD with a 600 freewheel hub, etc. Can anyone recommend a suitable cassette that would work with the 600 SIS RD...

Hello Bit disappointed today. I bought what was listed as a Dura Ace BB on ebay, I looked at the pictures closely but could not see writing on axle so my fault I took a gamble. Arrived today and its a Shimano 600 (EX?) bb so still good but not Dura Ace. Q. Any one know the differences...

Hello I have a set of the above levers on my down tube and the left lever which is the friction one will not change the small chain ring to the larger one and vice et versa. I had just picked it up from my LBS and was informed there was no click on the left hand side lever(?) Not sure what...