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I was only looking for mudguards! I have just asked for more info from the seller, but in the meantime anybody have any clues? It's not what I would normally look at, but with winter coming and it already having mudguards.....oh and I liked the saddle and handle bars.:)

So the as the title says. For servicing my stuff at home over the years I have just stripped, cleaned, regreased and go again. But I may be getting to the end of this process. So with the possibilty of a few bikes needing new headsets I thought I might look at the right tools for the job. I am...

£45 collection Plymouth. I have never posted a frame but if you are happy to arrange it let me know. There is a 1st time for everything! Bottom bracket feels smooth. What you see bike wise is what you get, ie planter and twigs not included. :LOL:

Heard a scathing comment? Seen a funny one liner? Have your favorite put down? If it's bike related stick it here and make coffee breaks fun. I'll start. "Any idiot can ride a bicycle, it takes a special idiot to do it again"

Lead me astray and inspire with ideas on who to follow on Instagram for Retro MTB's Retro Road Bikes Clunkers City bikes Rat bikes Pub bikes Basically anybody recycling, rebuiding, re-using old bikes.

We hear on the news that money is tight, people are obese and the environment is collapsing. However perfectly usable bikes are free on Facebook Market place and people can't get rid of them. I love my old clunker of a pub bike, I lock it up with a cheap lock that if you sneezed on would break...

I have consumed too much coffee looking and still can't find a thread of this nature, although I assume one exists! I was pondering what early MTB's were well specced great rides, but just didn't / haven't got the following these days. If some body could either point me in the direction of such...

When I bought this Univega Alpina 508 with it's full XT it was because I wanted some bits. I rode it, loved it. So decided I should sell it as a complete bike at some point. I get it out to sell, ride it, grin and put it back. I guess I am not the only one to have this problem. But hey I might...

Were these reasonable / good / sublime / bin it... frames. Were the M series in the mid 90s all the same frame but different component levels? Pondering one that has been offered to me it's currently wearing random budget selection of running gear were the last owner just had things replaced at...

I bought the bike which was in a garden for years. The tyres were good, the frame and forks had hope. Everything else was rusted. Sold the tyres for what I paid for the bike so a free frame and forks. The frame doesn't look to bad in the photo, the reality was it needed some love! Stripped, rust...

Really as it says. I have a 1992 Marin Eldridge Grade frame and a box of random bits, which are mainly XT (brakes, rear mech, shifters), DX front mech. The cranks and front rings are one piece good knows what and weigh a tonne! So I need cranks and front rings. Do I keep my eyes open for some...

Is this seal available by itself? My LBS just went..."Not something we stock". I can find reference to later seals on hubs with disc brakes. This is an older wheel possibly 1992 with LX hub / mavic rim and they are missing. It's possible I am googling the wrong thing. Number 5 on the diagram...

Putting the 1992 Marin Eldridge Grade back together and starting from the floor..hence wheels. The rims have sat in somebody's damp garage for a long time and are best described as dull, so dull they suck the light out of the surrounding county, yes that dull! A clean with Nutz de-greaser has...

Question... As the editions went on did they leave out things from the earlier editions as they were now "old"? Or did they just keep adding details? Cheers Janners

#### QUALITY TOOLS #### Working on older bikes means parts are already a bit worn (or knackered) and removal with worn out /poor quality tools makes life even harder. Park tools have quite a name (is this good marketing or deserved?). What else is good quality? Note I would rather buy quality as...

DON'T SHOOT ME... As it says really. Since I was a lad (now in my 50's) I have used any old car grease for bearings, everything else got WD40 for winter and GT85 for summer. Now my bikes are getting older and perhaps a little more care in the lubrication areas might be called for. Can't have...

Anybody got an epoch freewheel removal tool floating about they don't need anymore? I bought a couple of cheap used MTB wheels and one of them has an epoch freewheel. I'll probably never need to use it again, but I like widgets. :D

Hold on to your tea and don't spill it.....here comes the sales pitch. Enjoy. An opportunity to own a used bike from the early days of mountain biking. I think this bike (other than tyres) is original, it even has the steel wheels. This is the non indexed version (the indexed version was more...

### QUESTION ### One spoke at a time? I have set of wheels off a Marin, nothing flash, and they have rusty spokes. I quite like the idea of respoking (is that even a word?) the wheels. So can I just replace one spoke at a time and work my way around? I know I need to different sizes for each...

Just looking at this course. In my 50's and worked on my own mountain bikes since being a nipper, which probably means I have some very ham fisted arse about face ways of doing things. Road bikes, what are these things that people mention in dark corners all huddled together? No intention of...