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Thanks, interesting for sure. I have all summer to look for parts. Missed out on a hard tail frame with headshot forks, stem and m300 cranks on eBay, sold for 40 quid! Let me know as and when Cheers

All of 9 years old cutting about on his dad's trek y carbón While dad was riding 1 of the 2 Merlin's there

I think it's very much a case of knowing where to look. There are still bargains to be had as there are still people that think "it's just an old bike" while at the same time it and XTR parts will cost the same as the do in the UK or Germany. Had a good day out chatting old bikes (in Spanish)...

dude, as 50 rapidly approaches, i'm wondering on a daily basis "how the hell did that happen?!" not going to lie, was relived i wasn't the only one who was giving their lycra cause for concern!

picked up this super V last week, for a reasonable figure, I've seen the wheels it came with advertised for what i paid for the whole bike. I could see from the pictures in the ad it had xtr parts (950rear mech 900 front, 950 brake levers, along with xt 750 v brakes and slx 9spd shifters...

Apparently last Saturday, the 6th, marked the 30th anniversary of the Grundig world cup race at the Casa de Campo in Madrid. I was invited along by a Couple of guys i've bought stuff off. There was a good turn out of 20 or so like minded people with some lovely shiney old bike, some i'd not even...

On a word,.yes. I own 5 1 1/4 headset bikes, 2 are OEM, the funk has a club roost I beam cos I bought it back in the day when 1 1/4" quill stems were still a thing, my Ali elite have a syncros stem, can't remember if it's 1" or 1 1/8", bit it does have a Shim in it. Ozone isn't built up, I'll be...

Just seen this thread.... I do know the entire history of my 1990 funk from it being the 1st 1 in the UK, the repairs and the last 31 years I've owned it, no it's not for sale. In 1990 they came in 1 size fits all, 19.25", can't see the ad now, but if it was 16", it wasn't an early 1.

I lived near Diss but worked in Norwich

My navigation might be suspect but I'm unlikely to have got lost on the way home. I know exactly which village it is, not too far south of Norwich but not so far it's Suffolk 🤣

The only remaining decal is the Headtube 1 which is in less than great condition, this info is both noted and appreciated. I have been remembering the fun I had that time I polished a 91 gsxr frame..... Going off the idea

Maybe it was the later smokestones? No matter. I went after it for it's British funkness, looking forward to getting to ride it and seeing how it compares with the Funk. Should really throw a tape measure over the pair of them for a comparison. Back story time. Back when I still lived in South...

I grew up in that there Norwich too, although in 1994 I was 20 and joined the army at which point my fillet brazed 653 bike got lifted out the shed. Remember meeting Greg, I think when he first started making frames, maybe at a race (Thetford probably) and him coming out on a Sunday with the...

Fallen down a wormhole..... So as I understand it, initially these frames were sold as Bigfoot, the. Muddyfox kicked off about the name hence the change to Ozone. The 2 Bigfoot that peanutcracknell sold 3 years ago are numbered 31198 and 31295, both numerically after my frame (31193). Mine looks...

Turns out I've been storing an ozone for about 10 years! Just bought a DX specced bargain to build it up. Ignore the bar/stem/fork combo, and the saddle. Non of that will be staying. Frame no. 31193

Don't know where I got Italy from?! My initial thoughts were a Spanish brand I hadn't heard of..... Can't say I've seen any down my way, but then again haven't looked. Could be a regional thing, the current factory is in Gerona and I did pick it up in Catalunya

That'll be auto correct doing it's thing then, also my fingers are on the sausage side

By rebuild, you mean clean it and pump up the tyres?

This week I bought a pair of Continental Explorer tyres (2d hand, little to no use, still got the little hair on) for 40€, they came with a free Deore LX specced bike made in Italy by a company called Tarrot. Never heard of them and a Google search says they now produce electric motor bikes...