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Re: leach marathon Well found! I can't help with anything but it looks great now and will be lovely when finished!

Re: Italy is a bit of a stretch but Britannia next year is a definite. There, I've said it now. ___________________________________________________ Organize your holidays round your bike, Not your bike round your holidays.

My father-in-law gave his winter bike to me at the tail-end of the last century when he decided to stop the twelve mile cycle commute to work near Tewkesbury. He acquired it from another member of the Cheltenham club he was in at the time as a project. It was in a bit of a state, the paint was...

Re: do a dent Argos replaced a 531 seat tube for me with 853. That and the subsequent re-spray cost £341 in 2006. For me it was worth it as I was on the bike at the time when it was made irrepairable. _______________________________________________________________________ Border Cycles...

I used to conti top touring 700x32 for mixed surface commuting, 12 miles over mainly tarmac with some grass and gravel. Kevlar is a good addition to a tyre if you're not interested in reduced rolling resistance. For me these were a step up from the cheap stuff I'd been buying 'til then, I've...

Re: acceptable LBS I guess it's like car maintenance, there has to be some level of developed trust or word-of-mouth recommendation. I had a similar problem on moving regions and knowing neither reputable LBS or regular riders to ask. My failure was not to fully check the bike before leaving...

Re: quality of bike related tools Same for me with my 15mm pedal spanner from Bikehut, rounded ends after first seized set of pedals. Raided my brother-in-law's cupboard and did the job instantly. Will be buying Park Tools at 3x price and 10x longevity from now on...

Re: TdF retro theme This is an awesome find. I love it, reminds me of summer time-trials as a kid. Now I need to nip out and buy a pair of crocheted gloves, will be installing the mp3 on my 'phone directly. The modern theme has been frenchified with that preposterous accordian motif. Not that...

Re: Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance Is it wrong to review non-fiction? Is it also wrong to take advantage of a name that easily spoofs prior art? It might be a 'bestseller' but that doesn't mean a few more people shouldn't find out about it. I love my copy, the pages are smeared with...

Re: steel frame afficionados Done! Not allowed a signature so here goes!______________________________________________ Border Cycles Frontiera Hechins Vade Mecum Model 6 Dispatches: Elswick Mistral, Coventry-Eagle, Raleigh Medale, Peugeot Premier (?), Coventry-Eagle Junior

RE: Billy Whitcomb Frontiera Received the frame today, it looks great and I'm really pleased. Thanks for the help, everything went very smoothly. Pictures to be posted when it's kitted out and rideable (very soon).

Re: Frontiera price drop and bump Hi, I'm interested in this as a replacement to be built up with parts from my Elswick Mistrale. Is the H/S included, any chance of throwing in a BB? Cheers.