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    Workshop Saddle Covers? (Barn Find)

    OK, it's not a barn find but I thought that it might make my thread more trendy. In the olden days (1980s) Selle San Marco used to make elasticated covers for racing saddles (as opposed to those vast padded water-proof things for sit up and beg bikes you see on ebay). I find myself...
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    Anyone scored a bike repair voucher?

    I think my Deltas need new blocks... 8)
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    Do we need more than just Campag, Shimano & SRAM?

    Rather than hijack @AWVelocetec86's intro thread about his rather nice Raleigh, I thought I'd move some comments within it to their own discussion:
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    Handlebar shapes - just wonderin'

    Having had a general absence from reading the cycling press for, what, 30 years-ish and generally not paying much attention during the time that bikes have virtually halved in weight and number of spokes, I notice that all modern drop bars seem to be much shallower than in the olden days (e.g...
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    Cycle Republic Closing :(

    Just got the email saying that the website is now following the stores and calling it a day. Always a shame to lose another cycle retailer and I hope all the staff can find employment elsewhere in the cycle industry.
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    Dawes Imperial Specifications 1982-1986

    I came across a 1983 catalogue, so with the help of the invaluable https://dawescycles.wordpress.com/ I've done about as much as I can for now. Itch well and truly scratched, but corrections and gap fills are more than welcome. If anyone wants the pdf/docx that the attached came from, drop me a...
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    Suntour Cyclone II, ARX or AR rear mech pinch bolt

    Before you chuck that bent/rusty Suntour mech into the bin, save the little Allen key nut and get in contact. I can turn it into money + happy people. :mrgreen: Z
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    Suntour Symmetric

    Hi all. I'm fitting Suntour Symmetric levers to a frame that originally had outer cabled-guided gear wires under the bottom bracket shell. The plan is to use them with a "endless band" type Cyclone 2 front mech. There are 2 problems: 1) If I attempt to take the gear cables to the brazed on stop...
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    Posting BBCode - Tables

    Hi everyone. Does anyone know how I should be posting BBCode into a thread? I'd like to insert a table (comparing specs of a bike model over the years in this case) and although I believe I should be surrounding my text in codes (as found here: https://www.bbcode.org/examples/?id=14) I can't...
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    SORTED!! :-D) Kashimax Aero AX-4A Saddle??

    You: Tired of the discomfort and slightly flashy looks of this narrow silver beast (well white, but Kashimax called it silver). Probably removed it years ago and slung it in the garage. -or- You know where one is... Me: Trying to restore a 1984 Dawes Imperial. Slightly fanatical due to far too...
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    Benotto Tape on a Dawes? Surely not!

    Hello folks. I've nearly completed the component gathering for a Dawes Imperial rebuild project I'm working on. However, I'm stumped trying to identify and source the original white pearlescent handlebar tape. Even though the Imperial was "top of the range" in 1984, I don't ever remember them...
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    Wanted: Suntour Cyclone II etc

    Hello. *SORTED*: I'm after a Cyclone II (RD-3500) rear mech. Tatty condition fine as I'm getting good with the Dremel and polishing compound. Ideally in UK - there are a few on ebay in USA but the postage is a killer. If you have a Cyclone CLAMP fitting front mech (FD-2400) I may also be...
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