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Hello - looking for some help in identifying a frame. A bit of background. I'm staying with my Mam, as she's got a multitude of illnesses, as well as early onset dementia. My wife and little lad help out. As such, my house at the other end of town has been empty for some time. A chap who has...

I've paid about £25 for PM to deliver 2x parcels (2x wheels in one, frame and bits in other) with £300 insurance; delivery from midlands to south coast. They turned up refusing to pick up the parcels, with the courier saying they were the wrong size. When I contacted PM, they said the delivery...

This was sold to me as a Colnago Mexico. It's got a full SR set, partly pantographed. I had to change the brakes over though, the front was on the left. The tubes are crimped.

I picked up some C-Record cranks t'other day, but the pictures were not too descriptive - now, in the past I've bought a pair of C-Record cranks in silver that were so badly beaten up I had to polish them to bare metal. When I opened this package, I was surprised how dark the anodisation is -...

I bought this bike on the strength of a phone call, intending to strip it, sell the frame, and use the Campag parts on a Quinn restoration. However, when I got it, it's absolutely original and I think it would be a great shame to split it. I've been looking for a good Nuovo Record groupset...

I'm thinking of having a bit of a clearout, as I've a few bikes that aren't getting ridden at the moment. Giant Bowery '84 aero for sale, size medium. This is a fixed-wheel bike with a flip-flop hub for single-speed. Rims are 42mm deep section alloy, rear has a brake surface that has not...

Hello, I'm looking at two groupsets, and was wondering about some differences between the two. Aside from the titanium bolts, I'm assuming the calipers are noticeable because of the SR having a 'dimpled' quick release; the seatpost is fluted; the pedals are titanium axled and black-caged; and...

Trying to remedy chain slippage on a new build. It feels as if it's coming from the back, but I could be wrong. I was advised to take any excess chain length off, but it's made no difference. It's a 9-speed, running on a 7 speed block... No gold in seven. After looking at Sheldon Brown, I...

I've set up a SSP gear system with Simplex RF shifters, and it was working well, until the gear cable came loose under tension. After re-securing it, the rear gears (7-speed block) only selects 1-5. When I try and select 6 or 7, the gear cable just goes loose. The only thing I'm...

Hi, Trying to complete a lo-pro build - the calipers I've got mounted at the minute dwarf the frame, so I'm looking for some of those short reach aero calipers. They usually come up in silver, but occasionally in black. Either will do for me, good condition would be nice...

I'm struggling to find anywhere that would stock narrow racing tyres in the above sizes. I did want gumwall ones, but it's looking unlikely. Any tips or directions for a pair of matching tyres?

Evening chaps. Long shot I know, but you don't get if you don't ask. I'm after a set of uncut (as much as is possible) Cinelli LA84 bars. I've got some Mavic lo-pro bars with matching Aero bars to clamp in the middle. The blue/grey finish of the mavics won't go with my build - I'd rather...

I've got hold of this very sorry looking Quinn from a young lad in London. It was built up as a fixie, and frankly, looked like a clown's bike. It had been rattle-canned in blue at some point, and was rusting badly in areas... I don't know what tubing it is at the moment...

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I'm after a late 80s headset for a period build, and was hoping you'd be able to offer some advice. The groupset for the bike is going to be mixed so branding is not an issue, but I'd like the best I can get. The original Stronglight A9 was recommended to me, but the needle ones that I've been...

I'm after some lo-pro deep-section wheels for a new build. It's a late eighties frame (I believe) and will run a 700c rear, 650c front. Hoping to source silver/chrome deep-section rims as clinchers, such as Shamal. Long shot, I know. Anything going?

Anyone got a pair of these hoarded anywhere? Uncut, ideally. JP

I've been given a quote for £40 to send a parcelled frame to another UK address - struck me as a bit much. Which is the best courier that you chaps have used? JP

Mercian Pro-Lugless 753 forks. 1" steerer, Campagnolo dropouts. Pics to follow later this eve. Bought them for my sixties Quinn, but the lugless style wouldn't suit. £35. JP

Hello, I'm looking to see if there any of the above for my new build. I've heard that they were the gold standard for friction levers; I've never tried them before and I'd like to give them a go, if anyone has some for sale.