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    I know it's as desirable as f***

    I’ve been looking for a nice retro MTB for my wife to use as tourer on our forthcoming holiday. I’ve been to see several and very nearly bought one but they’ve all been heavily used dogs tbh. So, with time running out, I decided to do up the old family hack, a 7005 alu Radford (Claud Butler) MTB...
  2. J

    Question for Saracen connoisseurs

    I have an opportunity to pick up a Saracen Hardtrax frameset locally in retro purple/lilac. The frame is made from 5098 series Tange MTB cromoly butted main tubes, which is a new one to me. Any good? Worth investing in as a project? Many thanks
  3. J

    Youngs 531 step-through restoration

    Its not strictly a road bike but it certainly isnt an MTB. A hybrid prototype, I guess? My wife bought this bike in the early 1980's from a shop in South London called Youngs. When we went to choose the bike, they didn't have the one we wanted in the right size so they built it for us from...
  4. J

    First post and advice sought ..

    Greetings from a newbie. I'm looking at buying a decent old steel MTB for my wife, to be used as a comfortable expedition/touring bike, with rear rack and guards to be added. The cost of the new equivalent bike these days is getting silly, not to mention poor availability, so it's got to be...
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