Hi retro road folk 
Had an early present from Santa today.
WP_20161201_15_04_03_Pro by Michael Murray, on Flickr
I outed it here, reluctantly, then decided to buy it before someone else did! :facepalm:
Unsure of year, but I will e-mail Bob Jackson, to see if they can give me an idea of it's age. I'd guess at late '80s or early '90s. There's been some heat applied to the l/h rear dropout. Mysterious, as it doesn't look like it was bent. :?
Now, what to do. I have several options, retromod not being one of them.
I could either strip one of two of my other bikes and use the groupset/wheels from that. Selling the other frameset afterwards.
Sell a more modern bike to fund another groupset, wheels etc.
I don't like to use identical groupsets on my road bikes, so maybe a pre tricolour Ultegra (600? arabesque?) I'm really not sure what is what with earlier Shimano groupsets.
Campagnolo is not an option.
Let's hear your thoughts, please
Mike
Had an early present from Santa today.
WP_20161201_15_04_03_Pro by Michael Murray, on FlickrI outed it here, reluctantly, then decided to buy it before someone else did! :facepalm:
Unsure of year, but I will e-mail Bob Jackson, to see if they can give me an idea of it's age. I'd guess at late '80s or early '90s. There's been some heat applied to the l/h rear dropout. Mysterious, as it doesn't look like it was bent. :?
Now, what to do. I have several options, retromod not being one of them.
I could either strip one of two of my other bikes and use the groupset/wheels from that. Selling the other frameset afterwards.
Sell a more modern bike to fund another groupset, wheels etc.
I don't like to use identical groupsets on my road bikes, so maybe a pre tricolour Ultegra (600? arabesque?) I'm really not sure what is what with earlier Shimano groupsets.
Campagnolo is not an option.
Let's hear your thoughts, please
Mike
Always nice to see a bit of British Steel.
