Recent content by Bi_Polar_Bear_77

Beautifully restored bike. I have the same frame at home. A few days ago, measured the rear hub spacing (without the wheel installed) at 128.5mm. It is not a very popular size, but it was used at some point on several bike frames. Not sure if Raleigh did it. I was wondering, what rear hub...

Completely agree with you guys, about the riding. I am in mid 40ties. My daily commuter is a 14-year-old, 700c, single-speed, with Gates Carbon Drive and very standard, rim cable-operated brakes. Nothing to fancy, but it is the most used bike from my fleet. It just rides great, and the only...

Thank you, Woz and hamster. This was faster than expected. People here always manage to impress me with their cycling knowledge. BTW. My Peugeot is the Performance 5000 in violet colour, like the one in this thread. :)

I may be a bit late to the party, but I'm 99% sure that the decal is real. Just bought a Peugeot 5000 that has the same Columbus Megatube sticker. Now... This is what I managed to learn about this particular tubing: "MEGATUBE In 1994, to celebrate 110 years of Bianchi, Columbus made MEGATUBE...

Tell me about it :rolleyes:

Lovely! I'll take it if still available.

Thank you for this information. Guy, I bought it from mentioned Skill Enamelers while pointing at the sticker. This enamel coating got some "scars", but I can say it was a quality job. I am really sorry to hear about Phil Insley. Now I'm thinking about keeping it. It is my size.

The one pretending to be Pinarello got a 60 cm long seat tube. I'm going to have to sell them both to finance another, much more modern titanium build, that is just halfway through. These new shiny toys are not cheap, I have to say.

Mate. First I found the bike on eBay. I was sure that was titanium. The welds are way too neat for aluminium. Then I found your post here about it and the reply from the guy you outed you saying it's an aluminium frame. I knew that you are correct, so went for a kill. The frame is in great...

5 years later, but hey ho! Currently got two of those. One is pretending to be a Pinarello (Prince I think). It's painted in Pinarello blue and labelled with Pinarello logos. The other one is raw titanium, but branded as X-Lite. Bought it just recently from the guy who advertised it as an...

Looks like a nice frame. As far as I know DN6 chromo is a Taiwanese Reynolds 520 which technically is an Asian version of Reynolds 525. 525 on the other hand is Cold worked AISI-4130 CrMoly. It's triple-butted which is nice.

Yep. I want them gone before I manage to convince myself that I need one :) Hence the link.

57% off On One Huntsman. Grab a bargain on a triple-butted Taiwanese Reynolds 520! https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/YBHUNTSSX/on-one-huntsman-sram-sx-mountain-bike

Do you remember how much did it go for? Thanks.

Bought SID from this guy. Very pleased with it. Arrived quickly and safely. All as described. Great person to deal with. Thanks a lot. A+++