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Just received an eBay item in what must count as the best packaging I have received to date.. feel free to fess up if it was you that sent it.. Pure class.

I have a ‘94 Team Issue, which is in okay condition beyond the usual spots of rust beneath the lacquer and tatty decals. Have removed the lacquer and polished in a small, unobtrusive test area.. okay.. the whole non-drive chainstay. Basically I am committed to stripping the lacquer off the...

I picked up a set of these about 6 weeks ago in bad shape. Bent cages, rusted bolts, rusted axles etcetera. Think I paid about £29.50 for them. Couple of hours work, some evaporust, citrus degreaser, a touch of MAAS and some new enduro bearings and they’re sweet. Looking at used, but good...

In good condition please 😊

So.. was in the Science Museum in South Kensington today, the less said of which the better.. but whilst I was trying to survive this experience I had a vague recollection that they once had Condor on display there.. .. and it’s still there.. still with the cables pulled out of shape on the top...

Woah. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275639308736?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=YBDZoYL9RFS&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=3mwSg5A5T02&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=WHATS_APP

Morning all I have never used Fat Creations myself but I know they have a stellar reputation. Question is - has anyone ever used them to paint a Klein (i.e. with very specific shades and the right decals)? I have an MC1 Attitude that I want an HLF repaint on - but given costs involved, I...

Rhetorical question. If you had taken years to assemble a NOS frame, full NOS m737 groupset, NOS Mag 21s, and some NOS Syncros bits… and that frame was a Kona… would you take your time with it and enjoy the build, or would you try and cram it all into random fragments of free time this...

Surely one of the most iconic of all mountain bike designs, even to present day. Can well remember the envy I felt as a teenager when some hopeless middle aged sort, who’d attached himself to our little ride group, showed up with a matt blue one.. blue Maguras too, come to think of it...

Apparently there was a retro theme at the Cycle Show this year. I popped along today to take a look.. and.. well, I wasn’t disappointed. For all those that didn’t make it, here’s what you missed: ARC LT from one Myles Rockwell. Check the seat stay brace with cable guide

Usual story, just too many projects. Having seen what a few others here have done with these frames themselves, I was keen to do likewise. As it transpires, I have 6 frames ahead of this one in the “build” queue - and not enough space. It was originally, best I can tell, purple - but the paint...

The original.. needs some love. I remember planning to get one of these back in ‘97, but they sold out nearly instantly. Ended up with an LTS 1000 instead, which I still ride...

I’ve had this one in semi-built state for a while now, because I also, randomly, have a NOS 1996 Team Marin frameset and was going to run the builds concurrently. Anyway. Gave up on that idea so am going to make a concerted effort to finish the ‘91 off, though it will never be a rider, given...

Ringle, Kooka, Machine Tech etc.. Starting a new build but severely lacking in the green department, and I want to avoid another 3DV build, if possible, which is the alternative. Anyone have items (in very good condition) looking for new homes?

After over a decade of knocking around these parts and noting various prominent users and their handles, it got me to wondering.. how did you come up with your username? I know there are some names with clear MTB connotations - but most aren’t. Mine is simple. I had a black cat. More...

Picked up a Ti frame recently. It’s in good condition beyond the many tiny little scratches it has picked up over it’s life. It could be built and would look good right now… but, having watched the Litespeed Ti refurb video on the restoration hints thread, I figure I am now fully qualified to...

No. Not trees and nature and so forth. Green trick bits. Who made them? Ringle Machine Tech Controltech Chris King Cooks Hershey Did Grafton? Maybe Kooka? Who have I missed out? How much of this stuff is there out there versus 3DV and turquoise? As far as I can remember bitd green never...

I have a NOS build on the cards and I have been squirrelling parts for it.. for various reasons it’s going to have a moderate Syncros element.. Now.. i happen to have a NOS Syncros Anniversary front hub - with the cute (or… well… a bit unnecessary) little plaque… but I cannot recall ever...

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Bit of a long shot, I know.. but I am interested in any spare WTB Speedmaster parts people might have lying around. I have an incomplete set that I am trying to resurrect. I need, ideally, 3x springs and 2x tension plates, but would consider any amount! For these: