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Tina and I had time for a quick ride around the woods😃

I've had one in the shop You could say it's as bad as it looks, but actually it's a whole lot worse 🤣

https://marriottco.co.uk/auctions/#!/auctions/aedaad4d-f769-4f26-a0f1-a05c60754da7?ic=30&page=1 This is ideal for a droning u-tuber expertise-signaling backdrop!

Authenticity, Or Elfinsafety? They will have chosen the one that made the most money.

One of my former colleagues used to work for a large, famous London bike shop that sent a van to France, hoover up the bikes at €10 each, buff them up and sell on to gullible londoners at £300, without mentioning the wierdy-beardy bb and headset threads or seatpost size🤫

I suspect Glasgow didn't have much of a 90s bike boom, and the bust that followed was probably deep enough to swallow almost everything that did get up there🙄

Attention seeker.😂 It's got the little knobby front mech post. Why? So the seat tube can be vertical! Why? So the saddle can fit on a gallows post. Why? So you can have a yard of toptube Why? So you can have a backwards looking fork. That's why😎

I suspect they are trying to force "with free delivery" as they area always trying to push it on me. This option allows you to estimate postage in the price - but I don't know if eBay then force you to fit a bicycle inside a large letter for postage? As a business seller, I can choose the...

Is it even worth £20? I doubt it😁 https://ebay.us/m/wC8f0D

It also depends on your front shifting system - some require cut down teeth and shifting pins, and the teeth of adjacent rings have to be correctly aligned, as well as close to ideal tooth count. Front Derailleur cage curve is designed to match a size range, and cage width and depth matches...

I'd run a suitable tight- fitting tube down the inside. The dents will pop out. Quite possibly invisible I wouldn't drill or fill. Just leave it alone would be better than aggressive intervention. The dents aren't anywhere stressed (now you've taken the frame bender off) and they aren't big...

There are loads of nice steel frames out there from this era. Let's concentrate on saving good ones. In this state, its only worth saving if it has emotional value. 👍 It's always worth spraying something oily in a steel frame if you have it apart. Nothing lasts forever, but there are...

There comes a point where weight saving reduces reliability... - but if its all about weight, drop a size on a Schwalbe Aerothan tpu i don't think you'll get lighter - and it seems to work fine. They feel nice too because there's less Friction between the tyre and the tube when rolling.

When we bought the shop in 95 there were several of these still in boxes in the basement - the importer must have knocked them out supercheap. I think we sold them at £400 - im struggling to remember the gear shifters

Crazy design - 73mm bb shell🙄