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Those outer 2 need to stay the same side of the head tube because the stops are so close. That bend in the ferrules will lead to poor shifting, as well as looking awful.

I've seen a few broken bosses on 20yo Forks. A few, out of probably 10,000. The weak spot is where the boss mount joins the fork blade. So a replaceable boss could still break - the advantage would be in build quality not construction style. If one cracks, say in 2050, you could always...

Collectable crossover factor doubles the value. Bmw/ bike. It's like the bsa parabike. A fairly common, fairly basic machine, fetches over 1k easy in reasonable nick.

My colleague advertised his beetle on FB, some guys came round, seemed keen - went away to "think about it" Came back in the middle of the night with a trailer. Loaded it up badly, it rolled off on the first corner into his neighbours garden. Thieves scarpered. 7am, very angry...

No smaller than an mtb if you take both wheels off, & maybe the stem🤣

No- one nicks a bike with 26" wheels any more🤣

Which one's more bulshitty - RB or AI?

Some people are idiots. There are a lot of people online. Easy to find idiots. A lot of private stuff for sale online is speculative. A lot of it is money laundering. Got 10k from dealing? Sell a "vintage bike" for 10k, show the bank the ad, Kerching. Range rover. 🤣

The low clamp (top swing) wears fast, and its inner stop position isn't that close, so if you have an oversized seat tube and a close chainline, shifting onto the small cog is almost impossible without finesse. Also all the rear wheel crap is thrown onto it and builds up a shelf of filth. I...

"But it's a lawn mower, officer"😉

The BSA Winged Wheel was reasonably popular, and the Cyclemotor. https://www.classicmotorcycle.co.uk/bsa-cyclemotor/ I think the market was more controlled than in Europe though, and given they ended up classed as a motorised vehicle, and would need registering, you might as well just buy a moped.

The back plate is aluminium, and the chrome lifts very easily with time, wear and corrosion. This is why good condition ones are rare expensive, and rough ones are common. It's a build style shimano didn't continue.🙄 I think there's a trick to flipping top to bottom pull

Could it be a fake? Shimano quality control is usually perfect. Having said that, surface rust on springs might just be seen as a cosmetic issue, although seems unlikely.

And have you asked your partner?😉

Magnificent. Those can't be XTR hubs, it's too early. 😉