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Top quality early British built mtb is what i would call a perfect investment platform!😉

Are we thinking black xt m730?😍

Start with a ruined cottage, then spend 20 years and most of your income bodging it back into shape! Top the job off with a cuddly hound for that "World of Interiors" finish🤣

griff helping with the VAT return

Never sure about Rarity-Sellers referring to "number of scams" then asking for bank transfer.🤔 At best it's like "no timewasters"🙄

A quick loop around the bridleways in these beautiful autumn colours I'm collecting a series of photos with a few of my bikes as autumn progresses for the https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/bikes-and-trees.485738/ thread. It's really interesting riding these different mtbs on exactly the same...

I don't think there were cheaper ones to adapt 44 s/I to 1.5 than £25 lower only Cheap stuff is usually standard for the big market.

They're Friction iirc, with little clicks like simplex retrofriction so 6/7/8 compatible is referring to the total cable pull to get the derailleur top to bottom gear. It will work with almost anything as a Friction shifter.

Designer spent too long at bespoked. But they'd sold out of threaded king headsets. I struggle with the appeal of an inch threaded headset on a modern frame And good luck replacing that stem if you want one 10mm shorter🤣 But it's still sexy

Unfortunately, adapting one quality standard to work with a different one usually costs a few quid. There's no mass market for the "flog it cheap" brigade to scrape pennies off.

Useful to us, 25four is scarcer now I'll pm you

I'd race ya, love a good Gillott, but Ipswich is literally the other side of the world, given the earth is flat and stretches all the way from Fishguard to Great Yarmouth.

Gusset (from ison distribution) sell headset upper and lowers separately too, and offer many fixes - we carry stock, maybe your lbs does too?

It's true that if you are already using tubeless rims and tyres, there's little advantage to using tubes - just the setup really. A bit like using Ever-Ready battery lights on your "Gravel Rig"🤣