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They were popular decent quality light and reasonably strong - biggest issue cracking the headtube, specially with those deep headset cups, riding with a loose headset or a long travel fork . Often Aluforce but I think their frame numbers generally started AF

I'm definitely interested I'll run it past my colleagues tomorrow to see if we think we can make the necessary space and estimate how long it will take to get enough sold to cover the price, and how much time it would take. 🤞

From the dropouts and detailing it looks like an inexpensive mass produced taiwanese product - these were available wholesale, and quite a few people badged them up. They also appeared in some lower-end brand lineups. Nothing wrong with them - and yours is a good colour😄

We sell a lot of continental double fighter for primarily road use. As for tyre width, you can pretty much fit anything wider than the rim itself - it's only really tubeless gives you problems - apart from the aesthetics.

They are often used for a couple of rides before refitting the XT one 😉

An inspiration to young men and a dream for the old?

Isnae the bull there already?

£220 is a normal 45⁰ riser, and around 100kg of bananas.

I got thrown out of RetroTractor for posting pics of me using my Massey 35x without a rollcage😉

No problem fitting bosses - if you know how to use a drill, and use rivnuts, it can be done at home. The ageing and corrosion of this frame will affect the joins and stress points - the middle section of the downtube will be fine. I could braze some in for you but it would cost loads more and...

The bicycle appeals to the thinker. It's a brilliant and sustained triumph of human ingenuity in a fusion of many fields. And that's why we're here😍

What happens when the suspension rises and the seatstays hits the post?😬

At least he's wearing his Kandinsky dressing gown

Heat on the cage should do it as it will soften any compound and expand the outer section. You can cool the bolt while you're heating the cage with a damp cloth and wetting the knuckle. The tool interface is too small for the size of thread, but they probably expected it would be disassembled...

And those angled pads are quite hard to get these days. You might need a pair a day!