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    For Sale Thorn Brevet Special. Light Touring Bike (Lee Cooper frame) 50 cm - £220.

    Excellent price and would make a great bike for life for someone:)
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    £25 (seriously) Dave Lloyd in Carnforth…

    Bloody work getting in the way of serious business of monitoring threads and posts grrrr
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    Holdsworth cx frame 73(ISH)

    Lovely curly stays oh
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    Batavus taste failure ten pint-er, Manchester

    I have radiator plumbing that has more style than that and I live in an M&E case study of ‘how not to central heat a stupid small house’
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    Batavus taste failure ten pint-er, Manchester

    Ah, no, that’s one of the rare ‘telescopic’ SlightSpead 2008 Olympic Team Frames ridden by the Falkland Island CC - the ‘post’ magically extends and retracts depending on the torque exerted on the seatpost triangle, giving an instant aero advantage. It was quickly snatched up as an opportunity...
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    Batavus taste failure ten pint-er, Manchester

    I Scream, you scream, we all scream for etc
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    Batavus taste failure ten pint-er, Manchester

    But matchy-matchy is so on-point and much more original that CK anodised;)
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    1958 Holdsworth Zephyr 54.5cm track frame

    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand whereaboutisit? ;)
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    Borked Fork from Fifty-Four :(

    Ah, will give that a go :)
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    Borked Fork from Fifty-Four :(

    Good thinking Annoying as a. I should have spotted it before building up, b. Checked on delivery and let the seller know, c. Not built it up, d. Not bought more bieks, e. Now have to take it apart to post it, f. Etc. g. Repeat ad nauseam, h. Until death
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    Borked Fork from Fifty-Four :(

    Well, was all set to give the Rotrax a shakedown wobbleCycle and prior to, checking I’d done all the nuts and bolts up properly… swing a leg over the top tube. Hmm. Stem’s out of line. Step off, loosen the bolt, shimmy thing around. Hang on. Somethings not right. Is the wheel buckled? Umm, not...
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