Recent content by sparkybhp

The middleburns are really nice, just not sure if I’d use them myself on anything I have, the headset is 1 1/8”.

Cheers Jon, I just couldn’t wait to make a start on it. It’s a lovely bike, I’m really pleased with it. Just glad the bb cup was plastic, I could have cut it out if needs be but luckily it did unscrew with a bit of care and patience. 👍

Take off parts from my Kona I’m building (check out my build thread!). Middleburns look very low mileage, minimal marks and wear, tapers are minty. £100 CK headset is 0miles, fitted but never ridden. £120 DCD some wear/tear but pretty good. £15 G/shifters 3x8 srt 600’s, some wear. £8 Pair of...

Some of you might recognise this bike: It’s the very same one that @jonjones262 offered for sale on here yesterday, just got back home after meeting Jon and picking it up (thanks Jon - great to meet you). I don’t really need another bike (sound familiar?) but couldn’t resist this one in my size...

Lovely, pm sent ;)

Thanks for clarifying what it is! Nice looking bike btw - love the colour. Mine has definitely been painted and the forks are definitely wrong. Cool that the dura ace headset is original to the bike, I wasn’t sure.

Better pic, agree - first digit is not clear, not stamped as deep as the others and right where the cable ran.

Maybe 155221?

Todays pick up, and I admit that I only bought it due to some nice parts fitted which I can put aside for future builds: Main frame feels like it could be 531, forks feel heavier and lugs don’t match the frame so unsure if they’re original? Suntour dropouts on the rear, possibly on the front...

Cheers, I purposely parked this one up to wait for this exact groupset to show up. Just so lucky that the donor bike showed up where and when it did. The Peugeot was £15 so I figure I did really well. The paint on this has been done really nicely, I know it’s not to everyone’s taste on a vintage...

Cheers for the advice, just ordered some black tape - think you’re right.

Bar tape:

More progress, I really lucked out with the spare or repairs sti’s I ordered. The left hand one was the one I needed and I managed to service it and get it working. The hoods on them are better than mine too so on those went. That really only left the cabling up to do which went really...

Some good progress over the bank holiday weekend. Got the original 8 speed cassette stripped and cleaned up, I like these ones that have 3 bolts which undo - you can take them right to pieces and get them 100% clean. Found a tyre and ordered another to match. Ambrosio bars and Profile stem from...

Had a chance to grab the Richards from the loft and sit it on its new wheels this morning. I’m also going to have a go at refurbing the special edition Turbo saddle which came on the Peugeot too. It’s in poor shape but I’m not expecting it to turn out mint and I don’t want to throw it away.