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Looking for F+F or bike for an asylum seeker who has arrived in Bristol from Kenya with basically nothing. They're 5'7" tall, so I guess small-to-medium. I can build up or service as needed, so if you have anything knocking around taking up too much space, please let me know. Happy to collect...

This North Face advert just turned up on my Facebook feed… can anyone ID the bikes from these photos? Do we reckon mountain bikes with aftermarket drops, or…?

I'm after a Shimano Endless Clamp front mech from around 88-93, preferably with a 31.8mm band, but could always consider fashioning my own. Please let me know what you have, photos always useful 👍🏻

Score! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115949232094

Bristol Bike Workshop have a pair of 1" threaded Pace RC30s in at the moment… I think they were asking £130 for them. They're at 88 Colston St, Bristol, 0117 926 8961.

If you ended up having to use a Shimano-compatible external bottom bracket, what would you go for and why? Looking for something as robust and long-lived as possible, unless stupidly expensive…

I'm looking for correctly oriented oval / non-round chainrings suitable for MTB chainsets, i.e. 110/74, 94/58/56 or 104/64 BCD, although 130/74 is a possibility. NOT interested in badly oriented rings such as Biopace / OvalTech etc, but stuff like EggRings, Doval, Osymetric or Rotor Q-Rings...

As an sidebar to the main Alpine Content thread, I'm thinking of converting my two '95 FSR frames for bikepacking / off-road touring purposes. This raises the question of suitable forks for relatively burly terrain and/or luggage carrying. The first question appears to be "How much travel would...

Today's two deliveries have cemented my plan to do A Proper Mountain Bike Tour on retro kit… or at least attempt to…

After a pair of TA Zephyr triple cranks with both the 56mm and 74mm granny options. No longer than 177.5mm, preferably.

So with my recent purchase of a Laïti Mono with a very nice original paint job, I'm wondering about how best to protect the frame and decals. Is it possible to get a clear hard lacquer cost put over the existing finish, assuming I could smooth down the odd peeling decal corner, or would...

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Bargainaceous at the moment: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264799570796

I have a 19" 1991 Saracen Traverse Hydrotech (black diamond frame, grey forks) which I need to move on. Graphics mostly intact, original forks, SunTour XC Pro headset, Zoom seatpost, still have the original stem and handlebars somewhere. Currently very near Bristol. Free to a good home...

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GT Xizang '92 16" frame with U-brake for sale. Generally in VGC, but missing one of the four threaded bottle bosses. Minor chainsuck damage and a slight nick in the top tube (see photos). U-brake is Deore XT (I think) with showroom mileage on it. Can also throw in a pair of later (I think -...

Blimey: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221819516677

Second on my list of potential issues with retro kit... I'd been having problems with chainsuck with an M737 chainset for a while but didn't realise until yesterday exactly what was going on. Using an 8-speed SRAM chain and the particular combination of chainrings I was using, it's possible for...

Looking for a clean / VGC SRAM Betsy rear mech as the pièce de résistance of a very special eclectic build for my wife. Don't really want NOS because of the £££ and because this will be a rider not a garage queen. Someone must have one they can part with?

As title, would include U-brake bosses and lightly used XT U-brake. One water bottle cage bolt socket missing. Generally very good condition, a little chainsuck rash, no original decals.