Iwasgoodonce
Old School Grand Master
Around 1990 (ish) I purchased a second hand Alan road bike. It had a lugged bonded frame and a mixture of bits. Campag 12 speed Record, Mavic and Suntour mechs, Ofmega (?) hubs and Olympic Montreal tub rims etc. I rode it extensively at Uni (Glamorgan, any old bike club members out there?) until the fork crown started to unglue!!! Some nice chaps at Hotta in Totnes where I used to live put a bolt in that cured that problem. The bottom bracket shell seemed to be going the same way and I was forced to get a couple of Mike Kowell frames made. (Very good steel frames at an unbelievably reasonable cost!!) Does anyone know if technology has moved on sufficiently to Bring it back? I tried Pritt and Uhu with no success. Someone said that Vitus were glued together as well. Are these repaired or do they just disappear? Help!!
