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Thanks - they do look like a solution to a problem that never existed: I haven’t had a tinker yet, but increasing tension would seem to want to twist the rim and effect circularity before helping any lateral movement. Which would suggest that left and right spokes need to be almost exactly the...

Any special tricks to trueing these bassackward puppies?

Thanks for heads up: picked this up today. Very good nick- looks like a ‘92 that’s been updated over time.

From Velobase (in the link above): “These cranks are not the same as the similar-looking version with the lazy-S logo. The flag version were the top, cold-forged model.”

Yes, I bagged a couple of Corsas from Condor when you outed them a while back (thanks!). But the bargains sell out leaving Rally’s which I can’t get on with (ok spare under the saddle). A good range at Bikeinn still though.

Yes! Somewhere in the mists of internet 1.0 I posted some videos of different tube “pings”. Will see if I can find in the archives (lugged Prestige and 1940s Reynolds were the most sonorous).

Yes Deffo worth the effort (incidentally, I read somewhere that a certain Tom Ritchey supported his fledgling frame building ambitions by repairing tubs - back when there must have been good demand).

Tubs are superb: they ride so well; but there is a vast difference between cheap ones and good ones. I’m running Vittoria Pave, and have been for a few years (not huge mileages). One of them punctured. Using the internet, I made an incision, found the hole in the tube, patched it and sewed it...

Yep. This one’s been ongoing since the late 80s when I couldn’t find one so bought a 1988 model (which I still have). 1987 Stumpjumper Team. Yes, it’s a Specialized, yes it was there in a thousand catalogue pics - but the 87 Teams were built by Dave Tesch. He and Specialized reportedly had an...

Looks like a Specialized “flag”: if memory serves, made by Sugino? But not sure about that. ‘80s. Pretty cool. Link to Velobase Specialized flag

Sweet: is the clover leaf a nod to colnago? And why is it dripping with campy? Woodrup Italian connection? Custom order for a Colnago fan? Incidentally, that’s a big tyre and still has *some* clearance: and it looks like the chainstays are not crimped outside or inside, but are bent and...

Learned to do them on a Grifter, then forgot; thought I’d better relearn on my adult MTB - scuffed up the mudguards…. (I have however passed on the importance of being able to wheelie to my boys who are proficient.)

Oh and don’t forget that roller cam and U Brake are interchangeable, so if you see rollers, you’re in.

50t front ring; short cage mech; small cogs at the back? Authentic 80s power 💪💪.

Cannondale c. 1987. I also had a 1985 double-u Fuji (though I’ll eat my trousers if another one turns up). A couple of Swallows?

That’s v. Cool. Centaur was 89 90 and I guess a bit roadie crossover (I have Centaur hubs that are 130mm and screw on freewheel). What are your wheels? Agree with jimo on the fashion absolute necessity of running a short cage mech back then, of course balanced by a looong stem (Nitto MTB-3 I...

I know nish about this, but that’s hardly revolutionary…

Dash! I’m hooked now. Plain gauge tubes and maybe actually a wishbone rear …..? 🕵️‍♂️ Am I on the right path….?

Ooooo …, fast back stays? Tange? Splatter? I’d say ….. 😎