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Yes, in general rule that is certainly the make up in the MTB early era as construction was concerned. But there are certainly "one-offs" around from lesser known - some even in Europe ;) China is also not too far behind. Early production Parkpre for example, having had the first issues...

CC. @TheRadioGuyUK Neither. Certainly not qualified enough. He/she does not show any strengths in those departments so to speak.

Super charged. In the field. On the road. There are the occasional WTF moments of doom or glory in one day Classics. And in retrospective it is more of a WTF. Worth watching and historical understanding IMHO.

Get another child and put the child seat back on is the proper answer. No one complained before removing it. ;)

Love this. There's like "cobbled together" but it is not "cobbled together". On the functioning limit. 🥰 Lovely build.

And wearing known shoes compatible to whatever the test bed as got. Which is usually some crap with reflectors necessary by law at the point of sale. Insisting "please put these on" for a test ride was typically greeted with a "OK" in my limited experience - XT SPuDs.

So where do we go from here ..... 🥰 ;)

From a pure visual aesthetic point of view, I think it would be worth researching and trying to eliminate the silver parts except the central shock unit. Easier said than done. The front fork canti-bridge in this configuation with the Maguras would be fairly easy to deal with. When it comes to...

The thread reads almost like a monologue. Wonderful title. The end result is what counts. It's all there in every classic aesthetic sense for me in my eyes. It's top. 🥰 And a rider on top, more sombre or in equally very well thought out kit to connect it all in motion, and just let the bike...

Surely @PhillB should buy those mudguards off @bagpuss ...... I doubt @Spokesmann would part with his 🧐🤓

Hard to say. Storage / preservation environment over those decades would play a part. Personally I would ride it, but certainly no thrashing about. Would have some zip ties in the pocket too. Top class bike like that the racers had the luxury of a following car and medical support. It is...

Very nice. Don't get why it's painted though - oh um, but it does look very nice. Plenty of BB-UN72 ITA on Ebay. ITA cups are inter-changeable with BSA with some eeerrrr careful manipulations not involving a hammer.

^ you can have all the green arrows youi like. But it's nott snapped in acttion and ready for le tip. Ca;;ll me biased and druink.

Yeah. Skinny as a rake. Climb like a mountain goat. Pain threshold extremely high. I love every interview with him. More to life and truly a great. Like it was for Jean-François Bernard. Recruited for a purpose (prologue and TT). A great bloke who speaks his mind. In that monumental La Vie...

Yup. Basically that. 👍 Then get into very stiff wheels with no flex, then work on tyre volume and pressure it becomes easy to compromise and with almost immediate effect what is exactly the major factor at play. Going forward quicker with positive immediate feedback vs. traction in sloppy mud...

The bottom line ;) Try for yourself. Our hobby is cheap and cheap enough to experiment - there is so much out there and all the empirical knowledge out there can very much help design a bike fit for a purpose - for a one off event or even that crazy notion of one bike for life and do it all...

Spoke to a "well known British bike builder" about 2 months ago about the damage done in the competitive world of road racing, and just how long it may take to recover if at all. The reply back was "Never". Already in the Banesto era you could already suspect a lot. In the Fignon era, when he...

The best pleasure I witnessed out of this whole saga was four copies of his book (along with other random books) with a sign saying "FREE - Help Yourself" outside on the pavement in front of a charity shop in Spain - in one of it's epicentres for road cycling.

Having owned a few Cannodales, Funk, Trek, Willier, ridden a Pace, and that dreadful damn Coppi, I was really out of the race to be a AL fanboy. The problem with Ti and Steel for me .... you press on the pedal and you set-off, and you wonder what just happened. Where did that pedal stroke just...

Wanted to come back to this old buddy. For several reasons. Usual disclaimer at this time of evening ..... ;) :LOL::rolleyes: As always ..... bear / bare / baar with me. I think proper research in an historical context I would argue France is rather good - and no offence to any French reading...