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A few more photos. I've put a derailleur hanger extender on to allow the RD to use the 32T sprocket on this freewheel.

I saw this at my local bike co-op and I thought it looked rather nice. It’s mainly a RX100 groupset which strikes me as a bit odd on a 653 frame, but it has a pretty funky paint job. I know £275 is probably not considered a bargain in the current market, but it still seems like a lot of bike for...

Finished, for now. Hopefully the weather will allow for a short shake-down ride soon. Obviously I won't ride it through winter, but I might decide whether to keep it or not depending on how it rides. One issue is that the stem is stuck, and it's a bit low for me, really, but we'll see. One thing...

Thanks very much for the offer, but I’m going to go with the World Tour ones I’ve been offered.

I've dug out a Rolls saddle which was on another bike until recently, and put some leather dye on it to freshen it up a bit. It's got just the right amount of wear to fit quite well with the patina of the bike. Can't really go wrong with a Rolls, in my opinion. I've also polished up the nice...

Thank you very much for the offer. Unfortunately collection wouldn't be possible, as I'm up in Sheffield. Obviously I'd be happy to cover any postage, but I know posting oversize stuff like tyres can be a pain. I have had them posted in a few taped-up bin bags before, which does work fine. I...

I'm looking for a pair of amber wall 27 1 1/4" tyres - preferably retro (Michelin World Tour, etc), but can be new/more modern. I know they are easy enough to get online but I'd prefer to get them on here if possible, I'm sure there are some lurking in sheds somewhere! Thanks

Interested @minor_LEGEND ? I noticed at one point you were after one.

There's plenty of snow around the higher spots where I am. It was almost too cold for me to go out, but after putting on every available layer it was actually fine, albeit with the annoying combination of sweating on the climbs and being chilly on the descents. Luckily the roads were all pretty...

Ah, that’s a good idea. As it happens I’ve already ordered some tape, and it’s not the cloth kind. But if I had a beige saddle I’d go down that route.

I got around to the troublesome top-tube today. It didn't take too much work with the 120 grit to get the crusty bits off. Under the rust the metal looks fine, just a bit pitted. Then some Kurust, followed by red primer, and finally a few coats of acrylic paint. I managed to get a decent...

I hope the OP doesn't mind me jumping on this thread, but I also need an adjuster – specifically for a Weinmann 405 brake, but it takes an adjuster with flats on both sides like Campag, so @Walterscot yours would work if it's not been claimed? Or of course an actual Weinmann one on the off...

They did indeed – shame it was something of a swan song for them, really. But as someone who doesn't actually have any nostalgic reasons to like it, I immediately warmed to this one once I had taken the nasty bits off it.

I've been doing much more thinking than actual doing on this one so far, mainly pondering the best way to get a colour match for the paint. As it's only a small area I need to paint, I think I will go down the route of mixing some acrylic paint myself to get a good colour match, which can be...

Yes, but why not us? (by which I mean public ownership). If those famous lefties in America can do it, why not us? The answer of course is 1,000 years of feudal land-owning, but let’s not let that stop us… Interestingly, Natural England actually has the legal right to compulsory purchase of...

Although…this is an interesting point… I wonder if it’s true that tourists (and people in general) wouldn’t want to see wooded hillsides (the higher areas will never be heavily wooded as only smaller trees like rowan or birch grow that high up). I guess it’s true that people are so used to...

I think the problems and the solutions to them are fairly clear, really, if you look at the science. But there’s absolutely no political will to do anything about it (as with so many issues). But I will leave it at that seeing as this is a bike forum 😉

How do you get mature trees in land used for sheep farming? Either the sheep have to be kept separate from the saplings, or the trees were already mature when the sheep moved in, I guess? Genuine question, I'm curious to know. To be sure, tree-planing has to be done with care (unlike in the...

It's the same for the vast majority of the countryside in the UK, including national parks, which of course are for the most part just farmland. I'm lucky to live on the edge of a national park, but every time I ride through it I think about what it would look like without all the sheep...