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You can generate retro steel frames with AI now? A worthwhile use-case at last, sign me up! :-)

Yes Revell's Romany was a much lauded 80's tourer, but I didn't find any record of HH marketing a bike with that name and it did cross my mind a previous owner may have retrospectively added it, however they opted to place the decal on the top tube and not on the downtube like on Revell Romany...

evidently tall people that far north

Next up - the fun part - sourcing all those period parts and waiting for those ever so friendly and efficient delivery people to make their drops to Retro Steel Bike HQ and not wanting to upset any of the die-hard purists on the interwebs who may be offended if the...

Decals on this week - sourced from H Lloyd this time as I wanted that old typeface rather than anything more contemporary

Back from the powder coating treatment (prismatic shocker yellow) some frame details showing lugs and dropouts my guess is this frame is from between '75 and '83 - who knows , cant find anything about any other HH 'romany' bikes out there , but the suntour dropout and...

... bare frameset stripped and ready for another dip and then off to Cheadle for the experts at Cyclone to work their magic

... an epic tale of adventure, grit and missing knuckles. - was lucky enough to borrow the Banana Industries marine salvage vessel for a spot of magnet fishing off the Lancashire coast a few months back when the sea was calmer than of late. We managed to land a rare piece of local...

I can vouch for the quality of the braided jagwire cable kits, I have used multiple times, plus speedy postage

Nice new Tange 1 1/8 Headset fitted and decals (from Gil) applied :

That's a bit brighter

this week will be mostly GREEN

very impressive, I also assume that boat paint is pretty robust (?) and will withstand some inevitable risk of damage if the bikes are ridden and hopefully shown off to admiring people outside the cafe etc. Its great to see such time and care taken to preserve what are classy...

date for the diary https://www.bikecreche.co.uk/ I am booked in and will be bringing mix of 90s MTB and Road bikes and components. I am also going to be launching my own bi- monthly events in Altrincham in 2026 - after work with music and a bar for a more relaxed and...

that's a real shame - fwiw Manchester Velodrome cycle jumble event is on Jan 4th - https://www.bikecreche.co.uk/ hope to see some of you folks there. I am also going to organise a series of evening cycle jumbles bi-monthly in Altrincham in 2026 - with music, bar and convivial surroundings...

Part of the fun of becoming gradually senile is buying things that you go to store safely in a sensible place, then discover the exact same item already there, fancy that !

Another conversion from 90's hybrid to gravel slag : Marin Sausalito - part inspired by two others on this forum - thanks guys!

Phwoarr!

Lol I did read an account of someone sticking unwrapped power bars onto their bar extensions to eat later and using their own sweat to keep them soft, yeuch!