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Quick update to this - I now have the bike. It's a mistral model and the frame number is 30524. Does anyone know how to date this? I'm stripping it of components today and will be taking it to be resprayed tomorrow. The chainstays are quite rusty but hopefully not too far gone. I'm hoping they will ...

Dumb question perhaps, but do 700c mudguards also fit 27" wheels? If not are there 27"-specific guards anywhere?

Thanks again for the advice, lots to think about. I've got my siblings to pledge enough money to get this project going. Dad is fine with drop bars (we went on a long tandem tour last year and he was captain for most of it, with drop bars, aero brake levers, and bar end shifters), but he does like t...

Thanks a lot for the advice, plenty to think about. The frame is dark blue with black bands. On reflection I think grandpa must have just bought the frame and built up the rest from what he had lying around, because I'm pretty sure the brakes are old steel calipers, which I doubt would have been spe...

Hello, it's another one of those posts about rejigging old bikes. My dad's (formerly his dad's) late 60s Holdsworth hangs forlornly on his garage wall, unused. There's a fair amount of surface rust on the chainstays which needs addressing and the paintjob as a whole is pretty tired. It has always ha...

Here's another one:

http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2014 ... -collision

There are no words to describe how stupid and counter-productive this campaign is.

4 or 5 years? I'm still using the original GB alloy bars on my Claud Butler Challenge.

Should I be worried?

Ahh good - hopefully just a case of readjustment rather than removal then.

The mystery of these magic contraptions is slowly eroding as I find out more about how they work - doesn't diminish my appreciation of the engineering though!

Thanks for your help.

Thanks for the advice. I stripped it down properly and discovered that the axle had slipped towards the LH non-drive side by about 3mm, and because it was all a bit gummed up down there, had become stuck. Anyway have cleaned it all up and put it all back together and it's running super smooth. Howev...

Hello, I'm renovating an old Raleigh Sports for a friend. All going swimmingly but... The rear hub was very sticky, so at 11:30pm when I should have called it a night I decided to take it apart to clean and relube. Silly me must have taken it apart in the wrong way: upon reassembly it is practically...

If it was a 5 speed, chances are it was only 120mm. I have a 120mm frame, but running with a 6 speed freewheel, that I keep meaning to get cold set to 126 or even 130. At the moment I have to spring the forks open each time I change the wheel, which is getting annoying... Anyway as ever, Sheldon hol...

Find a 19-20" mixte 531 frame on ebay for £100 or so, and build it up to spec. Easily doable under £400, and will last a lifetime.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RETRO-RALEIGH ... 19ece69b90

Whoop!

Found some old Weinmann alloy rims in 26 x 1 1/4, 40h/32h, which I shall rebuild with the Sturmey hubs.

Going slowly but so far I've had the frame blasted and powder coated (sorry, couldn't afford enamel!), and had the forks rechromed. Sourced two logo decals for the head and seat tubes from that chap on flickr (thanks for the link), and working with a graphic designer friend on getting a template for...