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    Why do all the nutters live near me? 1K donkey...

    I just googled Saxon bikes then Saxon bicycles to see what came up on first page,either first or second on the page is a £1500 Saxon being sold by GoldenAge ,that’s his research probably
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    Why do all the nutters live near me? 1K donkey...

    What’s really funny is him crossing out £995 to make it seem a bargain ,they’ve obviously googled Saxon and come to this conclusion,nice Suntour rear mech though
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    LOOK KG171 paint repair.

    T-cut is fine ,it’s not overly dissimilar to ‘professional’ polishing compounds such as Farecla’ or 3m systems ,a little trick after the t-cut is to do the same again but with toothpaste ,the t-cut is pushed as a scratch/mark remover due to its ‘grit’ I can do the same with my ‘pro’ polishing...
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    Road Racing Pictures •

    On that Isle of Man cover ,could the chesterfield/ness rider be a young mark Walsham ? or Wayne Randle [would also be young],if Gary Speight he’d be daft young
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    Badging up an unknown frame, etiquette

    Rivendell bikes in the state ,sell or used to sell pretty cool ‘Resurectio Cycles’ stickers just for purpose ,are the holes on the dropout for a Campag Portacenta ?
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    Road Racing Pictures •

    Sorry to be late to this and a bore ,the quote was from the great Robert Capa ,he was one of very few photographers to be part of the d-day landings on a heavy fighting beach ,his fuzzy shots from Omaha were the visual reference for the beach scene in Saving Private Ryan ,the main reason they...
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    Road Racing Pictures •

    Sorry for being so late to this ,sure it’ll all come back to you but in the ‘ break being caught ‘ photo I think that’s Johan Capiot leading with Ed Van Hoydonk in the hat on the outside of the bend ,might be getting years mixed up but is that the blue of a Motorola jersey peeking out over...
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    LOOK KG171 paint repair.

    All of the above are acceptable suggestions ,most non professional paints rely on solvent evaporation to dry ,paint out of an aerosol is v v thin ,no idea about how hard nail polish drys sorry
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    LOOK KG171 paint repair.

    Thanks for photos ,can’t tell but on the fork is the carbon ok beneath the lacquer chip ? ,on those two chips it’s absolutely not worth buying 2K/two pack materials ,only last week I bought lacquer and smallest tin was 500ml which is enough to spray a car,best solution would be buying cheapest...
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    LOOK KG171 paint repair.

    I’ve just googled your frame I was thinking it was one of the large tubed ‘aero’ models ,but comment still apply ,also being a European product iam assuming Look chose their colour palette from the Ral colour system ,you could also physically take the frame into a carbody shop and match the...
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    LOOK KG171 paint repair.

    Without photos it’s hard to give a definitive answer,being a composite frame iam assuming [from experience] it’s been primered and top coated in 2K [two pack ] paints which are paints that require a catalyst to be added to the primer or top coat colour ,they are available through a...
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    Wanted Wtb: Nitto RM3 or RM13 dirt drop 25.4 clamp 52cm

    Hope you get this iPhone crashed,my mistake missed width on your description these are 60cm’s sorry about that
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    Wanted Wtb: Nitto RM3 or RM13 dirt drop 25.4 clamp 52cm

    Just picked up the bars ,will photo later def RM-3’s as stamped on them
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