Recent content by winjohn

Your attention to detail puts my naive optimism to shame.

Or let's go Super https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/146497761765?

Realistic? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/316529140328?

Great bike in fantastic condition, I wrote about my Alpina 508 in Today's Ride on Sunday I picked up mine as a bare frame and have put it together as a bitsa but the quality of the components on yours suggests I should actually up the spec on mine! It is amazing how cheap these are to buy for...

Monarch Way...Royal. See what you did there. 😂

Is that my old bike Bob?

It all began with this post by London Classic highlighting a frame on eBay being offered for silly money (£16.32) https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/56cm-raleigh-touriste-frame-and-bits-for-%C2%A316-32-hants.492315/ With it being less than a 30-minute drive from me I was interested. I was...

61cm may be too big even for me, although I do love a Cannondale...

Can I ask if the forks are the same colour as the top tube in real life or are they darker as they look in the photo? Also do you know what colour it is since I will need to paint the chain stays on mine.

It looks like the same neat recessed bolt for the seat post clamp too.

That one looks pretty much identical to my frame, is it a 1989? The colour scheme and decals look the same, is your dark grey a little darker in real life than it looks in that photo? Is that a Tange Unique headset, if so that is the same as the one in mine too. Is it a 27.2 seatpost and what...

Nah, I just buy them, look at them for a bit, do a bit of tinkering then pass them on to someone who knows what they are doing. :)

Of course! When should I send the brown envelope over? :) I'll buy you a beer next time I see you. :D Seriously thanks for spotting this one, unusually it was less than 30 minutes up the road so I thought it would be rude not to take it off his hands? I nearly didn't bother when I read your...

It's 60st x 58tt. Bit rusty on the surface but not bad otherwise. Unfortunately I can't read the serial number so I just guessing it's around 89. Trying to date it so I can get some idea of what to build it with.

Why did you think it was 56cm? It's a 60cm