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seconds if this goes tits up.

Me please

tooling could be an issue as well. You need a few specialist tools to take things apart and put them back together again but as time goes on that list could be endless. And also some jobs that you may find yourself having to do on older bikes that need fixing can be a lkot of money. I'm...

Grifters here? And if so which is the best section to advertise? or are they just an Ebay item. Same with an old 50's Raliegh sit up and beg bike?

Definately Donahue in MTB. I don't know how many he made but I've got a lovely steel MTB frame by him.

Normally hang out in MTB but seen this in the Chain Reaction sale. Haro monocoque frame £75 looks like a 1997 might be a good buy for someone.

sounds familiar

Brilliant many thanks Antony thats just the thing I was looking for. It is indeed an awesome legacy that he has left us.

Had a little think about this after all the advice and think I may have a go it myself :shock: My thought process is that if I run a straight edge along the head and seat tubes out past the dropouts this will give me a reference point to measure to. If one side is dramatically different...

God I love forums Yes you can. No you can't. But this is the best way. No no this is the best way. Clear as mud now :D I'm happy enough that I can stop filling the mug with tears now though. Cheers Mike

both hubs are 135mm If I do junk it, it'll be a wall hanger :D

To be honest Andy I'm can't remember, It's been stored on a filing store at work for about the last 8 years with the wheels off. I got it down and stripped it to send for powder coating and never checked. I'm hoping it'll just need a tweak from being dropped or something. I can't say wether...

Thats what I thought too but I compared the axle size of the old wheel to the new one and the both appear to be 135mm. Its just that old Donahue I keep harping on about :oops: . I'm going to take everything to the LBS and get a second opionion next week.

Not unless they managed to get 6mm of powder on!

Cheers boys making mre feel a little bit better. The Park link was quite reassuring. It's really just the damage to the coating that'll be the issue then.

Its steel so thats one bonus Not sure what is out of whack though thats what I need to ascertian to see how bad the problem is.

Advice from the retrobiker collective mind please (Again!!) The reason I'm crying is because I've just realised my dropouts appear to be bent, at least I hope it's just the drop outs. Not sure how it's happened wether in storage for the last 8 years or at the powder coaters but the wheels...

sorted thanks Had a slight issue with the lock ring not engaging but this was solved by removing some burrs that had devolped on the old spacer.

Yep it's 11-28. I had the spacer but I think I may have put it in the wrong place. Will try again tonight. Cassette to freehub grease or no grease? I always thought grease but I just swapped one on a fairly high end DH bike and it was dry.