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    help identify bike

    could be this guy? My french ain't good but looks like a frame builder.. http://www.velo-sur-mesure.fr/velos/les ... tml#ancre1 http://www.velo-sur-mesure.fr/velos/not ... tml#ancre1
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    Is, or should there be, a UK equivalent to L'Eroica?

    we don't have the the long tradition of racing to be quite like l'eroica. london to Holyhead springs to mind as an old classic to return as a retro event, mind it would have to be over 2 days now!!! :D there are some older events we have the easter 4 day up in the NE that has been...
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    Can't believe the price some old frames are going for!

    true about having a grotty looking fixie for riding around the city streets. sadly I think my merckx fixie will be put into the loft until I can renovate it. just come back from a short ride and I've aggrevated a hip injury I picked up last week. I'm guessing that it's the pull on a fixed...
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    Advice on lightweight 'training bike' frames (653 ?)

    whatsize are you looking at? I would look at 531C just because there should be planty about. I would not discount a road frame without eyelets as I have for many years got sks guards on with 23c tyres and just zip-tied them onto the stays and and forks. just put some tape around and wrap...
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    Can't believe the price some old frames are going for!

    the amount of crap that I have thrown out over the years, makes you think, min you it was pretty well knackered by the time I was finished with it. Just wish I had kept the Gazelle frames now. :( I need to post up a piccy of my old merckx over the weekend.
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    Is it wrong.....?

    umm umm naughty! :shock:
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    Can't believe the price some old frames are going for!

    Nostalgia has a major influence. would 'hipster's (still a rare phenonomemmeomememo!! in the North east!) know a quality frame? I mean a colnago master pui from 1990 going for 600 notes!!
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    Colnago Master

    'Colnago collaborated with Ferrari in the year 1986. The next year was the birth of precise fork with straight blades. Colnago by now was representing Italy in the world bicycle market. The 1990 models would be showing the Italia 90 logo to commemorate the football world cup in Italy..' hope...
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    Colnago Master

    Joop Zoetemelk won the worlds on Colnago in '87. I would guess that the 10 worlds equates to pro championships? quickly looking back at world champs, from '89 there were Joop, Saronni and freddy maertens (81?) I had a lovely poster of him resplendent in his rainbow jersey and colnago...
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    Can't believe the price some old frames are going for!

    As I said, i was looking on fleabay at the old frames and some are being snapped up for 400 squid and more!! At this rate my old merckx fixie is worth more than my 'good' carbon fibre!
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