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Probably my dream bike with a dream build. congrats, she is a real beauty. Some high res pics when you get the chance.

suntour powerflo 42 if has not already gone. cheers

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look the dogsbollox but gotta say that drop from saddle to bars is huge, more than on my road bikes!, if's it's comfy though get on with it. we need more dropped mtbs on the forum. sommat about them. Excellent...

good spot, i was searching for these babys some time ago and gave up in the end. nice one :)

superb paint,who done it? clean build. v.nice :)

Nice buy, i especially like the chromed rear end and the chromed front mech braze-on and also the aero top tube cable guides. looks in good nick, decent looking paint job too. One sweet ride...keep posting your progress, oh and welcome :)

looking good. try tektro for brakes, long drop,short drop, allen or bolt fixing, pretty much everything really.

top marks! totally love it. show some more pics

wow! elev12k you have great taste in bikes. A genuine dream retro road bike for many i'm sure. looking foward to seeing pics. nice one

still looking

yep, what the title say's. Girfriend's rabbit ate mine! :)

Well for those that don't know, sturmey archer used to build a 3 speed fixed hub back in the fiftys. Nowadays these are uber rare and uber expensive and i personally have never seen one! Anyway about a year ago i started reading on various forums that sunrace (who now own the sturmey archer...

As already said Alans are really nice old cross bikes. Won loads of world titles too, but this is reflected in their used price. Also it's a tough time to look for a cross bike as the season is just underway and therefore much sought after. If you can hold on wait until spring when the racing...

Holy Cow! Lovely. Congrats on your beautiful Gazelle. Never seen one of those before...

hi, nice frameset, You'll be pleased to know you will have no problems with your plans for the bike. The rear spacing can easily be springed out to 130mm (8 and 9 speed) without the need for cold setting. Down tube shifters are easily available and will index with modern deraillers. To keep...

Yep, me too!

the dual pivot in the photo is for the rear stay. the front one is much longer

My favorite stock GT colour scheme by far. I turned one down recently cos i had no money :( , no where near as good as yours though. Bikes are worth what your willing to pay and this is worth it to you :D

Man, sizing bikes is so crazy. I ride 17-19 inch mtbs and 56-60cm road frames but at 6'1 a completely different size to you. Having said that my torso is the longest part with legs like morrissey so a 17 is slighty cramped. Don't let me stop ya, Get whats comfy :D