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Ah I think I saw you on the Graythwaite Hall climb, kudos to you getting up that. Lovely looking bike too.

Had a great time on Sunday riding the Trois Lacs route. The forecast rain held off and there was even some sunshine. A lovely run up to Coniston with a tail wind, quick stop for a cake in the Institute there. First big hill Cote de Hawkshead was ok, it has some steeper sections where I was...

Re: Re: I'm on clinchers so will have a couple of spare tubes, and hearing your advice might stick a folding tyre under the saddle just in case!

I'm riding the Trois Lacs on my Walvale this Sunday. Having just looked on the route map I'm a bit worried about gearing too, my lowest is 40x24! Hopefully got enough fitness to grind out the steep bits :-) Does anyone know what the state of the gravel track beside Windermere is like, the...

Thanks for all the nice comments folks. I didn't really think too much about the rims when I built the wheels, I had in my head that Open Sport were low profile and traditional looking... which they are compared to modern road wheels... but when you compare them to the Module E or suchlike they...

Fantastic looking bike.

I got the new brake hoods from ebay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal-Bra ... SwVFlUKvvN It's great that these things are available for such old brakes.

This is its latest incarnation, with new tyres, chainset, pedals & bar tape. Chain is new too, how does the length look now Ian? :D I followed the "big ring / big sprocket then add 2 full links" rule to size it! The bike dates from 1963, I know this because it my Dad had the frame built for...

Hi Vociferous, It is a great bike to ride - it isn't anywhere as light as my modern bikes but you can get a good turn of speed on it. The steel frame gives it a ride quality that I don't get on a alu or carbon bike. Since I took those pictures on this thread I have updated the chainset for a...

Hi, I never did report back - yes it does work. It is a pretty easy job to remove the circu-clip & spring from the later front mech and transplant the cage onto the older mech without the circu-clip. I've been using it regularly over the last year and it is working fine. Great to have a...

I've been getting some miles in on the Walvale recently, it is a joy to ride, very smooth and different to my carbon & alu bikes, and it's always fun to pass other riders on modern bikes and see the look on their faces :D I found the bar end shifter much easier to use than the downtube...

Re: Re: Must have been the popular choice at the time :-) Dad says he chose the Simplex rear gear as it was the lightest around, but of course it was made of Delrin plastic so it is long gone!

Re: I have my Dad's Walvale (another Liverpool frame builder) which dates from around 1963. He built it up at the time for TTing & club riding with what he thought to be the best & lightest kit he could buy. The original spec was: Frame 531, campag ends etc. GB Ventoux bars Ambrosio Gran Prix...

Would be great to see more photos of the Walvales, I have just updated a thread about my 1963 Walvale with a new photo. Apologies for the rubbish picture quality.

Have just come back to RB after a while away and after seeing another thread on Walvale cycles, thought I'd post a new photo of mine. I did post a thread showing the completed bike here viewtopic.php?f=23&t=258025 but there was not much interest in it. Since then I have changed a few things -...

Thanks for the encouragement, I'll give it a go this weekend and report back.

Last year i built up my 1960s frame using a 6th gen record front mech (has circuclip but cage has no lip), the frame actually has a braze on for a front mech with a cable stop, but I couldn't find one at a reasonable price so ended up using an extra cable guide instead. This works fine but looks...

In the end I assumed the taper was JIS and went with a Shimano UN55 bb with 122.5mm axle length, 68mm shell. It does seem to be the right length to give a 44mm chainline on my bike, measured from middle of DT to part way between big and little rings. Hope this is useful!

Following on from viewtopic.php?f=12&t=243927, this is the finished article. My initial aim of restoring the bike to how it would have been when first built up was dropped once I started looking in earnest for period components in good condition within my budget! So instead I've tried to...

Re: Bits for your L'eroica ride,loads to choose from What era is the Simplex single DT lever? Band or braze on? Thanks, Al