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Re: The specs when I the shop got it were as follows: Frame: 7000 Aluminium Forks: 6061 Aluminium Stem: ITM Alutig bi-cone 90mm quill Bars: Bianchi Dural Brakes: Bianchi CMP-1 dual pivot Front Derailleur: Campagnolo Mirage (Double) Rear Derailleur: Campagnolo Mirage (9-speed) Chainset...

I recently bought a beautiful Ferrari Red Bianchi Gold Race Team from around 2000. My local friendly bike shop, East Coast Bicycles in Hull (shameless plug) took it in in part exchange. From what we can gather it spent a lot of it's life on a turbo trainer and not much getting out. The original...

Tonight's job was to strip down the bars and start to clean up the stem. As expected over 20 odd years the stem's got a few marks and scratches but it's in reasonably good nick. After a bit of elbow grease with a scotchbrite pad it's come up quite nice (excuse grubby mitts) Before...

Re: Might have to be a bike share scheme. How about I have it sunny days and you have it the rest!

Re: So first job following break down is to clean the cranks. They're pretty gunked up. First I tried some hot soapy water and a stiff brush but it didn't really touch them so I went for a little wd40 equivalent and an old Tshirt and although bloody hard work the outer ring and crank arm has...

Re: Brilliant, cheers. First job is clean up the cranks and chainrings. Pics to follow

Re: Thanks Meejoir. I'll take some time to go through yours later but just from a quick skim I can see there are already one or two parallels between our projects! Love the green! I should explain for the sake of the project post, I'm planning to keep original paint rather than paint / powder...

First mistake. We were so quick to break it down I forgot to take a 'before' photo for comparison. So I hastily and rather crudely put some bits back on for a quick pic or two

I've recently got my hands on an early 90's Raleigh mercury. It was destined for the scrap heap and I thought that was a sad end for a trusty steed. Until a recent well earned upgrade to a full carbon number my dad had been using this on his daily commute having bought it through work sometime...

Brilliant. Thanks again Keith for your patience!

So for my own benefit, is this likely to have the freewheel mechanism within what I would call the cassette or will the freewheel be on the hub of the bike. I realise this might be unanswerable without more detail but if anyone knows I'd appreciate the info just so I understand better. It's an...

Good info. Thanks Kieth

Why's that Keith? Always willing to learn!

thanks Shaun. i can't seem to get to any writing on it but parhaps it needs a good clean.

Hi, I'm currently stripping down an early 90's raleigh mercury to clean up and put back together as a winter roadie (or a just when i feel like it bike) I've got it pretty much stripped down (hoping to do this as a project thread in readers bikes section. So my question - i'm getting a little...