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    Dawes Emblem local find

    Found a lovely old Dawes the other week for £60. Think it's about 1956. The chainset is stamped that date. Nice old Special Lightweights on Ressilin hubs. Weinmann 730 DeLuxe.....not much else on it. I've got the Cyclo shifter and mech, but the little chain is lost. Lovely other than the 50t...
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    The simple pleasures of a cheapo bike

    I bought myself a 'pub' bike earlier this year. £50 for a Peugeot Performance 300. A good buy, because the rather well to do lady had bought it new locally and did a year on it. And it's been stored ever since. It had some shed rust, decayed bar tape and triathlon stickers on it, but otherwise...
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    3 Cheaps steel bikes....what to do?

    I've recently acquired three low end bike/projects. Ive got a Peugeot Performance 300 in great nick and complete that fits. A Giant Peloton Lite, that's an easy restoration, but too big. And a Raleigh Pioneer Venture GT, which isn't much more than a frame. And this also fits. For now I've...
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    Mudguards on close frame with eyes. Choices

    That's the very model. Thought it looked tight. Back to the drawing board.
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    Mudguards on close frame with eyes. Choices

    I'm in the middle of building up a Giant Speeder Lite. It has 'proper' eyes like I wanted, but clearances are close. Sadly I have no 23c tyres to see how it looks. Surely if it came with eyes, then guards must fit. Does anyone here have any idea
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