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Many thanks for the replies, all food for thought, but I've come to the conclusion that it's a decent clincher that I'm after.

Sold...

A couple more photos for you. I was wrong about the skewers, they're not much corrosion on them at all (getting mixed up with the ones actually one my bike!) but the hubs are fairly dull looking and could do with a good polish. The levers on the quick release are gentley curved, for all you who...

OK, a couple of photos, I'll take some better ones and get measurements too pretty soon.

I couldn't work out what the basic construction of the rims was, do you think I can accuratley date them too?!

Bought in error a week or two back, I've got some Mavic GP4 tubs with Campagnolo record hubs, 5 speed freewheel, skewers have a little surface rust on the chrome, but otherwise in pretty decent condition. The thing is, I didn't actually want tubs, I was after clinchers, so if you've got...

A week or so back I bought myself some tubs, Mavic rims and campy record hubs, all with a 5 speed freewheel. The thing is though, I didn't actually read the description too well (or at all, it would seem) and didn't realise they were tubs until the day they turned up. I've never actually used...

Ah, but since Adolf was around Silver has been the choice of colour for all German race engineering, maybe black's the wrong way entirely?

Might not be that much help to you, but that bike brings back a load of memories for me: My mate Lee had one when I was a kid, we once had to hide it in a canal because some bigger lads wanted to nick it off us. Still went OK but smelt a bit funny afterwards.

What size are the originals?

Incidentally, once they're properly set-up, these sigmas are really accurate up to some pretty high speeds: I had one on my old motorbike which I used on the track a fair bit, and clocked it within 1mph accurate of my gps logging device at about 130mph. Anything faster than that and I'm looking...

Heat and plenty of it. either buy a blow torch, or if your other half isn't in put it over the gas ring on the cooker, and get it as hot as you can for about 15 minutes and let it cool. This may or may not knacker any brazing that's round there though, but it'll certainly free things that...

A few bits been done with this; I've popped a pair of new hoods on the brakes, to replace the perished ones, plus I've replaced the brake blocks as the old ones were like solid blocks of oiled oak. Scary. Also, the saddle's been replaced with a nice little selle regal copy, which looks the part...

Yep, I'm going to stick with the 'advocado' colourscheme for the time being, even though it looks like it's been dangled off the back of a gritting machine; there's thousands of little scratches and chips on it, all over it. Then over winter it'll be getting painted, bright red with white decals...

Done a little bit of research, it was built in Worksop, early march '84. Spent last night polishing up the rims, they'd got several years of corrosion on them, a bit of autosol soon sorted them out. Need to sort out these buckled wheels now, fingers crossed I don't slash my face open as the...

I've never used it on a brooks saddle before, but from buying new leathers for on my motorbike that are that stiff you feel like a robot, I'd suggest renapur, or a similar product, which is available from various places on the 'net and also horsey type shops. I don't know how soft you really...

Just made a splurge and bought this of ebay. She's a big old girl, but then I'm 6'4" so we should go well together. It's all pretty priginal, certainly original paint on the 531 frame and forks, weinmann quick release brakes, nuovo gran sprt front and rear, concave alloy 27" rims, and a slightly...

great stuff, restores your faith in humanity.

I'll let it go; new levers, gears, wheels are too much for me to be buying in one go, I'm more after something that needs a minimum of work to be honest. Although there's still something in the back of my mind that says 'go for it'...

I've seen one of these going pretty cheap, and although I know the later Merckx bikes are top quality stuff, I've no idea on the older kit. Can't post a link as I'm too new, but do a search on ebay, it's a blueish bike in sheffield, any opinions?