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Wish I hadn’t left the bike at her mums.

I just picked this bike up off eBay for my girlfriend. The seller said it was handmade in the 90's by a Scottish frame builder but couldn't tell me much more than that except it is made from Reynolds 531 (which I believe because it's pretty light). I can't find a serial number but it's been...

Anybody got any ideas one proper touring bikes in women's sizes? My girlfriend has decided he wants a touring bike, something vintage. I thought it would be easy, just grab her an old Dawes Galaxy or something in the correct size frame - 19.5"/50cm. Turns out most touring bikes only seem to go...

Sold subject to collection.

Having a clear out and this one has been in storage for a while. It's not complete but mostly here and all the important bits are rust free. It has an 18" frame with good paint, rust free frame, decals aren't brilliant as can be seen in the photos. Mainly it needs a good clean up and service, I...

Re: Thanks Steve. Definitely getting some more tickets.

Re: Who else is here then?

Sounds good. Keep an eye out for me folks, I'll have a red Mercian with white bar tape, probably have a girl with a green Falcon hanging around too. I'll be going slowly as I've got a crack where the seat stay meets the seat tube and can't get it fixed in time. Mercian told me not to ride it at...

Any of you rebellious sorts sacking off the boring new Eroica and coming over to Saumur for Anjou Velo Vintage? I'm booked in the Paul Auton 60k. Will be riding my 73 Mercian Superlight.

Could take spare pedals just in case.

Been chatting to my group and we've all decided to give the French one a try this year. Don't worry though we're not rowdy. Particularly good for me as I'm learning French. Parfait!

Sounds about right. That's similar to what seems to have been said in the Bakewell Council meetings. Except in the meetings they cut the show a lot of financial slack on the basis it would be more profitable in future, they didn't realise the show would bail on them. The PR person on Twitter...

Re: I was wondering about that which was why I asked them. I can't speak for Bakewell but I have a lot of family in Eyam and they loved it.

Re: 3x simultaneous posts about this. For the record, I was first :xmas-cool:

Re: 3x simultaneous posts about this. I tweeted them asking why and got this response: @SantaHul a new adventure for us! The Trail running through the Festival and the changes it will bring to the Ride is very exciting I'm not excited...

Some of you guys probably received this email today too. Apparently they've moved the festival to some hamlet called Friden which is further south. Honestly can't think what the logic behind this was, the hospitality of Bakewell was half the fun for me. Moving to a hamlet presumably with little...

Yeah that's the one I used. It says 1945 but the Lenton didn't come out till 46. It was produced from summer 46 to summer 47, mine was one of the last from this first batch. It was only produced in green and only a 21" frame.

Hadn't seen that one but it's newer than mine. I think the Reg Harris branding appeared around 1949/50. Mines literally the first year of production.

Re: The really early Lenton's (first year or two) didn't have any big downtube decals, just a very small "The All Steel Bicycle" decal which you can just about make out in the photo. That's available from H Lloyd's.

I think they're strong but they wobble a lot. Modern ones are much stiffer and more stable. I had a similar one on my CB Majestic and it held out fine during multi-day tours.