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  1. Old Ned

    Clive Stuart Cycles

    Just remembered I've got this. Bought from the Stoke shop early '71 along with some CS shorts, quickly rebranded 'Live Art' to avoid the RTTC stasi. It is fairly large and was good for taking stuff when riding out to events.
  2. Old Ned

    Clive Stuart Cycles

    Now how did I know Nob would have photos of PG on his CS?! Nice ones. I was with Brian Rourke yesterday at Brian Robinson's funeral and meant to ask him about the frame - but forgot! To much else going on I'm afraid.
  3. Old Ned

    Removing paint from a vintage silca pump

    I've often used brake fluid to remove paint from plastic models. I've got an old jamjar of 'old style' fluid. I'm not sure if the modern stuff will work in the same way though.
  4. Old Ned

    Clive Stuart Cycles

    Good to see it is back. However, not sure about some of the 'Clive Stuarts' in the gallery section. There's one or two there that look - to me at any rate - a bit dubious. The one I would like to find is one ridden by Phil Griffiths, most likely sourced from the Stoke shop, in the iconic...
  5. Old Ned

    80s no name frames, that all the shops did?

    You might be getting confused with Roger Kowalski who, for a time, built frames in Harry's basement. The image below shows Roger building and Harry filing lugs - probably about as close to frame building as he ever got. Roger also built for Clive Stuart in Stoke-on-Trent for a while - but...
  6. Old Ned

    cougar frame question

    Position looks a bit fierce - as befits a good roadman sprinter:cool:
  7. Old Ned

    Brian Robinson

    I was very sad to discover that my boyhood hero and 1950's Tour de France pioneer Brian Robinson passed away yesterday. He was 91. Brian was an inspiration to me as a young lad - as he probably was to many an aspiring 'racer' in my generation - and I avidly read his exploits in Sporting...
  8. Old Ned

    Dave Yates / Joe Waugh frame

    Built May 1978? Looks like a '70's frame with no braze on etc?
  9. Old Ned

    Mercian Pro Lugless 653

    Lovely machine. I didn't know that Mercian did lugless frames. They made an excellent job of this one! Looks a bit 'Telecom'ish' to me.
  10. Old Ned

    Olympic Cycles Nottingham...any memories..

    Great to see the bike in my photo is still around nearly 60 years later. I can still remember the 'tick-tick' of the SA hub gear as he passed.
  11. Old Ned

    Olympic Cycles Nottingham...any memories..

    Here's a photo of Cliff Smith riding one of his RRA's in the Mersey RC 24 hr time trial around 1965 when it was the National Championship event. A bit out of focus I'm afraid but it was a rather basic cheap camera. I've left the two spectators in the shot as they add a bit of period 'colour'...
  12. Old Ned

    Seat Post Search

    My vernier is Mitutoyo. Had it for years, none of this modern digital rubbish. Gets used most days for something.
  13. Old Ned

    Seat Post Search

    A precision g-cramp according to a mate............................................:rolleyes:
  14. Old Ned

    Brands we never see on RB?

    Was it Steve Lawrence the National Road Race Champion that rode a Buck? I remember it from photos in Cycling BITD.
  15. Old Ned

    Owen Blower Bike

    AFAIK his frames were bought in. Possibly from a variety of sources but I don't recognise the seat stay top at all. Looks rather chunky and inelegant to me.
  16. Old Ned

    1969 Carlton Truwel

    Lee Moor Crossing - as in the Lee Moor Tramway?
  17. Old Ned

    Frame identification - possible MKM Ultimate?

    There were some built in Liverpool after the demise of MKM in Harrogate but not sure who by. I must admit that this does look like a very late build with the concealed cables - but are they a later addition? The removal of the DT lever boss looks a bit crude and the cable accesss holes in the...
  18. Old Ned

    ** Mountain Mayhem 2022 - ITS ON ! (in a fashion)

    Pat is very pleased with how the event panned out. Next year will hopefully be a bit bigger with more categories and possibly distance/time. Alex (his son) is now the main man but Pat does have some input and the two of them come up with some really good ideas. A better RB representation next...
  19. Old Ned

    World Masters Cycling Championships (with Vintage WC) in St. Johann, Austria, 18-22 August 2022

    Lucky you, I've always fancied riding this after visiting it in the late '80's when we were holidaying in Austria. Well run and lots of international flavour. Enjoy!
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