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Reminds me of one of those tiny and flexy Alpinestars T26 frames.

Beat me to it.

They look good on the right bike. I have a few black ones and an old red anno one too. They are on the heavy side but pretty bomb proof.

Any lanolin based product works a treat on protecting steel frames, and are cheap too. As an example: http://www.lanotec.com.au/pages/products/liquidlanolin

A cheap oversize allen key and a file works...

Yes a box from Canada arrived on Friday. 8)

Sorry guys I missed that this thread had had some recent interest. Its been a slow process but the right parts have been gathering for the older Toad and it should see an update in the coming week or two. I still have a few things to locate but hopefully they shouldn't be too hard...

Re: Found in the bike shop basement - Brand New '94 Merlin M 9 speed group is from 99 or later and similar vintage to the fork and wheels ;)

Nice pickup but personally I find the build pretty horrible. For a rider the mix of parts is fine but for something to hang on the wall I'd sell off some of the parts and put something more appropriate on. That's just me though and its yours to do as you please :)

Web addresses on retro bikes - Nothing looks more out of place than a .com or .co.uk on a bike built before the dot com era. British builds - While the UK may produce the odd good frame and component you guys lost the ability make a lot of parts needed to create a complete bike well before...

I know time stands still here in Retrobike land sometimes but its the 9th of April in this part of the world and I was wondering if we'll see a special month thread soon ;)

Re: Waist Belt Mounted Utility Pack A.K.A. BumBag / FannyPac Just in case it hasn't already been said but have you tried Jersey Pockets?? ;)

You’ll gain experience with the search function... ;)

I've seen a few of these retrofitted into Klein bottom brackets when the press fit bearings were hard to obtain.

The Salsa is very very nice, but its the FRO for me this month 8)

They aren't really something I want on my bike ever but that was pretty cheap. As for me, other than riding, I'm working on the garden and one of my cars at the moment before it gets too dark and I start the winter bike projects again 8)

I'm assuming you've ridden a few bikes before so start with what you do and don't like about those saddles and go from there. While I like the concept of a British build (I tried it myself) but at some point fuction is more important and things like saddles I put in this area. You do need a...

Just go for something that fits your bum comfortably.

With the right grass it works - well 30kms worth that I know of.