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£40 delivered? If that’s OK, I’ll take ‘em.

Trying to look away!

Perfect basis for a tourer. Looks like it has plenty of braze on.

Hope it has a Flexstem on it.

It has a mechanical odometer. What’s not to like?

That is a lot of leather pickers! Very nice work there. I’m attempting to set up a new Rockler jig at the moment to make a load of boxes to try and tidy up my work space.

USE suspension seat post. Alien clamps were they? Stupid fiddly little M4 bolts. Saddle wouldn’t stay horizontal no matter how tightly you did them up. The saddle always ended up more vertical than horizontal. I ended up keeping the whole saddle greased. Made getting it back out more...

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/saddle-renovation-restoration-should-i-take-it-further.451086/

Any chance of a picture? One of those was my first mountain bike.

Are the wheels different? More spokes to cope with the unusual forces?

I used to see someone riding a trike very enthusiastically whenever I drove along the A38. They were on the path alongside the very busy road way back in the late 90s? Between Burton and Derby I think; maybe heading to the Toyota factory? Nice to see one close up!

I worry about it in the Spring.

Tell us more about it. It looks fast leaning against the wall.

I trust it was the quickest run round the block EVER?

Excuse the terrible lighting. This is my nominated Shopping/Touring bike. It happens to be my old race bike from back when I had a waist. The Saracen way back then was a shorter top tube combined with a flat 150mm stem. Fitting a shorter, bouncy stem has made it mor comfortable over...

Screwfix do Them as well in A2. Sure I have a bag. Mine are 15 long. Trim with a hacksaw. How many do you need?

I was there too. Hardly had any time though. It didn’t seem very busy? Hopefully there will be another and I’ll have more time to browse.

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Blimey, that brings back memories! It has been a long while since my frame looked that good. The Saracen powder coat was noted at the time to be long lasting but mine has seen some action. Not much standard on there. It was black XT II the whole hog as far as kit was concerned. Even the seat...