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Hi mate, you're welcome! It's great to hear your whole story behind the bike and how you're going with it. BOAB is just short for Baldy on a Bike - me signing off :-) With the sizes yes I was wondering if you'd stayed the same sizes from bike to bike as I have changed a few times myself...

You're not mucking about are you? :-D This is really going to be special, I think. Have you gone up a size at all? Here's my Kona story. Late 92 I went to Bicycleexpo in Alexandra Palace and hoovered up all the catalogues. Kona were there and Saracen who were two of my favourite stands at the...

That Traverse is just fantastic! It's deffo the coolest of the pair. Have you compared the ride with the Tufftrax?

I am glad I am not hallucinating about it being a 93 model - I know that I have seen a few now and all of them fitted with 93 Exage. Indeed that year, you could get the base Saracen Max Drive fork in either Chromo or Alu flavours, a Tange sus fork, RS Quadras or RC 35s. I can remember going to...

It looks like a A Pro frame to me. It's definitely not a Raleigh. BOAB

Hi folks, I am picking up a 93 Trekker on Saturday. It'll need something doing to the fork ( I may get new elastomers, I may replace the fork, either is possible ) but I am quite excited to find a nice small one. Thing is, is there a page missing from the Saracen 93 Catalogue scan? I went to...

I've never seen any of the Muddy Fox Interreactive bikes in the metal. ( I mean there are probably loads but that's one of the ones I would really like to see, and especially ride ) Did any get to dealers or were the few built just prototypes? I HAVE seen a couple of Rock and Rolls out in the...

Hi everyone, I am looking for a Dynatech - a small one, no bigger than 45cm. Not all THAT fussy about model as long as it's a bonded frame. Inexpensive would be nice, and an UGLI would be better. Happy to collect pretty much anywhere north of the midlands and south of Edinburgh. Or will pay...

Not out of the 80s either. 94 or thereabouts. BOAB

I think it is :-) Yes, size good idea...51cm c to top.

Afternoon all. I can't ride any more so I am selling my last couple of bikes, one of which is this rather lovely Raleigh Touriste from circa 1990. It has a 531 frame, Exage gears, Dia Compe brakes and though not on the pic, a new Bonty saddle. Everything runs lovely and smooth, gears are...

bump: still here folks...

Seriously, I've had an ad on FB marketplace for a month now, for a bike that needs work. The ad says in some considerable detail what that work is. So far every reply has been along the lines of: "Nuffink wrong wiv it?" Do the brakes work? ( Ad says no, obviously) Does it ride? ( Ad says no...

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Price drop to one hundred fun units. BOAB

I hate doing this but needs must...anyone fancy a 99 B17 with some extras, like a drop post that doesn't need a shim? Well it's not factory spec any more. Pivots and linkages are all fine - no play. The shock and fork could probably do with replacing but they do work. Brakes are now all disks...

Cheers for the advice folks, the bike is running disks front and back which may help. Tyre width clearance and the rear tyre hitting the frame seem to be the biggest caveats. I have a Fox Vanilla 35 fork kicking about which by the looks of the clearance will take a 27.5 happily whereas the...

Raidan's post reminded me: The first time I took my then girlfriend to a bike park: and literally jumping over her when we took different lines and I hit an unexpected jump. When we got home she immediately ordered a full susser. Riding/hurtling down a mountain near Glenshee on an oversized...

Hi folks, I don't have any 27.5 wheels lying around or I'd check myself, but has anyone tried putting them on a frame/fork designed for 26 inch wheels? In this case, a 99 Marin B17 BOAB

Hi folks, I am looking for a cheap rear wheel for my b17 - needs to be disk ready, otherwise as long as it's straight and takes a Shimano free hub I am not fussy. I'm based in Manchester. Thanks BOAB