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    Evolutionary dead-end!

    Love to see the lucky winner fit it to their bike in that state.
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    What's this Logo / Trademark ??

    Looks like Sturmey Archer from their Raleigh days to me.
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    Flandria 1978 Campagnolo Nuovo Record

    Wow !. Those pictures make we want to get on the next boat to Belgium.
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    How many rideable bikes do you have?

    2 x Road, 1 x CX, 1 x MTB, 1 x hybrid. The missus has 2 x hybrids, 1 x MTB & 1 x road, plus we' ve a tandem. I usually buy her a bike when I add to my collection to placate her, It's more interesting than flowers ( and usually works).
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    Ugly Modern bikes

    Thats one of my pet hates. Modern racing bikes that have the geometry of a sit up and beg. My other one is that hardly any of these race replicas are sold with a standard chainset - living the dream or what :-)
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    Ugly Modern bikes

    Dan Craven was racing on a Condor Super Accacio last year for Rapha Condor. I think they are Deda as you say.
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    Ugly Modern bikes

    I think there are some potential carbon design classics o ut there such as the Pinarello Dogma and Cervelo S5, I can't be doing with some of the cheaper olastic bikes that have obviously come out of the same mould in China and have been rebranded - they are just so boring to look at. There is...
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    Tel's Stallion Cycle Shop Venture!

    I noticed that too Richard. Brew anyone ?
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    RetroRoadRide Series - Rd 2: Peak District ~ AFTERMATH

    It's a pudding mate - there are no tarts in Bakewell. (None that I've found anyway)
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    RetroRoadRide Series - Rd 2: Peak District ~ AFTERMATH

    +1 on that. Two slices for optimum performance. 8)
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    RetroRoadRide Series - Rd 2: Peak District ~ AFTERMATH

    Re: RetroRoadRide Series - Rd 2: Peak District ~ 05/05/13 +1 A good day. A bit of a chilly start though. I hope you enjoyed the last climb up the Goyt Valley. :-)
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    RetroRoadRide Series - Rd 2: Peak District ~ 05/05/13

    Depends how nesh you are ! I'll be out in jersey, arm warmers, 3/4 bibs and a gilet - but I'm a native.
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    PEUGEOT VITUS

    As with anything secondhand - as much as someone is willing to pay ! Hard to tell without seeing pictures and a bit more detailed spec.
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    PEUGEOT VITUS

    The rough translation (if you had not already sussed it) for what's written on the shell is Trademark CLB Vitus, Made in France and then the serial no. Peugeot went through a phase of using Vitus steel tubing (IIRC in the mid eighties after their own brand carbolite tubing phase before going...
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    Argghhh!! The Polish panto butcher has bought a DRILL

    I hope he tries the post on his own bike, snaps and it kebabs him where the sun don't shine. Now that would be justice.
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    Argghhh!! The Polish panto butcher has bought a DRILL

    'took me three hours' - and half a bottle of Jack Daniels.
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    RetroRoadRide Series - Rd 2: Peak District ~ 05/05/13

    I went to a book reading by Richard Moore last week - guess which bit he read !
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    Argghhh!! The Polish panto butcher has bought a DRILL

    I bet somewhere in deepest Poland a few months ago, a certain eBayer researched using a CNC and thought 'stuff that it sounds a bit of a faff - I've got a steady hand' and the rest is history.....
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    Little film about Tour Team kit maker Nalini's factory

    Nice film. I read somewhere that they make some of Rapha's kit too.
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    The best 700c x 23mm Amber Wall Clincher Tyres?

    I looked at Challenge Criteriums and they ticked all the boxes except for one - the price !: http://www.wiggle.co.uk/challenge-crite ... ular-tyre/ ;-)
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