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    Help and Advice please - drilled rear stays found

    I'm not quite as sure TBH, I do agree it's something that was there that now is gone, but to my untrained eye it looks almost as if it/they were ripped from the stays and JB weld gooped in the resultant holes. Looking closer, it does seem possible there are in fact no holes but only way to...
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    "Isn't modern bicycle technology absolutely wonderful?"😍

    Hatred of clouds and the precipitation they herald isn't a preserve of us ol' biffers, the lad's currently moaning about british weather and not being able to get owt done outdoors... Bastards they are. To avoid poss. danger of red loctite being applied ( ;) ) I do very much like dropper posts.
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    Showing my friend my rebuilt Ridgeback cost me £90!

    Funny you should say that, the missus just showed me a local listing for an alu' Marin (unsure on model but looks to be mostly M735 kit) and a Timberline 30 quid the pair... :o
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    Showing my friend my rebuilt Ridgeback cost me £90!

    Is that 9 total for your household or 9 just for you? :D (asking for a friend who thinks they might need just one or two more bikes...)
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    Unusual GT Tequesta on eBay

    This was either outed here previously or featured in Imlach's sweaty hippy funk thread. Whichever one it was, I deplore the chain as much here as I did there... Honestly, not against the drum brakes hub dyno & gears that's a pretty cool potentially really usable cruiser/hack. Bit on the steep...
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    Carlos Santana

    What's a retro MTB's favourite pop? Marinade... I'll get my coat
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    Wanted Tatty bits, dispose them here!

    Inner cage is even chewed from running with the chain off the jockeys for however long it takes to do this to a mech... On second look however I might just be able to salvage the cage with a judicious bend of the retaining tab, small victories! Now someone post something worse they're...
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    Wanted Tatty bits, dispose them here!

    I do have a short cage M735 RD laying around that I was farting about with myself. Parallelogram has lots of play, I've nicked the B-tension tab for summat else, the jockey wheels are missing chunks (and ceramic bushing in 2576 pieces, most of them lost) and the cage won't stay attached because...
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    What Retrobike "feature" do you avoid when looking for bikes?

    The world needs to be reminded that humans had bad taste WAAAAAAY after the 70's ;)
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    What Retrobike "feature" do you avoid when looking for bikes?

    I'll draw the line at handlebar tassels though, the only place they belong is on strippers jugs...
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    What Retrobike "feature" do you avoid when looking for bikes?

    These, spokies & faux-disc spoke covers are so uncool they're awesome. I'll happily rehome all the above also! :D
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    Neurodivergence in Cycling

    Oh yes, I saw a note once in an office "dear cleaners please do not tidy my desk, you'll ruin my filing system" It tickled me just because it's so true
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    Neurodivergence in Cycling

    Speak for yourself, you seen the state of my "workshop"? (actually no, because I haven't dared photograph the mayhem therein at this point!)
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    Neurodivergence in Cycling

    I thought as much, mainly due to the fact I've noted bikies (as opposed to cyclists, per se) are largely more tolerable human beings than other areas of society. (raises hand for Asperger's)
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    "Isn't modern bicycle technology absolutely wonderful?"😍

    Wasn't my intention to rip your statement a new one! :o Just something that I remembered, it probably is one of the "compatibles" so not just happenstance/good luck like your example. @legrandefromage I'm still trying to patent my "Heinz" propulsion system, although emissions could be a factor...
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    "Isn't modern bicycle technology absolutely wonderful?"😍

    Not that new, the missus DH bike has M739 mechs and some kind of SRAM shifters (not checked the model as I don't care for them!) that seem to play pretty well together & honestly (if begrudgingly) seem decentish quality too.
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    What Retrobike "feature" do you avoid when looking for bikes?

    Front end, the mudflap & the rubber bollox
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    Is it too much purple?

    Needs moar purplezz
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    "Isn't modern bicycle technology absolutely wonderful?"😍

    Discussion Via pm already had with @raidan73 cheers.
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    What Retrobike "feature" do you avoid when looking for bikes?

    I know where they will be if you even dare! :p
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