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I have my old Carrera Krakatoa sitting unused in the shed with worn out chainrings and cassette, I also have a number of sturmey archer 3 speed AB (90mm drum brake equipped) rear hubs and BF front hubs...can you see where I'm going with this? :D . The big problem is the AB hub has an OLD of...

If it makes a difference the Tange decal says "Tange MTB Double Butted OS tubing", I was considering powder coating and making it singlespeed, and finding a set of cromo forks for it P2,s or similar

I'm by no means an expert this is just what I've read while looking into the same sort of build for a while now myself, partly because of the simplicity of hub gears and partly because I came into the possession of a job lot of Sturmey Archer AB rear hubs and BF front hubs, they were going to be...

I've owned My Krakatoa since 1993 when I bought it second hand, it was my first proper Mountain Bike, the previous being a tank of a Raleigh Marauder in electric blue, which is now my dads and in remarkably good conditon. For the past couple of years the Krakatoa has sat in the shed...

Hi Spike, I'm a relative newbie and long time lurker here but I'd love a Number too please. Its offers like this that make Retrobike awesome Thanks Andy

Markwashington: Yeah now I think about it, it is a 2000, I got it in 2001. Don't suppose you know where I could get a new mech hanger for it? Relcutant: I had my suspicions about the tubing, the label on the seat tube says "Tange custom tube set, triple butted cr-mo exclusive to Marin" But...

I joined here and posted on the intro thread back in October so its probably about time I posted some pics of my bikes. Don't get excited there's nothing exotic or exciting, their all low end models. I've one or two questions about them too. First up is my Carrera Krakatoa Flex bought in...