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Yes.. it shows too, the quality/clarity of your shots is excellent. I must admit to being a bit of an addict to good photography. I used to do quite a bit of amateur SLR work back in the day. I had a good friend who was a professional, and she taught me quite a few tricks. She told me to buy a...

Now.. getting the bike I wanted from the bike I bought entailed a little more than just taking the parts off of the bike, cleaning them up, and refitting. Unfortunately the bike didn't have the Maes drop bars, Milremo stem, Weinmann brake levers with Sun hoods, or RI 917 pedals that would have...

Thanks for that Spokesmann.. very much appreciated. I must say that Snipe Prestige is a cracker, I really rate the colours. You do have some lovely old bikes in your stable, and a good job too so that we get to look at them. I should imagine you're using a pretty good camera, the detail in some...

Beautiful frames, and those lugs are a joy to behold in themselves. Works of art indeed.. 👍

Ok.. I've been very busy so had to drop additions to the thread for a few days. Anyway, here goes with some info on the final painting and decals. As I've mentioned previously, I'd purchased some finishing paint that was supposedly going to give me the exact colour that I wanted, identical to...

Thank you very much non-fixie.. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I've some more to come with the final painting, decals, and putting it all back together, photo's, plus info on parts etc.. Stay tuned.. 👍

Yes its a stunning bike isn't it.. re Chris Barbers Jazz Band.. I just happened to be on a course in Wellingborough around 1974/5 if my memory serves me. The hotel that I was staying at had a wing for gigs, and I got got lucky, the band were playing one evening when I was there. Great night, got...

That's absolutely stunning.. I know that exact spot too..

Thank you for posting that Spokesmann.. its that bike (unless you have another identical one ???) that greeted me when I first started doing some research online re the Sun Snipe Plus. As I said in my initial post, I was really taken aback when I saw it. Like being in a time machine. Its the...

Thanks very much for the post allenh.. and I must say that Snipe Prestige looks a very tasty machine indeed. Great colour, and with that red saddle and white wall tyres.. its a stand out for sure. Gone now though I presume after reading your.. NO LONGER IN THE BIKE SHED. Looking at your bike...

So.. onto the painting. Now here I have to admit to a disappointment. I wanted the finished colour to be as near to the original Sun Flam Bronze Green as possible. I'd paid quite a premium for what I thought would be a perfect match. First squirt out of the can was a complete let down. It was...

Thank you very much hamster.. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Re the biking.. the Sun is going to be summer fair weather bike. I'll put the miles in though. I am actually riding daily though on a very early Dawes Karakum that I saved from the scrapheap. Someone had left it outside for a couple of...

Thank you Midlife.. I must say, as much as I'm an engineer by trade, and back in the day did a lot of gas welding/brazing tube, I've very little knowledge regarding lug styles on these old bikes. I have found it immensely interesting though while researching the history of old independent...

As I said earlier, a glance at the photo's appears to show a bike in better condition than it actually was. Still, once I'd made the decision to repaint I proceeded to strip the bike down to the frame, prior to getting it back to bare metal. Most of this work I did by hand using various grades...

Hello.. thank you for your welcome, its appreciated. Now, to answer your question.. How's the ride. Well at first it was the expected outcome of an old guy getting on a drop handlebar bike after many years away. My tongue was on the floor, back aching and legs were wobbling. However, after the...

Hello everybody.. I'm going to use this post as my introduction to the forum.. so I hope that's ok.. :) Right, my biking story starts like this. Back in March 2021, I was talking with a neighbour, and we got to reminiscing about our first decent push bikes. Both of us are within spitting...