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I'm strongly in the mental "must be aligned" and "must be precise" camp. Even though my body isn't; I doubt my arms are the same length. Tend to be very obsessive when building the bike in the first place and I have noticed on cheaper stuff a lot isn't that precisely made to begin with...

Been through similar with chain-sets. Found a road triple to be sort of OK, but not really perfect. 130 / 74 BCD felt limiting and the road FDs pretty weak. Then I tried a compact road double, and got caught up with the fuss trying to get a smaller 110 BCD outer ring. It was better. Think it...

Still can't get over this mans style. Even over cobbles. Feels like he was born on a low profile before they existed and he had to make do and push it all to the logical limit in a condensed time frame and drive an unforgettable technological dart in of bike evolution for his own sakes.

I did watch a fascinating documentary on French TV which included the Duclos team mechanic and was fitting the forks. Quizzed some 20 years later, he thought it was all bullcrap, the forks were fit for throwing over an hedge in the gulley and best forgot about. He firmly believed back then and...

Watched those videos umpteen times over. IMHO the forks suited him and his style of riding. The man does not flinch with attacks - he just claws it all back firmly seated, and just grinds, and grinds, and grinds, till everyone else is exhausted. He's one of the few riders not to get out out of...

Yup. Time for a total refresh me thinks and would be money well spent. I've had the weirdest shit pass through my hands. Like one rear sprocket worn to utter death because the owner didn't fix the rear indexing and just used the front. A three speed wide ratio MTB. Owner must have been happy...

And if you don't know - consult this: https://sheldonbrown.com/gear-calc.html Really, for a bike for just knocking around generally on nothing extreme a judicious choice of a chain ring and new rear cassette can work wonders. It demands some research and some empirical knowledge though about...

Just thought of this thread. Literally an hour ago fixed up a neighbours early 90s Pug over a mandatory beer - riding earlier in the year the NDS crank fell off and he didn't have a thin walled socket for the 15mm crank nut. 200 GS affair and thankfully no damage. Was worth taking the...

Nice. Price and in this nice condition seems about right to me. GLWS.

State of the market. Sold yesterday for £1,087. 4 bids. Soon they will be given away in Xmas crackers :p

The 5 arm 110 BCD did have it's origins in the ATB / MTB era. 26, 36, 46 +/- about 2 teeth about the norm. With the advent of 8 speed and a smaller rear sprocket 11T, chain ring sizes decreased to a more typical 22, 32, 42 triple in a later 94 BCD. 110 BCD is still interesting, because it...

Good advice above from @bikeworkshop - https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/removing-dent-in-steel-chrome-rim.451935/ AL will not "re-form" like steel. I've been brutal in the past with AL rims, but sorry to say, while they can be rescued for a beater bike they are done with as a whole. It's...

Crikey. A box lined Halfords. Don't know. If it's a '73 and how it looks it's got a firm footing like UK Roadster post war and is probably very heavy but bombproof.

And another to reply too. Looking forward to some picture.