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I have one I'm happy to swap for your green one. :) All the best,

Yes, Clark Kent chainstays sprang to mind when I saw it, too. All the best,

Yes, the small holes either side of the joint are feed holes, with matching ones on the other side of the tube. Feed into the hole and draw it around until visible in the other side, then draw and fill any gaps around the main join line. Since it's all capilliary work, I generally use silver...

Here you go...I have loose 1" steerers as follows: 320mm unthreaded 270mm threaded, with 215 below thread 180mm threaded with 125 below thread Yes, you can extend a steerer, too. I prefer to braze mine, rather than TIG welding like Paul Brodie, but the process and result is pretty similar...

I have them as loose framebuilding parts, £15 posted, various lengths. All the best,

I have a NOS pair, unused, in the box if you're still looking. All the best,

SB 980 was a fairly straightforward butted cro-mo tubeset. 1624g/set uncut. 8/5/8 top tube was light, 10/7/10 DT and seat were on the heavy end. 0.8mm seat and chainstays and 1.0mm fork blades. ...So more like Reynolds 531 or Columbus SL, than 753. All the best,

OK, (slow) progress report: Frame and decals back from the excellent Lucy Higgins at IndiBike: https://www.indibike.co.uk/ The delay's been my fault not hers. 3 sets made, also with @GrahamJohnWallace's Metro Trekker part. Also, red cable outers have arrived. I suspect the originals would...

1985/6 Overbury's Pricelist & Documents

1985 Overbury's Catalogue v2

Anyone out there holding anything 🤔 :) ? Ideally, 96/97ish, cassette, silver, non-disc, 135/100mm QR, Shimano or something boutique US, . All the best,.

I love them, have 3 or 4 old SPOX pairs on the go, and some more modern 26" Xyclones, QR with discs. The spokes are pretty tough, and are rarely the problem. The rims do wear like any rim, (although some are ceramic coated), usual downfall is bearings and freehub, but they are serviceable. I...

🤔 Looks like it's a longer travel shock than standard, so the existing bracket wouldn't work. Here's the standard arrangement, with a Risse shock: All the best,

For those who might like to attend: Geoff’s funeral is being held at the Borders Crematorium (near Melrose – post code: TD6 9HA) on Wednesday, September 4th at 10:00 am. All are welcome. The plan is for tea and coffee after the service, probably back at the village hall in Chirnside where...

It gets reamed out then tapped up to Italian, but then the bonded insert takes the thread back down to BSA as before. Actually having an Italian thread BB would be a huge PITA these days. All the best,

Sad news indeed. I rode a around Wendover and the Surrey Hills with him a couple of times back around 1985, before US 'Mountainbikes' had really arrived. I was just getting into off-road riding, and the 'cross-country bicycle' really aligned with how I wanted to travel. Quiet, uncompetitive, no...

Yes, that's the numbering system for the bore of the gas nozzle. Almost inevitably, it's the usual confusing minefield with each manufacturer having a different system, and no international standard :rolleyes: For brazing tips and torches, look for what is usually referred to as welding kit (as...

Yes, sadly brazing only a small part of part of City and Guilds #3268 (Welding Skills) and nothing in NVQs, so it's pretty rare to find tuition other than small copper pipework for the Refrigeration/AirCon industry, and almost no stand-alone training for it. Worth a look inside the seat lug...

Well, brazing is fairly easy to kit out, and a lot more tolerant of inexperience than welding. Mistakes can be undone, or rectified, or hidden, or tidied up a lot easier than welded ones. No need for a framebuilding course, but there might be something available at local Technical College or...

If you go to your first post on the thread, there should be a blue Edit option at the bottom left, under your sign-off. Click this to enter Edit Mode, then use the pull-down to select Sorted. This will change the flag. All the best,