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James Dean 'I can't believe you're not riding a Raleigh...!'

Ah a young Eddy..! I've got a Van Halen lycra race jersey. I think it was a Dutch team. Will post next week.

Mavic Zap - 30 years ahead of it's time

Who dat?!

Sid James in Bless This House on his Raleigh Chopper

Hans Solo, Harrison Ford on his Schwinn

The simplicity of 3TTT adverts;

This one!

Hi, it's upthread. It's Japanese of course and I believe it's a 53cm.

I think there were 10 different finishes to the Mistral rear derailleur. Looking at it now, it's quite funky and futuristic. Colour matched jockey wheels. Phwowarrr!

I do really like Ofmega parts, they seem to have realised they can't compete with Campagnolo and Shimano and just went their own merry, and quite stylish way! Those rear derailleurs come on a wealth of colours!

I'm a big fan of the Red Hook Crit posters

Talking about stuffing bikes into houses, I remember going to see a pair of wheels in a big flat in old Edinburgh. It had an enormous square hallway with all the rooms off it. There must've been 20 bikes in the hallway, and as I passed another door to a room, it was stuffed full of bikes and...

I remember meeting Graeme Obree once at a ln event at the Velodrome in Manchester and discussing frame building and he was very proud of building a 1400gr road frame it is 853, but how to shift another 150gr...? That's average carbon frame weight territory.

I just can't get my head around how they got a Tange Ultimate tubeset built into a frame at 1250gr? It's lugless, and the seat stay arrangement and drop outs are minimalist, but that's an incredible job.

There's a girl on YouTube Drilliumed a chain set and gear/brake levers. She saved about 60gr.... Not really worth it from the right savings pov. Better off buying latex inner tubes! 🤣🤣🤣

Inverse Italian brake levers

It could be similar to what BMC (another Swiss outfit) did, a carbon fibre, or steel wire connected to a wedge, a very small movement of the connected bolt would be enough to lock the parts tight together.

Swiss made ICS Campagnolo components, with internal expander seat post.

Thinking of buying a GT Edge for an off road/gravel bike. Would like to have a disc brake set up on the front. Trouble is the head tube is for inch steerers only. Any clues on an inch carbon (or steel) disc Can't find anything on the Chinese eBay or second hand market.