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Anyway ... This thread is just to give you an idea of the bikes I own and ride. I'll be randomly listing those bikes. My latest outing, a little over a week ago, was to L'Eroica in Gaiole, Italy. The bike I brought along for the event was my Eddy Merckx. Built in ca 1975 by Bernard Dangre's...

As @Guinessisgoodforyou had already taken my bikes, I thought I'd get even and take his bikes. 😁

Thank you for the pictures. Can't help with the ID I'm afraid. There used to be one or two former Halmanco or Halfords employees on the forum, IIRC, but they seem to have vanished. 😟

Depends om two factors, IME: sag of the saddle and your position on the bike. If the leather is sagging a bit, tilting it back helps you to stay comfortable. Same when your bars are closer and you are more upright. I'd start with the saddle level with the ground and work from there.

Yes, pics would help. I am by no means a Halfords expert, but as somehow four of them have made their way onto my premises over the years I am interested in the brand. And to show that even a very basic Halfords bike can be fun: here's my recently retro-modded gas pipe Halfords Sport from the...

A certificate isn't especially expensive. Some are even free, IIRC. But they do expire, and subsequently a new one needs to be installed, which requires specialist knowledge of and, more importantly, access to the system at a level that is usually restricted to system engineers.

Actually, the site is pretty safe. Connections are encrypted according to the TLS 1.2 protocol, which is pretty common. The only thing missing is evidence of the the annual renewal of the site's certificate. Which is a formality, and by itself does not add value, security-wise. And yes, it is a...

Like in many other industries, small companies have little chance of surviving against the power of economy-of-scale and Big Marketing. In 2014 I witnessed an interview with Valentino Campagnolo in Belgium. He was being harassed by the interviewer: "Why don't you make a better effort to compete...

Jon, the owner of Velobase, is running it in his spare time and on a shoestring budget. So it always takes a bit if time before he is able to get issues resolved. There have been quite a few over the years, but so far he always managed to get the system back up and running more or less...

Ah, the descent from Castello di Brolio. Survived it again last Sunday. :) Francis Quillon's patented frame design for Méral near Portofino, Italy:

Great story indeed! Looking forward to seeing that frame built up.

If it were mine, I'd indeed be tempted to install the widest tyres that fit, drop bars and a pair of cheap 3x7 brifters. And a set of cantilever brakes, as the v-brakes don't play nice with the brifters.

Very cool! When I was twelve, I probably would have killed for one of those. 😍

Thank you for joining us, @bcort , and for the additional pictures. Much appreciated! I like these older carbon fibre frames, as they combine the classic elegance of thin tubes with cool new technology. :) I have been looking at quite a few pictures, and the closest match I've found so far is...

That Banana is really nice. 😍 But I'll help make up the numbers anyway, and enter my ~'76 Union "Rini Wagtmans". In 1976 Dutch bike manufacturer Union wasn't in a particularly good shape. Business wasn't going well and a big fire had just burnt down their plant. So what does one do in a...

I don't think so. There isn't a hybrid forum AFIK, and all other Venetos I have seen were road bikes. What are your plans with it?

Apparently the "B7" is a date code, indicating October 1987. Which is late enough for it to be a 1988 model. That seatcluster is a bit of a head scratcher, though. This is from the 1988 Look catalogue:

I'd say it is a mid-eighties Look, possibly a KG86. Paging @gridno27 !

True. But what's in a name? Add drop bars and wider tyres and you've got a '20's gravel bike in a '30's color scheme. ;)