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Hi there, if your dream swap does not come off and this is a 20” Lava dome.. I have been looking for a 20” frame and forks from this era… I want to custom spray and have new kona headset, collar, genuine decals etc the only things taking away from this being a unicorn find for me would be a...

I like you shared more recent pics some quite scared rutted, ground there, which is a shame but it looks passable…? I am thinking more and more of making ridgeway adventures a summer pastime..!

Totally subjective, but I built a bike pack bike out of a like new '94 Bear valley that was my dads.. I figure the things not the lightest but from what my mates did to them back in the day I reckon its bomb proof, its tange tubed, mine had a Girvin flexstem from new which everything everyone...

Postage is an issue for sure, but cycling is seeing social divide widen just like everything else, most people I see riding are on ebikes or silly money bikes, even the more expensive retro bikes cost relatively little compared to new stuff .. however as people have said we most of us have...

I walked that section a few months ago then the old reclassified lane, now a footpath that goes down to near Ogbourne st george. From Barbury itself. Hadn't been up there for twenty years or more and this looks like the only wet bit slippy bit on closer to Barbury than Hackpen, the rest I could...

Later when I get home!

I would agree, I have been shouted at, ive had the death stares, occasionally stopped to say my peace but generally just ignore ignorance when driving. I would prefer the recovered picture to ride or potter along in my land rover. Ive driven older people who cannot ride, etc on afternoon...

I use a few different tyres... Panaracer trail raker I think they are called old school looking aggressive off road tyre, winter use. Continental couple of different ones, for the money great tyres, not the longest lasting tread, but good tyres. Wtb do narrow 1.85 / 1.95 nanoraptor I think...

Scrolling through so much lovely stuff, but thats simply stunning!

Hoping people join in with pics, I don't live too far away, and its on my list for next year. When I were a lad I walked some of it for my d of e. I am a sensible mostly summer Land Rover laner ( standard and cossetted, not winch , tyres etc..! ) one of the reasons I am careful is ive ridden...

Hah it was literal sarcasm.. never had major issues with female bikes as always avoided them! but I had two Kona mountain bikes for twenty ish years, rode less as grown up etc. Serious regression of mental age and associated and predictable nostalgia started at forty .. three years in , ( have...

or give all their mates squatters rights...

Well I watched that and felt that my feeling of being dubious over bonding, plastics etc in frame construction well founded! Ive only ever had steel or aluminium bikes, mostly steel, never cracked one, mates have cracked aluminium frames and usually been me thats spotted it, but they were...

The amount I check in and I still miss something ive been after for eons! agh well nice bars.. the search continues!

There you go screaming for old school handmade karrimor.. modern shite is sports direct made lord knows where probably by kids .. but I have issues across walking and cycling with anything old karrimor, great quality and out there for eager eyed, panniers, pertex etc, all part of the obsession...

How olds the bike? I scoured the net for a long time, got a period set of Karrimor panniers in black anthracite front and back for my Marin Bear valley shopping / packing bike. I used to pour derision on any Doris using them unless they were off on proper travels, but now I love how they look...

I was always the same, more poor mothers washing machine.. now I have a crud catcher front , old school star wars logo on everything to save my face even if its just tiny stones and dog shit.. and two bikes have original rear crud catchers with the stays, bombproof even 25 yrs old, they are on...

and everything in one place, which is a pipedream for me!... cars look interesting too.

Bikes are cheaper.

I get sneared at but we have seperate finances, and I have multiple storage places. I do tell her though and face the ridicule as if i drop dead I want her to not just give it away or skip it! But you are one of the people I cant help but share the story of, in my defence. If I didn't have a...