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Given the length of time that's passed, it's entirely possible they have :LOL:

20th Century? Aeroplane, Saturn V, personal computer, world wide web, haber-bosch process, DNA sequencing/synthesis, organ transplantation, IVF, solar power, LED, lithium ion battery...it was an amazing century really.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g7j406ywdo I was once pushed into the canal by a beered up squaddie while cycling home. Unlucky for him the police caught him five minutes later and he eventually ended up paying me £500 in compensation. Another time after being mugged and beaten for my...

London's a big enough place that there will be someone who can buy this on a whim without thinking about the cost. I guess that's what the seller is counting on. Agreed would have been sensible to include a BIN and delivery if you are asking strong money - as then it becomes a matter of...

As a winter hack bike, it'll do the job. You could put a winter's worth of riding on it, and likely sell it for the (hopefully) small amount you paid for it in the Spring. The handlebars are indeed a plus in my eyes.

How long to you plan to live there? Maybe it is worth leaving for the next home owner to fix. Leave it, prune any new growth and maybe repoint that wall - and you might be good for another 5 years or so.

Agreed. I've bought bikes remotely, and often its worked out. I'm lucky in that I'm very average when it comes to bikes - providing the sizing is roughly right, I can usually adapt. I don't have any special needs. But nothing beats trying a bike out (secondhand or otherwise) by sitting on it...

Probably early 2000s if you are looking for a starting point.

In another forum belong to there are a bunch of stickied threads for those that want to moan....ahem...debate the same old stuff. Any new threads/posts relating to them are simply merged with them. I can think of a few candidates: I hate/I love ebikes I hate/love new bikes I can't sell my old...

OK Boomer :LOL:

I don't tend to ride in a way that involves a lot of crashing nowadays. But the water bottle sits on the right hand side (my water bottle is shorter than this and I only have one) - but I have the same pack:

Try and avoid fitting you can. I've had one frame destroyed as a result of someone crashing into mine. I mostly ride with a water bottle in my waist pack now.

You could probably repurpose one of the brakes you bought to create a front brake. I'll have a look in my spares box for a rear of that length.

I used to mountain bike in tweed trousers with cycling clips just to freak out my day glo lycra peers bitd. Now I can't be arsed with such youthful affectations. Now I just ride a mixture of whatever's not in the wash, what was discounted in the middle of Lidl, comfortable for the weather...

Old shovel on YouTube.

Sounds like they were going for a light weight racy build during quite a tight window historically - early 90s. Dia-compe were well regarded for a small time, and for a brief time a few were looking at road mechs (pre-XTR). Suntour stuff was very difficult to get a hold of, but can imagine why...

In the early 90s, Pace were very highly regarded and hardly a modest choice. Pre-widespread availability of stuff via internet etc, they probably went with stuff that was available via mail order/their local bike shop in the UK. Unless you were buying US mags, it's possible they wouldn't have...

Good bike for the money that.

Some of today's crap will become the art of the future.