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I believe that the Sturmey Archer alloy brakes were designed mainly for the Dutch-roadster market and they were never seriously marketed in the UK. However, a few UK MTB and City-bike makers experimented with them in the late 1980's. Meanwhile mainstream MTB design moved from using cantilevers...

My 70mm 'Elite' hubs were bought and fitted in the spring of 1985 not long after SA introduced them. I believe that they were the first alloy hub-brakes that SA made. SA did make some Leleu-type, self-centering cam variants of the 'Elite'. However, due to an error the prototypes had a tendency...

The bike is a Mk1 Cleland Dingbat with its long headtube, high bottom-bracket and 3" wide rear tyre. It is using a rear Lelue brake on the front as this makes for a stronger front wheel than using the narrower Lelue front brake. I remember that Saracen used to make a red MTB with Sturmey Archer...

The 70mm Sturmey's I used were nicely made but poorly designed and any dust or water that gets inside is trapped. Also, the brakes used to fade as more dust from brake-shoe wear built up inside. Instead of being low-maintenance, you had to take them apart and remove the dust. I haven't used...

That's pretty well my experience; extremely progressive, reliable and quiet braking. With an light weight alloy drum, the rotating weight can be very low as most of the weight is in the axle and the non-rotating brake-shoe plate. I notice that the Gary Fisher made Klunker brought over from the...

I live in an area where the trails can get very muddy and so choose which bike to ride based on the trail conditions. When the conditions are not muddy I often use a bike fitted with disk-brakes. Drum-brakes, being enclosed, prevents the mud and grit from geting onto the braking surfaces and...

The Repack rider's and the Post Office loved hub or drum brakes. The Dutch still do. They used to be popular with tandem owners and with all-weather mountain-bikers. However, nowadays they are mostly found on work-bikes and bicycle-sharing-scheme bicycles. Have you owned a bike with...

Well done, you are now the owner of one of the first US style mountain-bikes to be mass-produced in the UK. I am glad to hear that this has gone to someone who will appreciate it and carry out the 'sympathetic restoration' it deserves. Just post here If you need any help with finding parts...

I found this article in a March 1986 copy of Bicycle Action Magazine. It's from an article written by Tom Bogdanowicz about the options available when buying UK manufactured mountain-bikes. This confirms other contemporary accounts, that Gary Smith, the then owner of F.W Evans, was the...

I remembered this small-wheel, specialist off-road hill climb bike: The above scan comes from Rob Van Der Plas' 1984 'The Mountain Bike book which was the first ever book to be published on the subject of mountain-bikes. The scan is taken from the chapter about wheels that also mentions my...

Here are some pictures of the type of road frames that Bill Whitcomb was better known for: He also built frames for Harry Quinn, Soens and Walvale. After spending some time building frames under his own name in the US, he returned to the UK and rejoined Harry Quinn and son in Wales. I wonder...

The is bike was entered into November 2021 BotM. This BotM was for 26" wheeled mountain bikes. BotM Nov 2021 - The Nominations Botm Nov 2021 - The Vote Also taking part in this BotM was this 1982 English Cycles' Range-Rider. This 1982 bike was the next design in the evolution of Geoff Apps'...

Well done 24pouces:cool: A worthy winner. Relative youth and suspension has trumped age and big wheels. I am impressed that LGF did not vote for his own bike! Is this the first time that a non-26" wheeled bike has won BotM?

Yes, he may be connected to one of the Milton Keynes bike shops. Here is the correct rear-derailleur, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224735206560?hash=item3453431ca0:g:GIwAAOSwtjths9RA I am surprised that any working versions survive as the one on my 1984, 501 Evans ATB only lasted for a very...

Apart from the extension-tube, the other non-original parts are: *The rear derailleur. The original Suntour Mountech ones weren't very durable. *The seatpost binder bolt. *The tyres. *The brake-blocks and some of the Bowden cables. *Probably the rear mudguard? Just looking at the specs for a...

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/f-w-evans-atb-1984-5-milton-keynes.438797/ 1984/5 F.W. Evans ATB - For sale in Milton Keynes

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/f-w-evans-atb-1984-5-milton-keynes.438797/ 1984/5 F.W. Evans ATB - For sale in Milton Keynes

It's just an extension tube, so should be very easy to remove as long as its not rusted in.

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/f-w-evans-atb-1984-5-milton-keynes.438797/ 1984/5 F.W. Evans ATB - For sale in Milton Keynes

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/f-w-evans-atb-1984-5-milton-keynes.438797/ 1984/5 F.W. Evans ATB - For sale in Milton Keynes