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https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/members-we-haven%E2%80%99t-seen-for-a-while.479971/ I started a thread for this a couple of weeks ago. Post it in there too!

It’s been a while, but I got some spanner time today and it’s getting close to being rideable. More a bit later…

I think it’s the sole at fault here. Those shoes don’t come as standard with the sole specified in the first link, they have a black plastic sole and heel. They’ll do you a traditional leather sole if you ask. I’ve had mine for years. My criticism of them is actually the insole. It’s a sort of...

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Chainrings: Stronglight Dural 39T inner, 3/32”, 135bcd; £10 Stronglight 44T, 1/8”, 144bcd; £10 Brake callipers etc: Top row L to R: -late 40s Raleigh front calliper, nickel plated steel; £10 -Weinmann 730, 1970s, nutted, front and rear; £10 Bottom row L to R: -Shimano SLR front calliper x2...

100% agree with this, performance-wise they’re excellent. I just wish they wouldn’t plaster the things with giant Deckas logos. If they were plain, I’d be a lot more inclined to buy them. “Fouriers” branded ones are identical to the Deckas ones, but with a much smaller text-only logo. But for...

That is 1990s purple and yellow tastic. Love it!

I sprayed Waxoyl up the stays but when the bike sat in the sun it came dribbling out the bottom bracket bearings, presumably flushing the grease out of them at the same time. So I don't recommend that.

People come and go on forums. A couple of other places I lurk in have threads running where you can check in on folks who have seemingly dropped off the radar. This is one of the only forums I use where I don’t actually know anyone in real life. But, like many of you, I’ve been around the forum...

I can’t remember if it’s been mentioned, but you can get those struts from RS and they’re not too expensive. They’re supplied with massive pressure in them and you carefully let some of the pressure out with a grub screw until it’s got the right amount of spring. The specs are listed on the RS...

Check out the luft on the left!

You can’t really do it on a frame that has integrated cups in the headtube. The closest you can do in terms of ‘modernisation’ is to use a roadster headset. These had the same drop-in races and the same thread size as the clip headsets, but used a conventional threaded top race, tabbed washer...

The wrapover stay on the top one is just like a Carlton of that era. Is it a Raleigh product? Any frame numbers stamped in it which might help identify it?

Madness! Great idea for a thread.

Not heard of them either. Frame looks nice though. What are those vee brakes? Are they compatible with road levers then?

That user hasn’t been on since 2017. I think you’ll be lucky if you get a reply.

Don’t know if it’ll be any help identifying that part number in case you can find another one, but it looks like Shimano still have exploded views of those shifters on their website...

There was a thread on here recently about whether you could repair that generation Shimano shifters. I'm pretty sure you'll be able to strip those ones down if anything is wrong: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/sti-shifter-stuck.475884/