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Re: Ebay is just a den of thieves and fraudsters. I feel for you but then again I'd never go through these scumbags in the firstplace.

Well, my good sir. I shall proffer a PM. Or maybe not if I actually read your reply properly (I'm getting old) :(

Re: Has this been sold?

Not an MTB but the ad made me chuckle due partly to the failure to disclose the bleeding obvious and later in the description his attitude towards anybody having a look. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peugeot-Perfo ... Sw9NdXtQ-m

Hello Sergant, is the price in Euros or Pounds? Cheers.

I love all the details. I saw a French tourer recently that had the same brake levers and I thought at the time that the person had just put drop bars on the bike and used the levers from something like a 'Toulouse' bar. But now I see that this is how they are supposed to be. That's a hell of a...

Hello Ferrus, I received a PM from Moritz (Cogtopus) for which I'm finding out a courier cost. If the cost to Germany is more than the £45 in total then I guess it'll pass onto you. Going forward I should ask people to make a public notice of intent before a PM (I think these are the rules)...

Bumpity bumpity bump. If anyone is interested I currently have Geoff's rare as hen's teeth Canadian made RM stem. As far as I can see it appears to be a very early effort at a quill-less stem. It is a lovely item but I'd love to hear from an expert - cue Geoff - as to how it is fitted (and pics...

I've had a quick look for some info on your Rubis frame and it seems that it was a top quality tubing brand owned by Atelier de la Rive (who later made Vitus tubing). I found this quote: Ateliers de la Rive, a company based on the outskirts of St Etienne, France, started making tubes in 1931...

Re: What a lovely bike. I can see why people are so interested in the French cycle industry of that period. I love all the little unique design touches from manufacturer to manufacturer. The complete opposite of todays groupset industry thinking.

I think someone on this forum has one of these in a fetching blue. Great looking bike. What steel do you use?

I've got one of these in a champagne coloured finish. It's a lovely bike made in the USA out of USA steel equivalent to Tange ultralight.

Lovely looking frame with great welding. It says made in England but does that mean that it was made by Saracen or sourced out somewhere else? Be interesting to know. Either way it is lovely.

Re: Hi Roy, I'm just going to pop you a PM.

I completely agree with you on that.

I think £500 is a really decent price. You only have to look at what people pay for SBDU steel frames. I paid that exact amount for a Speedwell titanium frame which seemed a lot at the time but to be honest with you I think you have the better bargain. Just don't scuff that beauty after you...

Thank god, If you'd paid some nominal amount for that work of engineering art I would've been most envious!!

I should mention that titanium has no problems with moisture nor does carbon but do be aware of aluminium and steel parts used that will corrode and bind with these materials.

Sheds are often a pain because although they seem to be dry they actually capture and hold onto moisture which would otherwise dissipate during the day. I have a mid-80s GT that picked up rust speckling in a shed. I now keep it in a lean-to (and under a blanket to deal with dew) which is...

LGF is right. It doesn't really matter with steel. This is great if you want to put modern wheels in there.