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Re: 1981 Claud Butler Colstar - DuraAce #035210 Nice. And as long as you're keeping up the work, don't want you slacking now, your audience expects a certain standard.

No No No No No, I don't need any more bikes I really don't, but I always argue that need and want are such easily interchangeable words so that justifies it as far as I'm concerned. This is one of two bicycle frame manufacturers to hail from my childhood home of Ashford in Kent, the first was a...

Re: 1981 Claud Butler Colstar - DuraAce #035210 Have I missed the final full on shiny bling build picture of your Colstar Mr P? I've had to refill the popcorn a few times now waiting for the grand reveal and its not doing my waist line any good.

Congratulations Old Tel a standout machine in a fine collection of machines. And if that bike could talk the stories it could tell would probably keep us all enthralled down the pedal and sprocket when we could get back into pubs again

Wow, both bike and box are superb but I have to say I feel like a small child or a cat now as I'm more taken by the box.

Re: Re: Ooh that means proper commitment considering you were going to part it out and nice to see another one being saved whichever way you go with it. Not sure where you are in the country but you could try the plater in Hull that Peachy used recently.

Re: Re: I'll offer the opposite argument and say no get it painted it just looks scruffy now and deserves better. I get the point of keeping the patina if its a unique race winning machine or has some sentimental reasoning but its not, its a mass market machine (albeit a very nice one) that's...

As its December and its an open month I thought I'd go all Christmassy and what's more Christmassy than a BSA TDF under the tree? Its 1979 all over again only this time I got what I wanted even though I did have to buy it myself. Anyway ladies and gentlemen for this months competition in all...

Yep and its why valve watts are louder then transistor watts for a much lower wattage value.

Well Mr P you inspired me into having a long hard look at all the bikes in my garage with a view to having a cull for at least 3 or 4 minutes. Sadly that all went south last weekend as a nice looking Canadian Meile road bike popped up on FB the other day and no sooner had I seen it than it was...

Re: Re: I did think I'd have a go at doing some with waterslide decal paper on my printer although I don't know how practical that would be or how well they'd last. I do repro decals all the time for models which get lacquered over but they don't go outside in the sun or rain.

:lol: See you set your sights too high, I asked for a BSA TDF back then which should have been a reasonable expectation, still didn't get it and yes it took me 40 years to scratch that meagre itch but I did get closer that Christmas as I got a nice shiny red Puch Prima 12 which is still better...

Oh I don't know I for one have enjoyed the Retrobike Christmas Panto I mean it has everything, a meandering story line, an enormous volte face, real Ferrari's, far eastern knock off Ferrari's, TDF winners on horseback, a reluctant pantomime dame, a pretty lady for the dads and of course lashings...

I am in no way surprised but also feel I should be looking into the possible profits in recycling used electric car batteries.

Re: Re: Its typical government kneejerk derived PR panic. Prior to April of this year the exact same Tesla Model 3 would have cost me personally somewhere around £650 a month in company car tax and at this cost the government were mildly confused when very few people were inclined to take the...

To be honest I haven't got much of a view either way on this debate but reading through this thread the above statement on the first page did bring a wry smile. You see I have a Tesla model 3 as a company car which I got in April of this year, and because since April the company car tax rules...

Re: Re: Has he started offering opinions on what you should or shouldn't sell yet based on what he wants to keep? In some ways I'm glad being a girl mine has very little interest in most of my hobbies and the bike I built entirely to her exacting specifications a few years ago sits in the...

There is another picture where I had an FEX95 and the matching CDX1 CD player in there but I can't find that

Knew it was there somewhere.

I liked it when it was all stacked as separates, the hardest bit was finding a car with enough dash space to accept it all and the Pioneer silver stuff did look pretty. I'm sure I've got a pic somewhere with all the silver stuff in my E12, have to see if I can find it.