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Re: Re: #steelisreal :lol:

Re: The Wheels. Took a while to narrow down the hub choice from ‘vanilla’ XTR through Nuke Proof with the ever present risk of cracking to good ol’ reliable White Industries titanium. I very nearly pulled the trigger and had them anodised black but after I had mirror polished them, I had to...

Re: Price drop-Mountain Klein Aurora Suntour XCD Price drop bump. C’mon someone! This is damn cheap for a Klein! :lol:

Seller seems to think it’s worth £200...although the eBay community did not.

Like that.

Didn’t know Raleigh had Titanium fabrication facilities at Nottingham? A lot of manufacturers outsourced the production of their titanium bikes to Sandvik and the like.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174640984967 Wonder who made these?

It’s like sticking a BMW ‘M’ badge on the back of a Rolls-Royce.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303832688707 Erm?....how did a Cr-mo sticker make it onto this?

Re: Titanium one key releases were a valentines present from the wife. The jewellery equivalent for men. They look bloody gorgeous I reckon! The cap is Ti too.

Re: Re: Looks like potential tube replacement and respray to me. That corrosion looks pretty set in deep. Drivetrain is worn out too...

Temptingly close, temptingly cheap.. but not for long.

One of the pins on M900 is offset whereas the XT are equally spaced. Typical Shimano pissing about with kit so it can’t be interchangeable..

When they arrived I discovered they were more mismatched than originally thought. They had odd brake blocks ( not a biggie as I would put new on anyway) they were different shades of black, one set had retention pins through the brass collar and 2 out of the 5 spring adjusters were carbon ...

The brakes: I decided quite early on that I wanted something a little more exotic than XTR cantis. It seems there is a clear supply and demand issue with vintage cantilever brakes and they always command strong prices. I nearly bought a complete bikes worth of NOS Onza HO’s in black, but...

Re: Bianchi Tycoon Ti frame - Bugger it. Get a tandem double brake lever and run disc and V brakes!

I think that’s a cracking price ( pun intended)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265027767856 If it’s too good to be true...

Lovely pair of double skin profiled rims. £100 shipped to RB members in the u.k. Sold for £85 on fleabay

Amazing! From the very beginnings...