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Thank you all for your welcome and kind words. You're right, I think. We do obsess with weight too much. I do notice swapping between this bike and one with better quality tubing (531 etc) - this definitely has a duller ride. But still nice though. The dynohub is genuinely brilliant. I can't...

As it's a winter bike, it gets wet more often than not. I noticed that water would often be drawn into the rear hub via the non-drive lip-seal, turning the grease into a mayonnaise. This year I decided to try and improve it, so after some experimentation, I created a little cover from some...

This year has seen even more fiddling. I sold the Conti 4 Seasons and replaced with Vittoria Rubino Pro (I think it's the only time I've ever made money swapping tyres!). The gold bands had started peeling off, so I removed them And replaced with a barber pole. It took a few attempts to...

I then had my late FiL's name applied to the bike: Since 2013, it's been my winter bike and have done a fair few miles, usually in filthy conditions. I picked up a used Shimano Dynohub coupled with a Supernova front light. A few years passed and bits wore out. At this stage, I also...

Frame modifications and first post renovation riding: Water bottle bosses and downtube shifter mounts: I then had it painted by an acquaintance who worked in a body shop. He did a cracking job of the paint (RAL 4007 IIRC). Here it is as first built up: It worked well as a winter bike...

As a long time lurker, I figure it's high time that I contributed with a thread of my own... This one has a bit of a story over many years so for a first post, it'll be quite a long one. The bike originally belonged to my late Father-in Law. Back in the early 2010s, it was sitting unused in my...