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As I admitted before I am an mtb guy - an have little knowledge of road bikes. But last year I came across an old Legnano gran premio - in quite a sorry state I have to admit. Right now, I’m taking it apart. And I have a question concerning the crankset. It is a campa piece from the 70s. The...

I usually post/read the mtb part of the forum. But today I found a classified ad from a guy just up my street selling a race bike. As I am not very experienced with these bikes I’d like to pick your brains :) Is this a bike worthwhile getting and restoring? Is it even a proper Pinarello? The...

Today - after reopening my little workshop in the new house I tried to finish my gravel mod bike. When I installed the brake cables i saw this: The horizontal thingy (that I do not know the name of even in my mother tongue) scrapes the rubber… arrghh! I have to use a mini v there because...

Saw this frame today… being a proper retro bike nerd I keep wondering what on earth this is. It looks like an aluminium frame, but also like being built from single tubes and joint pieces, with a distinctive seatstay. Anyone knows what this is? Cheers

Dear community I am in the process of rebuilding a 96 GT Karakoram. The frame has quite some patina- which I am ok with. But the situation behind the crank is a bit messy :) what I did so far - remove the obvious rust with sandpaper - use phosphoric acid on it what I consider to do: -...

Dear fellow afflicted I stumbled upon this old Marin recently. It is one of the plated surface models. While it is in quite a good condition considering the age, I do like to clean/ restore the frames of my bikes. In this case I am a bit afraid of doing more damage than good .Is there a...

Hi fellow bike addicts. I was researching my scott bike that I built last year. - It is a steel bike - has its original rigid fork - decals say Scott Elite Racing and factory Ride - has an unusually high steerer tube - components were lx, but the guy I bought it from said his uncle built it...

one for the German Marin fans out there: on eBay-Kleinanzeigen.de: https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/mountainbike-marin/1789846698-217-7562 it’s none of mine but close to where I live (Chiemsee) - and it seems to be in good shape if a bit small. frame size is 42 cm.