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Hi, I have some forks for sale that originally came off a Raleigh 653 Race frame (catalogue number 8901). They were white and pink originally. I ran them on one of my bikes for a couple of years then stripped the paint off with a view to getting them sprayed to match the frame. In the meantime...

Price reductions on these Suntour mechs. 1. Superbe Pro front mech - band-on 28.6mm. This is NOS and has never been fitted but has some very slight storage marks. Date stamp GG makes it 1990. £40 posted in UK. 2. Cyclone 7000 rear mech - short cage. In very good condition apart from some...

Hi, I've got a pair of Record calipers for sale here which I think date from 1992-1994 but don't know exact year. Generally in good condition but the rear has quite a lot of scratches underneath from road debris. The front has a lot less. There are also some scratches on the pad holders and the...

I'm starting to thin out my bits and pieces that will never get used. This is a very nice set of Cyclone brake calipers and levers all in excellent condition. Original brake blocks with plenty of life left - it even looks like the original thread-lock on the main pivot bolts. The hoods are...

Price: £150 + £25 delivery in the UK. A full set of photos is here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/La93dm29tFPstMZ39 I've been riding this frame for a while now but have finally admitted defeat and accepted it's too big for me. Even with a shorter stem the long top tube doesn't suit me so it's time...

This "barn find" has just been delivered by a friend of mine and is in a right state. I think there's very little that can be rescued, at first glance the rear mech, gear levers and (non-matching) brake calipers are possibly usable. As for the rest I'll have to strip it all down and see...

I don't think I've ever done a Reader's Road Bikes thread for my Daccordi so here it is: I thought I'd bought the frame in 1986 but I remember the first race I did on it was an E.C.C.A. 12-hour time trial and looking back through my results sheets that was in August 1987 so it must have been...

Price reduction: T.A. Axix Titanium Bottom Bracket No issues with this beauty but there is some cosmetic damage to the left hand cup and the right hand lockring as shown. It's light at 160g and the cartridge bearings are still super smooth. British threaded aluminium cups and lockrings on both...

Campag Chorus dual-pivot brakes - with one small issue I think these are the 1994 model after a quick look through the old Campag spares catalogues. Nice brakes but I've discovered the bike they came on really needs a slightly deeper drop so I might as well pass them on. When I took them apart...

Hi, A friend of mine has sent me pics of a barn find bike which I'm sure is a Flying Scot dating from 1952 going by the frame number. It has long Campagnolo rear dropouts with holes for adjuster screws but I thought they came out after the 50s. Does anyone know when those dropouts first came to...

Hi, I've recently picked up a Condor frame (pics soon) and was wondering whether they were all made in-house during the late 80s and into the 90s or outsourced? The frame is 130mm spacing so that is what makes me think it's that sort of age. Under the bottom bracket there's the usual frame...

Carlton Carrera - RetroMod - Veloce 10 speed groupset - Price £650 collected I'm selling my RetroMod Carlton Carrera and thought I'd offer it to my RetroBike brothers and sisters first before it goes on eBay. It's obviously not one for the purist RetroBiker but if someone on here wants it...

I haven't bought many old wheels but honestly I'm not sure I'll bother anymore. My latest purchase was Mavic Open 4CD on Campag Record Large Flange hubs with new-looking stainless spokes. They even had tyres and tubes which looked in good nick. The rim sidewalls were virtually untouched and the...

I know this has probably been asked a thousand times before so apologies for asking about custom decals again..... Does anyone have any recommendations for a supplier to reproduce this fork decal? I only need two pairs so not needing a big run. Cheers, Mark.

Hi, I've got an old pair of wheels with Maillard Normandy large flange hubs which I want to use on my current project. However, when I screwed the Regina freewheel onto the rear one it seemed quite loose on the threads. The same freewheel is nice and tight on a Campag hub so is the Maillard hub...

Does anyone know when Campag switched from the old toothless steel pulleys on their first gen Record rear mechs to plastic ones? Also, were they grey to begin with? I've got one with plastic pulleys for my Ellis-Briggs rebuild but not sure if they're originals or replacements as they look...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Colnago-Maste ... 1c4e69eff3 Am I reading this right? Has he drilled out parts of the stem and frame, filled the holes with fibreglass and then sprayed them? Also check out the front wheel in this other one of his. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Single-speed- ...

I'm coming round to the idea of having my Ellis Briggs restoration project resprayed but I'm stuck on the question of the down tube braze-on cable guides. They're the bar-end compatible type which makes fitting down tube levers impossible. The plan is to rebuild the bike with the original...

Has anyone ever tried something like this on old components? http://gaterosplating.co.uk/Replica-Chr ... ng-Kit.php I'm wondering if it would be OK if you don't want a particularly hard wearing finish rather than splashing out on proper re-plating. Mark.

Although I run a "retro" bike its a well preserved one I've had since new so I've never taken on a restoration project - until now. I've had a hankering for a classic British frame for a while now and when I saw this bike on eBay I dismissed it at first because the frame was too big. However...