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I know I know :oops: I have a problem getting over on these as they so I had to compromise a bit, it wouldn't get ridden to the pub otherwise.

I think powder coating is great. for that cost I can get it coated a different colour in a couple of years and it won't dent my pocket too much. I have to admit that the coating I have on this bike is very fragile, it seems to be a base white with a chrome coat followed by a red laquer. Once the...

Not sure of the powder coater, as far as I know it is a small shop near Lotus Cars up Norwich way. My mate was working there and took the frame up and got it done for me.

I have just completed a cheap tidy up of an old bike given to me by a friend of mine. Apparently it is a Shorter made frameset but even after supplying the shop with the serial number stamped on the bottom nobody can definitely confirm this. Originally I was going to change it into a fixed...

Re: wheels I've been looking at these ones and similar from Graham Weigh, I think the Quando hub is spaced at 130, my frame is a 120 and unfortunately has been powder coated already so i'm a bit wary of trying to cold set the rear. i'm trying to find out if I can reduce down the spacers on...

Re: wheels The existing rims were mismatched and every part on the bike was either oxidised or rusting so I stripped it all down and have polished everything back to a reasonable state. I never thought at the time that the wheels would be such a pig to sort out. As you have said I don't...

I am tidying up an old steel road bike and I am running into a few problems sorting out the wheels for it. The rear spacing is 120mm which means finding replacement wheels has been a bit of a nightmare so far. I have cleaned up the hubs that came with it ready for them to be re-built on new...

Preferably clinchers, I've got spare tyres here so it makes sense to stick with them. I forgot to add in the original post that I need 36 holes to tie up with the hubs I have cleaned up from the original bike.

These sound just the ticket.

Hi everyone, I'm currently refurbishing an old shorter frame and I am looking to put on it some semi areo style polished rims. They don't need to be era specific although I would like to throw a nod to the 80's / 90's if possible. At the moment the only ones that seem to tick the boxes...

Midlife It's not going to be a proper resto job. I was given the bike from a mate who has basically trashed it over the years leaving it a bit beyond a full restoration (cost too much basically). What I am hoping to do is use it as a bit of a practice bike before buying into something more...

Hello everyone, this is my first post on this superb forum. It's a bit of a long shot but does anybody know of a place that will do decals for my Shorter project. I have phoned the shop but they were unable to help. At the moment I only have photos of other peoples bike to base any decals...