Thank you all, for the kind comments.
Campagnolo Record 9-speed Ergo shifters, Campagnolo Record 10-speed rear mech, Campagnolo Record Off Road 8-speed front mech, Rene Herse chainset double 48/28, Rene Herse brakes.
The bag is from Berthoud Cycles, France. That bag is only 10" wide and my lap top will not fit inside. They do make bigger bags and there are smaller laptops. The bike frame is designed to carry weight on the forks with high fork rake/offset and low trail, so the steering is not sluggish even...
I just found out that the image had been removed so here it is again. Frame made from unpainted, Reynolds 953, stainless steel with Reynolds 921 stainless steel forks.
Thank you. I like the way they look too.
What impressed me was how well the two different Paul brakes worked together. They feel really balanced when controlled by my cable operated dual lever set up. Braking is not excessively dominated by the front disc, powerful though that is. I did not...
Paul Klamper https://i.imgur.com/7tCSDdo.jpg
Reynolds 921 stainless steel frame, unpainted. Wound Up carbon fork. H Plus Son Archetype rims, Hope disc front hub and Hope rear road hub with 135 rear spacing.
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Thank you for the comments. This is the second MX Leader I have owned. The first one was a size smaller and I sold it on eBay for £780 plus postage after I bought this red frame, which fitted me better. I have listed it as collect only to see whether there are any takers on here to...
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Thank you.
I have posted some of my frames on here. Some of the parts which came off the red Merckx frame went on to this frame.
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=356698
This was my favourite frame but, since I started building my own frames, this has been unridden and stored in the dry (as a frame) since 2012.
Good condition with some minor scratches, no dents. Headset included
Top tube 56cm centre to centre, seat tube 55cm centre to top.
No longer...
It is a Pacenti Paris-Brest fork crown.
https://www.bikelugs.com/store/index.ph ... tegoryID=8
These crowns are available in the UK from https://www.ceeway.com/index.htm
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Fantastic paintwork I agree and at realistic prices. It was a recommendation on Retrobike which pointed me towards Cromaworks and John Burke has now painted four frames for me. I can't remember who made the recommendation (it was in someone else's post) but thank you whoever it was.