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1. Strip the Peugeot down, get the frame and forks blasted and powder coated red. New decals. Sell it. 2. Find a replacement retro frame that isn't a) Carbolite, b) too small, c) heavier than a Grifter 3. Put all the decent bits (and there's some very good stuff) from the Peugeot onto...

It's not unusual though. I got a car at auction recently, for the missus to hack to and from the horses with. It was on fireworks night, so the block was very quiet. I was the first bidder and only actual live bidder. I'm not sure whether it was the wall or one of the chairs I was...

Go to bid history on the item Then click on the various bidder names with the *** in them. It shows bid history.

My only reference is the stock 80s French ones, and they are hopeless beyond belief. I've adjusted them to sit 3mm from the rim - levers make them bite with 10mm of travel. But I can get the levers back to the bars (50mm of travel) as the calipers flex. They also do that classic old cheap...

I'd never seen that bidding % thing before... interesting! But yes, stinks somewhat. However, I once sold a BMW E36 M3 front airdam lip on eBay - when they were available new from the dealers for £90 inc VAT. Mine was new and unused as well, but mindful of it being available over the...

Ah, good work Scilly - that's more in my budget, thanks. The drop is ridiculous on the standard reach - 57-75mm - because it's got clearance for mudguards and presumably because the standard calipers were designed to fit everything from 700c to 26"

Need some help with the Peugeot chaps. Foolishly I retained the calipers during the rebuild, and by buggery they're hopeless; not helped by the fact they're designed for wide rims and I'm running some modern narrow Vueltas on there. Rummaging around on eBay there's not much specifically...

Evening chaps. Well, Mum was delighted with her bike. First time she's ridden in 50 years or so - bit unsure to start with, but we managed to get three generations of Hamilton around the bloke - me on the Peugeot, youngest offspring on her Tassles-n-Dolly-Seat Raleigh SA hub says 90-11, so...

If it was an original 41-45 War Dept bike I'd restore it to war spec If it was one of the non-WD ones I'd restore in the same way, except chrome a few bits

Difficult to say - Raleigh seem to have churned this frame style out for a long period of time (late 70s to mid 90s from what I can gather). It's an odd mix of modern bits - the front and rear reflectors are modern style, and ancient things like cotter-pin cranks and fabric centres on the brake...

Considering they made 70,000 of them, and they don't seem that uncommon, £1170 is a ridiculous amount of money. Still, I have my heart set on one. I don't doubt it's bloody heavy, and horrendously geared for the hills of Brighton... but that is irrelevant - have one I must* *until the...

Just ridden it to the shops to ascertain everything working fine and that the basket doesn't foul anything when loaded Got a major tank slapper downhill on the way back as I went into the racing tuck and shifted my arse backwards on the saddle Being 6' 4" it is massively too small, and...

Just found a really good original example with all the bits on eBay for £1150 Which means a £200 ratter must be within the realms of possibility. Putting that on the list of 2013 projects. O/T What's you favourite period for history?

What? Where?!? :lol: Military history is one of my other hobbies. I need a Parabike now.

Quick, someone tell me it's a waste of £1500 http://www.milweb.net/webverts/56893/

And it is complete. New cables - £9 New bell - £5 Basket - £20 A lot of wire wool, and half a tube of autosol. Didn't bother with the chain, just oiled it and ran the surface rust off it. Cleaned the chrome with wire wool and autosol, and applied a bit of cure-rust to the worst patched...

Another scrap pile donation from a friend. A 20" Emmelle girls MTB (ish) - early-mid 90s I'd say, judging by the equipment. Retro rebuild BMX mash-up for the youngest. The major bits are off to my brother (works at a metal refinishers) for shot blasting and powder coating or...

I found this was putting stress on the dropout welds on my Peugeot, so decided that a bent frame was better than a stressed weld.

1) the cassette is irrelevant, it's the axle width relative to the 'ole you're going to shove it between. Most modern axles are 130mm, whereas older steel frames have a smaller gap. Not a problem though, you can 'cold-set' the rear forks - literally bend them out with a bit of wood to the...

Ah, the best laid plans... I bought an '86 Peugeot off eBay for £40, precisely to use to go to the pub, the station, round friend's houses and so on. It was to be the £100 hackbike. I could have spent £59 on it, and made it perfectly usable and undesirable to pinch... That's exactly...