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Have a look here for the original spec, if you want to return it to factory set-up: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/v/Manufacturer+Archive/Raleigh/Catalogues/1993/SPD/Page+6.jpg.html Mavic Open 4 CD rims have been replaced by Open Pro - you can by some Open Pro and swap the decals for...

Seems we were both wrong: // FOUNDED IN 1972 WHEELER was founded in 1972 by CH Yang, one of the future pioneers of the Taiwanese bicycle industry, without any prior knowledge of the industry or technology. Mr. Yang, a visionary who was then working in advertising, realized that the bicycle...

Denmark is more civilised, even Copenhagen.

This is my equivalent - better than a ‘beater’, but not fancy. Can lock it up outside the shops/pub but still makes me smile when riding it. (It’s a Centurion Radius - Tange Inifinity, which seems to be Japanese for ‘501’. With a Suntour Radius groupset, just because it’s different).

Interesting - the Basso website still sells the Viper, but it is showing a fully-lugged frame - do you know when this changed?

I've said it elsewhere before, of all the vintage steel bikes I've owned, the 2 Sancinetos are the most nicely-made - better than Pinarell, Colnago, Bianchi. The quality is outstanding and it's just as well that the only ones I see are wrecks, as I don't know if I could say no to another in good...

I had one of these as a youth. Solid mid-range stuff. Not fancy, but not gas pipe either. Reynolds 501 is great for commuters, as its thicker walls (than 531, for example) mean that they handle knocks better, and the thicker tubes make the frames stiffer, if you want to put a rack on it, or if...

I never get anything, sadly. But I did sell a Campagnolo hub to a lad who lived up North (here, that means North of Aalborg). He had found a handmade steel Danish road team bike from the past, minus the rear wheel. Full Record, etc. He managed to trace the man who built the frames back then and...

Not sure if you still need help, but Richard Wade knows more about Pinarello than anyone (including people who worked there). You can find him in the Vintage Pinarello Road Bicycles - Retro / Eroica group on Facebook, though he is busy and gets a lot of requests for frame info.

Just got these Zipp 420 cranks in a job lot. I haven’t used them, but put pedals in to make sure the threaded sections aren’t loose. They look in good condition, but they don’t suit anything I am working on, so will sell. So, what do you think the cranks alone are worth? 175mm long, Shimano...

You are almost right (twas RX100, not RS100) and, whilst the orders are correct, at that time, Dura Ace was closer in price to Chorus, Athena was the competitor to 600, and Veloce competed directly against 105. Mirage was not far off Veloce, and much better than RSX - perhaps it's equal was...

I always found the mixed material frames (Nishiki, Gary Fisher, etc) interesting. I assumed that the complexity and weight of these negated the benefits, hence why they disappeared.

Has anyone owned one of the Xizangs with a steel rear end? I have a catalogue with one in it, but have never seen one, nor heard of anyone owning one?

I just remembered where I saw fluted SLX - it was (of course) the Rossin Ghibli, which had fluted SLX tubes. Looks like Rossin put the fluting tools to use on other frames as well.

He tried to sell you the Raleigh Arena, but he realised he was flogging a dead horse? You now own another 'nail'?? Does that mean you bought it? 'Dickering' followed - I thought that meant negotiating, but you said that followed the £25 purchase? Or was it "frack all" (assume means zero)? You...

Google Translate didn't help one bit with this!?!?

Lots of earlier bottom brackets were asymmetrical - sometimes longer on one side and sometimes the other. I’ve just measured the length on each side of a Mavic BB and it’s been set with 20mm on one side and 17mm on the other.

Took it for a spin and it is very lively! Not sure if it's the short wheelbase, the 19mm tubulars or something else, but it's a very 'fun' bike! I had to tighten the bars in the stem first, which required a 7(?)mm hex key? I used a 45 Torx, but is this normal for French stems (it's a Pivo)...

Well found - all I could find were pictures of MBKs ridden by the team. I have also found an email address for a Philippe Chazal, who I assume is the son/grandson/nephew of Antoine. I have mailed him, but have no idea if he checks that address (or if he has decals, which I would really like).

Yes, thanks for posting that - it helped my search. What I can find, is that constructeur was working post-war and, whilst there is still a shop in St Etienne, there is nothing to say they were building bikes in the 80s (it would be the man's son, or some other younger person). But in the...