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Re: Yeh I used a weighted blanket on top (special blanket with been bags sewn in for my autistic son) with some wood piled on, also thin steel cable through the hole in the forks and the stem as an arrestor incase it jumped out, finally I tensioned it to my biggest comfort level and stood to...

Re: Well this was fun, finally got the stem out but its nackered. All bent and cracked so ordered another one, also fork stem is bent but I'll try to straighten it, still not ID it yet as been ill with tooth absys. Here are some pics for fun.

Re: I have brought brake and gear cables, a front derailleur which is Suntour the same as the gear levers, and ordered the headset bracket kit, I will post a few pics as I go. I looked at brake blocks in the bike shop but they were huge things totally different to the originals. My main aim is...

Re: Thanks for the tips I have just ordered that book but wont arrive until July. So Carlton_gang does that mean the headset and BB are always the same size on a bike then be it 24 or 26tpi ?, I will maybe pop to my local bike shop and see if he has one I can compare with, funnily enough I have...

Re: There's nothing wrong with triggers broom its lasted him years lol, I have brought one of those books off amazon so will have a good old read when it comes. I haven't got the stem out yet but got a couple of ideas to try this weekend, I have had a good look everywhere on the frame now and...

Re: That's brilliant thanks, ill have a look at these see if I can match it. You don't have any links to places that may sell old parts do you like nuts and bolts or a link to somewhere that explains the names to all the parts on an old racer, I found a site that explains all the dimensions etc...

Re: Hello all, Well I have traced as good as I can what is left of the badge and took a few closer pics which I will paste below. ZG862 I hear what you are saying but the bike will probably only come out a handful of times each year for a tootle around my local area plus I love a challenge...

Re: Interesting "GB made handlebars and stems" I have been looking for bikes made by GB lol, I found Genesis Bikes & Geoffrey Butler but that's it. Unfortunately I do not have huge amounts of time to put in researching the bike especially considering I know nothing at all about them and I...

Re: Thanks for the help and advice all, after a better look at the initials on the top of the stem and they look like GB so I will look for GB frame numbers and have a google of who GB are. I have no sentimentality in it I just saw it at my freinds and asked him if he wanted it as I have been...

Re: Yes it could prove a bit of a challenge especially as I do not have a bike holder frame thing to keep it steady. I am mainly worried about getting the handle bars out, if I have to destroy them I am unsure if I can buy another, sorry not handle bars but the stem with the CB logon on where...

Re: Hi thanks, Well im gonna need some advice I tell ya, the handle bar stem is totally seized and the cotter pins also. I really want to know what bike it is so I can get the proper parts for it, I have more pictures so will put some more up later, does anyone know the size limits per post...

Hi all, I am about to attempt to restore an old bike I brought and think it may be a Claud Butler but not sure as the numbers are different to what I have seen in this forum. The story goes like this... I always had racers many years ago when I was younger and have been thinking about getting...