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1992 Bollywood classic heavily inspired by Breaking Away.

Kalloy SP-248 seat post and gimmicky Ibos easy action aero style water bottle purchased to get this one finished. Hopefully both will be with me by the weekend.

A Nitto 100mm stem and model 177 bars were fitted today, this combo was taken off of the Gianni Motta karma’d bike. The bars are 44cm, wider than I wanted but they were just sitting there. Finished off with Cinelli cork bar tape and plugs. I have fitted some nicer tyres on the Motta so the...

🤣 yes it’s a 130mm stem, too long for me I reckon. I think it’s a Pinocchio.

I think black is the colour, cheers.

Yes you’re right, not looking to swap the saddle out though, so I think it has to be black.

The cable outer is long enough to use for the front and rear cable runs, result! I’m leaving the cables until I have wrapped the bars. I did have a go at wrapping the Velox Tressostar bar tape, this was soon abandoned because I could not get an even wrinkle free finish that I was happy with. A...

Thanks for your comments and info, the Mavic’s did help me decide to buy 👍🏼 I will be taking delivery of the bike next week, I asked the seller to hold fire on shipping to give me a chance to make room for it. Question, keep the bar tape or replace with black or yellow? Cheers

This has got to stop! I have to make room for another bike🤣 Just bought a clean 105 equipped bike listed as a Raleigh Reynolds Optima. 1994 was mentioned in the listing. You guys probably saw it on eBay, it’s purple. It has the Reynolds Optima seat tube decal and the Raleigh down tube decals...

New old stock brown Sturmey Archer cable found cheap on eBay. I think I’ll be able to get the length required for both brakes from the outer which is 65 inches long. It’s touch and go but let’s see. If not another seller has the same cable for sale in brown too. Hopefully this will be the last...

Thanks for the info ferrus, brown it is 👍🏼 The patina on the saddle is just right for the bike and I love the shape of it too.

The brakes were removed, cleaned and rebuilt today. A very light polish brought back a bit of shine on the arms. I had a spare black cap for the two nuts on the front caliper, so I popped that on along with an 8mm nut for the qr mech on the rear brake, that was missing too. They look good back...

The Campy front derailleur arrived today, so I set to work stripping it down and cleaning the clamp section I wanted to use. It didn’t take long to realise that everything except one bolt was cleaner than the one I have, so I’m using the replacement and I have swapped out the tarnished bolt. A...

Over the last few days I’ve done a little more tinkering. The shifters and band were removed cleaned and fitted back on. A few dirty jobs followed, the chain was cleaned, as expected it’s not the original Suntour but it cleaned up well enough. The chainset was removed, split and cleaned, one...

I took the Motta out for a short ride today, only about 6 miles. I need the room so it’s being stored over the autumn/winter but I wanted to see how it felt after a few changes. It had 44cm bars on it, too wide for me, so I found some cheap 40 cm 3ttt TdF Grand Prix bars. These are mounted on a...

Todays ride included the river Lea towpath.

I took the rear derailleur off today, then cleaned, greased and rebuilt it. Worth the effort I reckon, it looks decent. Whilst it was off I got to read the complete serial number, as expected it’s a 1982 model.

I’ve just put a wanted post up for x1Campagnolo <c> logo friction gear shifter wing nut. Has somebody got one gathering dust somewhere? Any help finding one would be very much appreciated. The cleaner the better please 👍🏼

I’m looking for just one please, the cleaner the better. I’m hoping somebody has a spare knocking about doing nothing. This will help me out with the RRA I’ve just bought. Thanks for looking

Raleigh crank dust caps acquired, I can’t live with plastic Solida caps in place on this old girl.