1995 Claud Butler Vantage

My first ride on this last week with the MTB tyres on did not go well, felt very heavy and it was a real struggle (possibly also down to me not feeling 100%).

At the weekend I did a bit of work on it, adjusted the brake shoes as I noticed the rears were catching on the tyres which certainly didn't help, added a bit of slack as well to avoid a wheel buckle that needs sorting and pumped them up with my compressor rather than my hand pump.

Went out last night and wow what a difference, like night and day, rolled so well but then the bigger tyres also soak up the bumps nicely compared with the CityJet road tyres.

Riding along and seeing that grey MTB trye at the front is such a trip down memory lane, takes me back to being 13/14 and going absolutely everywhere on this bike :D

Part of me would love to give it a sympathetic resto with new decals and a clean up but then I also like the survivor nature of it....
 
Not much to report with this, knocking on nearly 30 years old now and still seems to be going strong!

Little adjustment to the rear mech this evening as it's not been right for a while, seems ok now.

Added some new grips and swapped the brown spoon for a black one, trying to get back to its 90s roots.

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Can anyone suggest where I could get some replacement decals from for this? After 30 years I think a little refresh is deserved :)

I've tried my usual go to @gil_m via retro decals email but had no response.

Thanks
 
Can anyone suggest where I could get some replacement decals from for this? After 30 years I think a little refresh is deserved :)

I've tried my usual go to @gil_m via retro decals email but had no response.

Thanks
I could probably draw them up and cut them if you can give me decent measurements and pictures. It will take me a while though as I'm flat out on non side projects. :)
 
I could probably draw them up and cut them if you can give me decent measurements and pictures. It will take me a while though as I'm flat out on non side projects. :)

Thank you! I will send over some images over PM in the next week or so if that's ok and see what you think?
 
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