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jimo746":3cminw7c said:
epicyclo":3cminw7c said:
Concept I do not understand...
How's the Great Cull of 2020 going
Good question.
I don't see much point on sticking stuff on eBay right now because I'd have to give it away. I even bid on a bike, and some swine outbid me.
So disastrous.
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The Great Accumulation of 2020 is going well though.
Bought a BMW R100RT in well battered condition. Currently stripping off the fripperies to turn it into a standard R100.
Also I added to my collection of bound volumes of Cycling. Don't have many holes in it now between the 1800s and 1950. If anyone else has these I'm up for swaps or for purchase as I'm keen to fill the holes (I have a number of duplicates).
1950 was my arbitrary stop line, but I've started filling that in too because I want more info on the 1950s bikes which seem to be my preferred rides for a combination of versatility and lightweight and reasonable brakes.
The 1950s may be the true Golden Age of British cycling IMO. Quiet roads, quality steel lightweights from several manufacturers, and domination of the world market, and it was a given that a bike was built and expected to last your lifetime. Drivetrains weren't regarded as consumables, and Oops! he's off on his rant about the dangly things....
But the problem with having what amounted to almost a market monopoly was that management got hidebound and like dinosaurs the UK industry got wiped out by the asteroid called the automobile, and failed to evolve for new opportunities like the MTB, the Moulton, and dare I say it, the derailleur.
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Get me out of this lockdown, I'm raving...