Rusty Nails
We remember
- Location
- Living in the slow lane
Great buy for £150. Would go for a lot more on eBay if that rust were not so obvious.
Ebay and auction watch: let us know if you see something
- Thread starter porteous
- Start date
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
I enquired about it but was too late
avecReynolds531
Veteran
- Location
- Small Island
Unusual & interesting lugged Bianchi randonneur: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/18528023...9lGUin7jyGBMQ%3D%3D|ampid:PLX_CLK|clp:2047675
avecReynolds531
Veteran
- Location
- Small Island
Galaxy (531 main triangle & fork) with Suntour gearing, ESGE, etc. £90 buy it now in Cambridge: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28464681...,osub=osub,crd=crd,segname=segname,chnl=mkcid
Kempstonian
Has the memory of a goldfish
- Location
- Bedford
Somebody got a nice bike for £160.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
That's a good price indeed
avecReynolds531
Veteran
- Location
- Small Island
Nice 60s Mercier frameset with Nervex Professional lugset, Simplex dropouts, and original paint. Slight damage to rear brake bridge.
Currently £25 in Shrewsbury: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255369551860?hash=item3b75361ff4:g:M2AAAOSw-Blh~T1d
Currently £25 in Shrewsbury: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255369551860?hash=item3b75361ff4:g:M2AAAOSw-Blh~T1d
Kempstonian
Has the memory of a goldfish
- Location
- Bedford
Sold for £31. Does that frame number (67220 or 167220) indicate a 1967 machine?
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185286635043?hash=item2b23f1ae23:g:dkEAAOSwiV1iAnsX
Powacycle Salisbury - like my first ebike
says battery doesn't charge - but they can be recelled - ebike-batteries did mine and it was great
pre 2016 tech - so 180W motor not 250W but you should get a throttle
2 assist setting - on and off - and you can't reach the switch
very easy to 'ghost pedal' and fool the motor to do all the work
however - still a risk - who knows what else works or not
but for £36 - cheap ebike - and I bet the battery could be fiddled to work with a bigger hub motor (i.e. 250W!!!!)
Powacycle Salisbury - like my first ebike
says battery doesn't charge - but they can be recelled - ebike-batteries did mine and it was great
pre 2016 tech - so 180W motor not 250W but you should get a throttle
2 assist setting - on and off - and you can't reach the switch
very easy to 'ghost pedal' and fool the motor to do all the work
however - still a risk - who knows what else works or not
but for £36 - cheap ebike - and I bet the battery could be fiddled to work with a bigger hub motor (i.e. 250W!!!!)
avecReynolds531
Veteran
- Location
- Small Island
56cm Koga Miyata RoadFlyer (lifetime guarantee on quality Miyata-built lugged steel frame) bike, B17, etc. Needs a set of tyres.
Buy it now for £95 in Liverpool: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/25538307...,osub=osub,crd=crd,segname=segname,chnl=mkcid
Buy it now for £95 in Liverpool: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/25538307...,osub=osub,crd=crd,segname=segname,chnl=mkcid
IanSmithCSE
Guru
- Location
- Worcester, Worcestershire
Good afternoon,
Have I gone mad and am seeing tubulars, or am I sane and seeing tubulars?
Even more surprising is that Decathlon are offering a tub for £15 and and Chain Reaction one for £19
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/700x2...kYEUjHn416VRFkgfQlhoCHeUQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com...UfE-7gqwWYqeT2IMonxoCfFAQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Bye
Ian
Have I gone mad and am seeing tubulars, or am I sane and seeing tubulars?
Even more surprising is that Decathlon are offering a tub for £15 and and Chain Reaction one for £19
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/700x2...kYEUjHn416VRFkgfQlhoCHeUQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com...UfE-7gqwWYqeT2IMonxoCfFAQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Bye
Ian
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DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
@IanSmithCSE - they're both definitely tubulars and available. But both are also quite basic.
IanSmithCSE
Guru
- Location
- Worcester, Worcestershire
Good evening,
I used to commute to school on tubs, Wolber Juniors at around £5 each in the later part of the 1970s, I was doing this as I had stripped down my 5 speed Raleigh to build up the Holdsworth 531 Special frame that I had bought into a complete bike, I had bought the sprints first and they made surprisingly little difference to Raleigh.
One of the teachers let me share the locked area that he used for his bike and seeing that Miyata RoadFlyer with tubs, mudguards and a nylon Simplex rear mech was a sort of blast from the past.
Seeing such cheap tubs on the market and in stock in so many places surprised me as around about 10 years ago I was contemplating going back to tubs for a nostalgia blast, but found that the market had moved on to £50 quid plus tubs and £500 sprints. So I lost interest, looking at SJS they have Mavic Open Pro rims for under £90 for a pair, so I may knock up some wheels and revive the idea.
Bye
Ian
I used to commute to school on tubs, Wolber Juniors at around £5 each in the later part of the 1970s, I was doing this as I had stripped down my 5 speed Raleigh to build up the Holdsworth 531 Special frame that I had bought into a complete bike, I had bought the sprints first and they made surprisingly little difference to Raleigh.
One of the teachers let me share the locked area that he used for his bike and seeing that Miyata RoadFlyer with tubs, mudguards and a nylon Simplex rear mech was a sort of blast from the past.
Seeing such cheap tubs on the market and in stock in so many places surprised me as around about 10 years ago I was contemplating going back to tubs for a nostalgia blast, but found that the market had moved on to £50 quid plus tubs and £500 sprints. So I lost interest, looking at SJS they have Mavic Open Pro rims for under £90 for a pair, so I may knock up some wheels and revive the idea.
Bye
Ian
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Darius_Jedburgh
Veteran
If you are interested I have a pair of Mavic Open Sport 32h black rims. Brand new and unused. Looking for a new home.
IanSmithCSE
Guru
- Location
- Worcester, Worcestershire
Good morning,
Sorry for a brief divert of the thread
At the moment I am in a contemplative mood, about a year ago I broke my 531 framed bike and in a hurry I bought a lightly used Norco Valance road/gravel bike, aluminium/CF forks, 2x8 Claris with gravel/touring tyres. I also have a Jamis Xenith Pro CF frame/forks and Ultegra Di2.
About 6 months ago I decided that I would question everything that I know about bikes and ride the Norco in the maker’s spec and see what conclusion I would come to at the end. What I was trying to do was get fully acclimatised to the Norco and have no rests from any issues by getting the Jamis out and going for a blast and all is well again. I did swap between the Norco and the Sora/DP12 wheels during this period.
The short answer was;
Bye
Ian
Bikes
Norco - https://www.globalcyclingnetwork.com/ (makers old page, uk model had different tyres)
Jamis - https://road.cc/content/review/68753-jamis-xenith-pro (review)
Wheels
The wheel weights are wheels, tyres, tubes and cassette
Norco Own Branded - 700x28, Vittorria Randonneur, 8 speed 11-13-15-18-21-24-28-32, 3.54kg
531 Sora/DP12 - 700x23 Halfords own brand, 8 speed 11-13-15-17-19-21-23-25, 3.61kg
Jamis Shimano RS10 – 700x23 Vittoria Rubino Pro, 10 Speed 11-12-13-14-15-17-19-21-23-25, 2.77kg
Sorry for a brief divert of the thread
Thanks for this.
At the moment I am in a contemplative mood, about a year ago I broke my 531 framed bike and in a hurry I bought a lightly used Norco Valance road/gravel bike, aluminium/CF forks, 2x8 Claris with gravel/touring tyres. I also have a Jamis Xenith Pro CF frame/forks and Ultegra Di2.
About 6 months ago I decided that I would question everything that I know about bikes and ride the Norco in the maker’s spec and see what conclusion I would come to at the end. What I was trying to do was get fully acclimatised to the Norco and have no rests from any issues by getting the Jamis out and going for a blast and all is well again. I did swap between the Norco and the Sora/DP12 wheels during this period.
The short answer was;
- 28mm “touring tyres” caused me to seriously lose interest in riding, faster tires restored it.
- I could ride a 1x7 (50x 11-28, 32 too much cross, 11-28=42x24 so is quite low) for fun but a 1x8 would have been a much better choice,
- Claris (2400) STI front shifting is worse than downtube shifting, only needed when I used the 11-25 cassette.
- The Claris shifters feel just as well made as the Ultegra ones on the Jamis!
- ... and how much I missed the relatively small improvements the Jamis offered even though I don't need them.
Bye
Ian
Bikes
Norco - https://www.globalcyclingnetwork.com/ (makers old page, uk model had different tyres)
Jamis - https://road.cc/content/review/68753-jamis-xenith-pro (review)
Wheels
The wheel weights are wheels, tyres, tubes and cassette
Norco Own Branded - 700x28, Vittorria Randonneur, 8 speed 11-13-15-18-21-24-28-32, 3.54kg
531 Sora/DP12 - 700x23 Halfords own brand, 8 speed 11-13-15-17-19-21-23-25, 3.61kg
Jamis Shimano RS10 – 700x23 Vittoria Rubino Pro, 10 Speed 11-12-13-14-15-17-19-21-23-25, 2.77kg
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