Show us your steel.....its real...

[biggs682]

Hardisty arrival

 

[Salar]

Nice, from my old Homeland, shop was just a mile or so from where I used to live.

 

[biggs682]

Nice, from my old Homeland, shop was just a mile or so from where I used to live.

Thanks limited info on them , 2nd one i have had and looking forward to doing a few miles on it

 

[simon.r]

I sold a Charge Juicer frameset exactly the same as this to @biggs682 a few years ago and regretted it almost immediately

So when another Juicer came up on eBay locally I bought it. It came with a tired 3 x 9 Tiagra / Sora grouoset. Fundamentally it was OK - nothing that a new chain and cassette wouldn’t sort out, but...

Planet X are currently selling theur Holdsworth Brevet bike with a 105 groupset, long reach brakes and Fulcrum wheels for £500. A plan emerged - buy the Holdsworth, transfer the bits to the Charge frame, sell what’s left over.

The result:

Old frame and fork, new 105 groupset, Fulcrum wheels, 30mm tyres and mudguards.

A fantastic Winter ride.

(Brevet frameset has been sold, as have the wheels that came with the Charge. Other bits are ‘in stock’ in my garage and may or may not be sold in due course).

Please excuse the fugly stem arrangement, it’s a work in progress

 

[bigjim]

I sold a Charge Juicer frameset exactly the same as this to @biggs682 a few years ago and regretted it almost immediately

So when another Juicer came up on eBay locally I bought it. It came with a tired 3 x 9 Tiagra / Sora grouoset. Fundamentally it was OK - nothing that a new chain and cassette wouldn’t sort out, but...

Planet X are currently selling theur Holdsworth Brevet bike with a 105 groupset, long reach brakes and Fulcrum wheels for £500. A plan emerged - buy the Holdsworth, transfer the bits to the Charge frame, sell what’s left over.

The result:

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Old frame and fork, new 105 groupset, Fulcrum wheels, 30mm tyres and mudguards.

A fantastic Winter ride.

(Brevet frameset has been sold, as have the wheels that came with the Charge. Other bits are ‘in stock’ in my garage and may or may not be sold in due course).

Please excuse the fugly stem arrangement, it’s a work in progress

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What was the Brevet like to ride?

 

[simon.r]

What was the Brevet like to ride?

I didn’t ride it, just stripped it down and sold the frame.

 

[dnh44]

Still not sure what to do with this. Its way too small for me so should really pass it on but is there a market for it?

 

[biggs682]

Still not sure what to do with this. Its way too small for me so should really pass it on but is there a market for it?

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Of course there is

 

[biggs682]

Latest bit of steel to arrive is this Paul Donahue .

Reynolds 631, mudgaurd eyes , oodles of Campagnolo and a patriotic paintscheme .

 

[rogerzilla]

Mine are all steel except one. This is the oldest, though. The parts aren't very original (Deep Vs are the only narrow 40h rim left!) but the hub is the same year as the frame. I have left roadies on carbon bikes trailing in its wake - it doesn't half shift on the flat.

20170806_105406 by rogerzilla, on Flickr

20170806_105510 by rogerzilla, on Flickr

20170806_105451 by rogerzilla, on Flickr

20170806_105434 by rogerzilla, on Flickr

 

[fossala]

My new Bob Jackson.

 

[biggs682]

My new Bob Jackson.
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Very nice indeed and love the colour

 

[fossala]

Very nice indeed and love the colour

I built it to replace the red John Fern that ended up being too small.

 

[biggs682]

I built it to replace the red John Fern that ended up being too small.

What did you do with the Fern ?

 

[fossala]

What did you do with the Fern ?

Sent it back, he has it back as it was sold to me as a 21.5 when it was a 20.5. Shame as it was a beautiful frame and very light.