Ed’s De Rosa on test after a much-needed shot of Dead Rats’ love potion numero nove. The svelte Italian – all 8kg of it – now has a new chain and cables, plus some fresh BBB bar tape as part of my ‘tight budget fettle’ for its hard-riding owner…
Charles’ beloved and battered Trek on test after a big/full service in my workshop this week. A high mileage serious rider, Charles has taken his Madone all over the UK and Europe, racking up thousands of Strava miles. Finally it’s been treated to new Shimano Ultegra 6800 wheels, SRAM chain, Shimano bottom bracket, Ultegra 6750
Adventure road bikes with wider tyres and 1x drivetrains are all the rage nowadays – indeed another of this week’s jobs involves a Pinnacle Arkrose – so to find similar features on this 36-year-old British beauty (albeit minus mighty brakes) is rather pleasing. Tom brought the bike over in pretty good shape last week. With
Joan’s nice mid-’80s British 10 speed was supplied by its owner with a simple brief – and suitably modest budget – to get it working well enough to comfortably finish this year’s Eroica Britannia (with her partner on his Carlton) and, if there’s any time left, try to make it pretty. The latter isn’t hard
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Kate’s lovely and largely original 1976 Holdsworth Equipe on test after a few hours of TLC. The Equipe was Holdsworth’s entry level road bike and was something of a rarity for the legendary British marque, given that it features a non Reynolds tubed lugged steel frame and Campagnolo’s rather primitive Valentino derailleurs – the front
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Welcoming a new long term restoration project, pictured here in its owner Joao’s garage. It’s his Portugese father’s old racing bike, dating from circa 1982/3, which had languished unridden in The Algrave for almost 30 years before a plan was hatched to get it over to the UK and bring it back to showroom condition
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Presenting the 1985 Record 3-speed Roadster. No, I’d never heard of Record either. Anyway, Simon found this on Gumtree for a nice price and one hour in the workshop later it’s working perfectly. Happy days…
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Noel’s summer climbing bike, ready for the hills after a complete rebuild with weight-weenie upgrades… Frame: Trek Emonda ALR300 (aluminium) Fork: Trek (full carbon) Groupset: Shimano Ultegra 6800 (11 speed) Wheels: Fulcrum Racing 5 Tyres: Michelin Pro 4 Service Course (700 x 25c) Stem: Zipp SL Handlebar: Zipp SL70 Aero (carbon) Brake Pads: Swiss Stop
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You may remember my first post about the Cotic Escapade back in October 2015, at which point I’d just bought the frame & forks, built it up and ridden it once. 15 months later I still have the bike, albeit changed a little in spec, so I thought I’d post up a few thoughts about
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Vintage Cinelli Unicantor saddle, recovered by my own fair hand, using reclaimed leather. This is going to be fitted to a 1973 Mondia Super which was originally made in Switzerland with Reynolds 531 tubing and is now being restored by a customer of mine. See other examples of my work here.
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