Current Projects chat and miscellany

My geared commuter - a 1991 Cannondale ST600 tourer. Now just about finished after what was intended to be an evening cleaning session turned into a 3-month overhaul involving hacksaws, blood and swearing.

Gorgeous Baby Blue isn't really the colour du jour in Cambridge any more, but we're all hoping that will blow over soon. A Carradice Nelson and a battered old B17 mean there are some 'corners' of this foreign 'field' that are forever England.

What on earth is happening with your front brake cable? Looks way too long.