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• #43102
dont respray it, it looks great as it is
This!
It's only original once: there's nothing wrong with a little patina; especially compared to yet another Armourtex powdercoat job.
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• #43103
It was just the surface rust which puts me off. If I get it I'll inspect it further and make a decision.
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• #43104
Come on, who won it :p
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• #43105
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• #43106
some aspirational hipster fools losing their minds
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• #43107
^^One of my fave bikes that
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• #43108
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• #43109
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• #43110
^^One of my fave bikes that
EDIT: ah shit they're slightly different, oh well look almost the sameLove these. If only I didnt have the back of a pensioner!
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• #43112
Nasty paint job.
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• #43113
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• #43114
^ spain not taking their silver medial today well then
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• #43115
interesting little pub bike or tweedy restoration project
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• #43116
arent they all?
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• #43117
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• #43118
If that had front rack mounts as well I would be all over it, so practical!
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• #43120
If that had front rack mounts as well I would be all over it, so practical!
Front rack mounts are overated. On thin traditional forks it dangerously weakens the fork. Better to fit something to canti lugs, get low rider rack that clamps around fork leg.
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• #43121
Front rack mounts are overated. On thin traditional forks it dangerously weakens the fork. Better to fit something to canti lugs, get low rider rack that clamps around fork leg.
Sorry that's what I meant, lowrider rack, like I have fitted to this:
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• #43123
These are lovely. should I get the black or the white one?
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• #43124
get both, then you can make sure whatever your wearing doesn't clash with your bike ;)
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• #43125
leather was in short supply so it was quite common pre war to use an Aardvark proboscis.......
WTF..?!?
![](http://i.ebayimg.com/t/VERY-RARE-ITALIAN-PRE-WAR-RACING-BIKE-SADDLE-CAMPAGNOLO-ROAD-BICYCLE-/00/s/MTAyNFg3Njg=/$(KGrHqZ,!igF!Q7Qd4O7BQOk-l0Hhg~~60_3.JPG)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VERY-RARE-ITALIAN-PRE-WAR-RACING-BIKE-SADDLE-FOR-CAMPAGNOLO-OR-ROAD-BICYCLE-/190718971326?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c67bc8dbe&_uhb=1
Is that a 531 sticker on the seat tube? I like the top of the seat stays. Cheap right now (if you live that way).
Roy Thame wasn't a frame builder though: he was team & GB manager and inherited part of the business when Mrs H. carked it in the early Seventies.