Current bikes

Bargain!

Nice, just don't spoil it with 2 brakes and BMX pedals!

Nice, just don't spoil it with 2 brakes and BMX pedals!

Tru dat.

Yeah baby blue-ish, they look lighter in person. And yes they are 32h.

you still got these ? im really desperate for a wheelset !!

I've only got the rims if Barry doesn't want them you're welcome to them.

Joseph- do you live in leamington? i seen one one with a similar leader on my lbs before

zouo- love that your bike!

here's my new and current road bike...

Gazelle trim trophy

You another local aches?

Yeah, i guess i am

We'll expect you on the next ride ; )

nice one, how much you looking for em ?

that would be awesome! i have been a lone rider for to long...

Joseph- do you live in leamington? i seen one one with a similar leader on my lbs before

zouo- love that your bike!

here's my new and current road bike...

Gazelle trim trophy

Nice fence!

that would be awesome! i have been a lone rider for to long...

It's the Coventry way it seems. Something we're trying to fix (s'cuse the pun)...

Starley Ride FTW!

Can't beat a good fence! it sure beats my shed anyway

i usually ride around Leamington, but i can get to cov' pretty easy

Joseph and Ndepei are both over that way. I just moved back to Coventry from Leamington!

small world!

ill have to do some rides soon...

Yeah, I live in Leamington. What do you mean you've seen it on you LBS? As in locked up outside? I usually lock it up outside John Atkins when I'm getting my Co-op shop in. :D

i meant to say 'i seen some one with a similar leader in my lbs before' got my words jumbled up a bit there, not sure how...

i guess it was you, i was in there when you were buying a seat post for it in broadribbs

Yeah, I got my seatpost from there! Say hi next time. We can go riding too!

yeah man will do, i should hopefully finish my Dolan at the end of next month as well

i meant to say 'i seen some one with a similar leader in my lbs before' got my words jumbled up a bit there, not sure how...

i guess it was you, i was in there when you were buying a seat post for it in broadribbs

Boo Broadribbs

And so it begins...

Forks arrived today, as did toe straps, headset and track cog. Buying cranks at the weekend, and I've got to strip the paint work too. Looking forward to doing that, as i think its chromed underneath the rattle can paint job.

Looking good Steve!

TomD from the B'ham forum has kindly given me a selection of old seat posts to try out in my frame, and see if I can sort out the miss-shaped clamp area. I couldn't get a 26.8 in, so used an old post with the old style narrow top (for clamping on the saddle cluster thingy) to bash into the frame carefully, while I used a screw driver to prise apart the seat clamp. It's better than it was, but needs some more "adjustment". Thanks for the tip on using a seat post in this way Marcus!

Oh, and I stripped most of the paint off. The paint underneath the rattle can spray job was pretty much destroyed. The previous owner had sanded a lot of it off. I could see, however, that it was a beautiful duck egg blue colour, and some areas of quite a dark blue. I'm considering seeing if I can find a similar egg shell colour and maybe painting the head tube/lining the lugs with it. But then, this is supposed to be a bit of a rat bike so that sort of goes against that idea!

maybe you can carefully sand down to the origanal paint as much as possible? then clear coat it, i think it would look quite cool