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This is a Chorus AC-S fitting, square taper bottom bracket and the headset is also Chorus. I've got both.

Much as I like the modern C Record chainset, I've benn riding the same Nuovo Record one for five years without a glitch. Chainrings are cheap and they still look lush.

That omnium is a cracker

The entire groupset is stunning and you can pick most of it up on ebay for pretty cheap still.

Suntour superbe every time!!

Treeman I'll PM you with details on the CHallenger. Its in pretty good mechanical condition and ready to roll ;)

Scilly - you are by far and away the most prolific wanker on LFGSS. So many posts, and so little of any real knowledge or accurate content to contribute. Your fabulous ignorance about all things cycling - 'Ah you see I know all about this...''

Only you dont. You dont know fuck all, you dont.

Its the only thing I read your occassional daft rant threads for. Keep up the dimwitted good work.

Toodle Pip.

Countdown in the afternoon? Do you have gainful employment Sir?

I thought not...

I've got a Comete from 84 on my turbo trainer bike, and a light alloy Challenger (heavy as f~ck) sitting in my garage. Both eight speed compat screw on. At the time they were truly sensational things, rumbling along the road in local tens and 25's. I managed to pull out a low 58' with my first attempt on a Comete, a whole 80 seconds faster than I ever went before. Could've been placebo effect though ;)

If it's 8 speed, then it'll be a cassette and not a freewheel.

Erm.. Brainless of Suffolk, have you ever had your hands on a C Record catalogue? Thought not. Eight speed compatible threaded Campagnolo hubs have been around since '83. If you dont know what your talking about - keep schtum.

RTFM

HI

I've got one 23" built up and in sterling condition.

Mail me on febrile500@gmail.com for pics.

I started racing in France in 1992. I'm off for a ride on my bike now. Tara.

Guimard was instrumental in the setting up of Cofidis from 1995 onwards. He was subsequently given a suspended sentence for 'Abuse of funds' at Cofidis. He was a notorious doper of young riders, and is still talked about in this regard.

I raced in total four years Pro and Amateur in France. If youre tyring to 'out' me, good luck. LIke I said I'm not proud of the doping we did, but if you think its all gone away in 2013, I can assure you of the contrary.

The drugs just get better, and easier to work off when there's no one looking. I would expect the bottom of the barrel is further away than just about anyone can imagine.

Scottmac, thats some really skilled drawing..

If you are an outsider looking 'in' on this culture you really have absolutely no idea what was going on. I rode with Gert Van Theunisse, he was administered EPO fit for horses when he was 21 by his own Sports Doctor. He had no idea what it was or what it would do to him in the long term. He's lucky to be alive at 50, two heart attacks later.

When asked about doping in the 90's his only response was 'I've been to a lot of funerals lately'.

No mate, I'm telling you it straight from a professional point of view. Okay, I will name names. Cyrile Guimard doped my own bottle for eight months before I found out from our Sports Doctor. That was the culture, I imagine it was probably the culture right up until 2010 when WADA began to get serious about blood doping.

Just to clarify, the vast majority of doping was done TO riders by theor soigneurs and Team managers. I could name three team managers who doped riders bottles regularly without their knowledge or consent. If you want to find scapegoats in the whole sorry scenario, look to the management.

Riders are pawns. They sign contracts, they do what they are told. I did. Unless youve been there, doing it for a living, you really cant comment.

I raced professionally for one season in France. 95-96 season. Just as Lance was kicking off in Europe. Out of the 30 other British riders who were in the region (amateur and Pro) almost every single one of us was doping to some extent. I'm not proud of it, but it was so widespread that it just became normalised. Like having a massage after a race.

I cant condemn Lance on that basis. At the end of the day, the sheer mental and physical effort required to win any stage race is tremendous. The drugs were not a differentiating factor. Almost everybody was doping. The calibre of the man and rider was.

For me he's still the greatest Tour Rider ever. They used cocaine paste for their eyes in the 30's and amphetamine all through the 50's and 60's and even the 70's. It aint a new bag.

WADA has a lot of questions to answer themselves. I doubt very much whether we will ever get to the bottom of their own complicity in doping (which is in no doubt).
It's wrong to condemn a man unless you've ridden in his slipstream. I've had that pleasure, and to be sure - he was one of the fiercest, hardest competitors I've ever encoutered.

Are you bringing along any bibshorts?

SMS Santini - Lovely kit...!

You couldnt make it up.

A Court Date letter...

I found my stolen bike in a second hand shop in the middle of town. Went round and confronted the guy.. Guess what he took as proof of identity of the seller?

The cops round here are great, they dont stop you unless you look like you might hit someone or rob their phone.

Falling off is great. I couldnt recommend cycling with w whisky/red wine cocktail inside you enough. Though maybe in pedestrian only throughfares :0