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Hiya,
I would indeed prefer Amstel red, there are some very interesting colour ways out there, but red (or maybe gold) are the ones that I like the most.

I am looking for 52cm - 55cm really. I think anything else will be too big for me.

I hadn't looked at marktplaats before. Sadly I'm just off to work, but I shall be trying to get my head round that later. It looks to be a cross between ebay and gumtree?

Thanks :)

Having just missed out on one, I'm really hoping someone here can help!

I'm looking for a good / very good / mint condition Gazelle Champion Mondial in red. Needs to be built rather than a frame though please.

Happy to pay proper price for the right bike :). FWIW, it'll be going to a "forever" home.

Thanks
Vic

Asking for a friend:

Does anyone have a good / very good condition Peugeot PH12 for sale / that they want to convert to some beer tokens? This is the centennial one with the different lion head badge. Ideally with the silver tape but not a deal breaker if not.

Smaller size - I can get an exact size when I see him later on. UK based (hopefully) but Europe fine depending on the postage.

Some very nice brakes - shame I've already spent all my "bike allowance" this month….

GLWS!

I'm guessing the chances of anyone having one are quite slim, but might as well ask!

I'm after a Reg Harris bicycle - one from Reg's factory, not a Raleigh branded one. Ideally a complete bike rather than just a frame, but either would be pretty cool. Don't particularly mind which model, either, just needs to be a small (or medium, possibly, depending on exact sizing).

Thanks :)

Thanks :). I've been having a read of the Classic Lightweights site and that's helping clear things up a bit :). Just wish there wasn't such a variation in sizes!

I think - although I don't know - the bottom bracket might be original, could that help me work out what the bicycle used to run with (i.e. a single or double)?

The LBS also recommended changing the bottom bracket as the flanges might be an odd size. A good close look shows the part on the outside to be labelled Bayliss Wiley - Made In England, but taking it apart shows the big part that runs through the middle to say Made In France with the letters A and 18 engraved in it. The grease in there is still white and the bearings all roll about nicely, so I think I shall be keeping it :)

First off, I haven't built a bicycle before - as will probably become obvious very quickly!

Having found bicycle forums after researching my Raleigh Twenty that I picked up because it was funny looking and the same age as me, I decided I wanted to build my own bike "proper sized" bike to cycle to work on. I liked old bikes because they had a history, but I couldn't seem to find one that appealed enough to buy it. Or they were too big, or too expensive.

Then I found a bicycle advertised on here that was the right size (54cm) and the right price, and it had a lovely story - it was built by a frame maker called Norman Tingey (NG Tingey on the frame) for his wife who was a competitive cyclist called Bobbie Tingey of Marlboro AC (as on the frame). Bobbie rode from the mid-fifties to the mid-sixties, and I decided this would be the bike project for me.

Heres a link to other photos of the frame:http://imgur.com/a/7A4PS/

I can't find anything out about the frame - it's got 117 stamped on the bottom, so I suspect this might have been Norman's 117th frame. But it could mean anything. I think it'll take normal sized wheels, and the bottom bracket says "Bayliss" on. I thought originally it had the paintwork it had originally had, but closer examination suggests that it's been "restored" with probably lots of enthusiasm but little skill by someone called J. Lee - who has stuck stickers on in places. But it's very sweet!

So as far as I can see, I'm going to pretty much need to do everything, the bits to make it go, the bits to make it stop, the bits to steer it and the bits to sit on :).

I want to try and keep it relatively period looking (I do like some of the flashy looking kit from the 1990s, but it'd look out of place), and I'd also like to keep it reasonably well priced (so unlikely to be any eye-wateringly expensive NOS) and I'd like to do the frame justice (so it's going to be a slow build, I guess).

However, I know very little, so any help will be appreciated. I don't really know anyone who knows about bikes either. The LBS is friendly but when I took it in to get some sizes, pushed Velo Orange stuff and H and Son wheels, which I'm sure are lovely but turn it from a fun affordably project into ruinously expensive. So it's going to be me and any help from you guys!

PM with questions about the wheelset sent :)

The Armstrong looks lovely. Thank goodness it's too big for me!
GWLS :)

I have sent you a PM :)

I'm interested but obviously model makes a difference! Can you put up any pictures at all?

Hello, apologies if I'm being dumb but I can't see the bike for sale on your Flickr album - can you tell me if I'm missing it or upload a few pictures please? Thank you.

Hey - thank you :). I've replied to your email :)

Well, I can't send a PM because I've not posted in three threads - is this still available please? Thank you.