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Shiny.

Seems legit.

Ah stop in for a coffee next time...maybe in spring.

Thank you @Oliver Schick.

@smiff, I was outside the trendy coffee shop, crossing to the trendy deli, getting my weekly posh-refreshment fix.

Do you live round there?

@smiff. In Ladywell. With a yellow gilet.

Did I win?

I've also heard this rumour. In fact I've seen it!

Is this what you saw @Jingle_Jangle?:

Bob Jackson Cycles have the great pleasure to announce that they will no longer be closing as planned on the 18thDecember.

Additional investment and support has been secured to ensure the iconic brand of Bob Jackson Cycles will be continuing well into the future whilst thankfully remaining at our historic Leeds factory. We will continue to build and restore frames to our exceptionally high standards and the current skilled team will be retained and expanded to allow us to take on additional work, whilst investing heavily and improving our processes and facilities to align with expected future demand.

With immediate effect - We are now open to all retail and trade orders and will be communicating some exciting news over the next few months as we realign the business towards future sustainability whilst protecting and building upon our amazing heritage.

We apologise and regret any confusion or distress our decision may have caused over the preceding few months – but we fully intend to be around for at least another 85 years – doing what we do best.

We look forward to welcoming both old and new customers to Bob Jackson Cycles as we begin a new chapter in the long story of this incredible company.

I have also heard this rumour.

A friend is looking for something along the lines of a Dawes Galaxy, but nice like vintage Bob Jackson.

He wants to be both proud of it's loveliness, whilst also being able to consider a child seat in the future.

Budget about £5-600. He'd need it built up and ready to roll. He's a new father and has not time for fiddle faddling.

Ideas welcome

This is indeed a 1986. There's an '89 or so in the Classifieds section right now, the decals are better on the earlier ones.

I'm not so sure. The front basket is rack supported by design though, so functionality is coming back.

@Clara jumped straight onto cleaning it up. Previous owner kept it in very good condition. The drivetrain was near perfect nick. The tires held air. The rear brake cable was seized.

The more she worked through it though, the more impressive the detail was.

• Tange tubing with paw print details on top of the seat stays
  
• Indexed thumbies
  
• Sealed, buttery smooth hubs
  
• Muddy Fox branded saddle, bars, grips
  
• Fat mudguards from new
  
• Sugino cranks and Suntour group
  
• Proper shaped cantis (so rare on a mixte)
  
• OG On Your Bike SE1 supplier sticker
  
• The lights probably worked, but without those size D batteries, we shaved off 1kg.
  
  

After cleaning, and with a nice little re-purposing of v-brake-cable-router for the rear brake, it already looks great.

Yellow cable outer, fatter tires and the front basket are on the way.

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/354861

During lockdown @Clara was giving up her time to get bikes back on the road in our local area for health, care and other key workers. One of the donations was a ratty black Raleigh mixte with mis-matching cranks that she fell in love with.

It passed onto a new owner who needed it more eventually, but I started looking for something nicer for her to take it's place. Hence this thread: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/351406/

It proved difficult to find what I was looking for. So after I got an old 90s Gary Fisher which she liked, I started searching for 90s mountain bikes on eBay. Some great bargains out there.

Low and behold, this came up, the perfect mix of both. It was delivered by PedalMe a few days later from Richmond.

Updates in due course...

#savethetriple

Just bought an '86 one of these in similar condition for @Clara. Best £135 I've spent on a bike.

Yellow brake cable arrived today to match the logos.

Well done whoever buys it.

Thread update. After giving up on a mixte fitting my vision, and starting to search for a cheap 90s mtb, this is getting collected from Richmond in a few days.

26", canti brakes, OEM everything.

Does the wheel buyer want to split the tires? The tabletops?

SOLD!

Why is it a different size in the top and bottom? I have no idea. Maybe you do.

Planet X sold me this for a frame they 'manufactured'. Obviously they didn't know why either, because it didn't fit.

Bit that goes in the top of the head tube measures 44.17mm.

Bit that goes in the bottom of the head tube measures 49.75mm.

If someone fancies offering the correct headset size name for this kind of snake-oil, it might well be appreciated.

£12 posted.
(£10 collected from Brockley, SE4.)

Thank you @Glws.

@Clara has been restoring donated bikes and offering them to key workers for parts money. (Often just cables and pads.) If you're not based too far away she could get this back on the road for someone.

Ah. I'm going to bail on Canopy. Meant to get over earlier but got stuck with a work thing longer than expected. Will have to catch you all soon.

Say hi to the Street/Delgados!

Is the park over? I probably won't be in for Canopy, need to be a little extra careful of high traffic enclosed environments this week.

@el_squire Didn't think you'd seen me! I half waved but you'd past already. Good to see you!

Also @Carey, here's perhaps a bad example of me using a Trangia burner...

https://youtu.be/WLzuHeNBVto

I actually use our gas hob for my Cona. The model is designated as the 'table' model, for which a burner would of course be needed. But it sort of feels like it was designed to work on the hob too, like the earlier models I think.