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fully agree, also put 27 inch wheels and five gears back on it. you should be able to sell some of the bits, not for loads but for something.

cheers
just stripped it down but cant get seat post out, it has a little hole in back of down tube where there is a brazed on lug of some kind ( brake?) and that goes right through so i have sprayed some wd40 in there and will try each day and see if it frees up

would it be worth trying to do anything with the 28 spoke wheels or are they likely to be past it?

hey skully

i am only new on this site so still trying to sort out where to post various things
i have just put a post on current projects about an old mercian with nervex lugs etc that i have just bought off a friend and am going to start a project with it

how can i transfer this this to that other than redoing all the posts there?
the thing about the old saddle is it will go on the bike after i have replaced some of the rivets on it. paint job i did myself, as well as sorting drop out alignment and change from 5 to 10 speed etc etc

so can i xfer this to the current projects and also i think my tone to harry was much nicer than his to me , hey but i dont mind it was just a retort if you like

any thoughts on what to do with this one ??

well harry i see you have only started 88 threads yourself

thanks rosmal and all who passed positive comments
also i think my curtains are a bit nicer than the other ones !! haha

here is a pic of the saddle that will go back on it once i have replaced the rivets with some new ones and bent the front piece in the nose back to nearer 90 degrees etc

used cork tape, might try another time

thanks for suggestions,
whole bike has been cleaned and adjusted including cleaning chain, cogs and checked everything for tightness etc, but i think i will take bb out again and check all ball bearings one by one and perhaps change from a nine ball race to free bearings and put more in if you see what i mean

i like the yellow and red and i have a french ideale record 43 leather saddle (pre 1963) to go back on when refurb is complete ( by me) , yes it is nothing special - except to me

WHAT DO THE £1 AND £10 items in the posts mean ?

hope it is not what you think the bike is worth !!

most expensive item on refurb was the paint ; 3 cans of metallic ford regency red

whole refurb for under 60 pounds

Michelin speed tyres are 35 years old have been in the dark for at least 25 of those years

will use the current projects one next time

this was my brothers bike when new and i have kept it going over the years just given it a refurb for the new millenium .. only took me 10 years to do it ha ha
was 5 speed now 10

hi folks
my step son has a bike from his late father and i was wondering what it might be in terms of quality and value

just checked chain rings no play there tightened up the chain ring side bb cup and it is very slightly better . left hand thread so should tighten with riding, so will try that this weekend and see what happens
yes benh i like to solve and fix as well ;-)

changed pedals , still crunchy, will check chain rings tomorrow

well
cleaned it all and re-greased it and all seems ok,
no play etc but crunchy noises - what a pain still crunchy nut !!
not sure what to do now try another bb or just use it as is
might try another one over the weekend

exactly . very crunchy...
well i took it to bits today the crank on the chainwheel side was a bugger, someone has had a go at it before, cross threaded the thread for the crank puller so that took me an hour to clean it up and get the puller to go in straight.
well took of the non chain side all looked ok, took of the chain wheel side of the bottom bracket and a single bearing fell out, and when i got the cup out there was only seven other bearings in the bearing cage .
so it looks like someone has had this off before cross threaded the crank and put it back in minus one bearing

will put it all together later and see if i am back to smooth porridge
as opposed to crunchy nut !!

cheers guys i have spare bbs old fashioned ones and one sealed one, will see when i have it out - if i can get it out that is?

hi
one of my bikes ,that i got recently as a freebie, all sorted i thought but gone for first spin up the road for a couple of hundred yards and bottom bracket is crunchy
no noise from free wheel etc when not pedalling

didn't notice in the garage when working on it. what do think? - damaged bearings?
i think it is just a cheap one with some races or even loose bearings will check it out tomorrow maybe

wikey

yeh and rover

companies are bought for their order book and their good marketing name then you move production to china or korea and still have the name and the orders, you keep a small factory in Birmingham so you can still say made in bournville and then you sack most of the workers, you kick the people out of their cheap hosues and you sell the land and houses for a big retail redevelopment and houses loads a money is made , people loose jobs and houses, the country loses a good provider to the economy and the irony is that krafts are borrowing money to buy cadburys and they are borrowing it off the RBS WHICH IS OWNED BY THE BRITISH TAX PAYERS .. we need to be like the french and Germans and protect or own industry

thanks for that jogger

ho ho
you will be impressed when i crack it though !!

Hi there
HAS ANYONE DONE THEIR OWN LEATHER BAR TAPE
EITHER IN NORMAL WAY OR LIKE A CAR STEERING WHEEL SEWN TOGETHER ALONG THE LENGTH OF BAR,
GOING TO USE AN OLD LEATHER COAT OR JACKET AND TRY IT

LOOKING FOR SOME TIPS

Wikey
sorry about caps ..not shouting really just dyslexic fingers

somewhere to hang your pheasants and partridges

what do you think

any one got other uses for handlebars ??