Recent content by Canuk

Watching the video it seems clear that EB needs a front of house/admin person to make the business work. He's perhaps not got the personality to deal effectively with customers. I'm not even sure this type of business could be run as a one man band operation. Personally I think the 'build your...

If you're not too far from the French border, you could find dozens of bikes like this on Leboncoin. You can restrict your research to say '100km around Grenoble'. You'd be able to find a quality steel Columbus or Reynolds bike for around 150-200 euro. Well worth the drive over the border to...

Every frame builder I've ever met has had a litany of excuses, some legitimate, most not. My pal waited 4 years for a bespoke Les Rigden, we still have a laugh at the wild excuses he made, but what a work of art he produced. Les main business was repairing classics, I can just about remember his...

To quote Kermisking 'I think frame building is too romanticised . Ellis Briggs's proprietor a one man band bit off more than he could chew . To offer frame building courses , build frames , do you tube and run a shop front store you are making a rod for your own back'. This is exactly the lot...

This thread is turning out to be a free advert for Jan Heine. Same as it was in the beginning pages. It's incredibly tedious and dull. Nothing to see here, nice hearing from you but another long goodbye about 'fat tyres' we do not need. Ciao.

It's almost identical to the Export 61, same innards and the plates and jockey cage is very similar. I know Campagnolo had a plant in Cognin, France to defeat the tariffs in the 50s, and branded some parts 'Campagnolo' France' so this may be an 'outre mer' production to get round copyright...

The 753 decals were this colour, pretty much exactly as I remember. I'm wondering if there was a different colour trialled for the French market? The bike in question does have 'too many' decals, a few Campagnolo Equipped which will be coming right off, but the paint is original and frame seems...

This is the first time I've seen a purple and green Reynolds logo on a decal. Can't quite work it out. Is it a repro? It's not a colour fade, it appears to be similar to the rest of the bike. It doesn't look like a water slide original though, perhaps a modern vinyl? I only have this one photo...

I would forget any rehabilitation of the left lever. Every RX100 set up I've seen in the past 20 odd years at least one lever (usually the right) is beyond saving. You're lucky it's the left. Too many plastic parts inside I've heard. Below Shimano 105 in 7 or 8 speed groups, the quality was...

Can't help but thinking it's a foretelling of big changes on account of the Great Orange Tariff Monger. A few of our American trading partners have pulled out of Europe altogether this year. Even if negotiations do settle between 10-25%, if there's reciprocating tariffs from Europe and the UK...

From 15th April 2025, eBay is introducing a new shipping system called Simple Delivery. For private sellers, this will become the only way to send parcels* — and means you won’t be able to use your own couriers outside of eBay’s platform. 'Simple' generally means more complicated, less flexible...

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That's a stunner! I've never seen one with the wood pegs. Any chance of a photo of the lid? I'm trying to buy a complete set from an old bike shop. The seller insists that the bracket chasing tools are French and Italian threads, it's that correct? Or did they have a toolkit specific to regions...

Reminds me of when I came across what looked to be a fishing tackle shop going out of business in the Perpignan area years ago. It was over 4 floors, and in the window there was a huge A1 poster of Bernard Hinault. I went in and made the guy an offer on it, and he invited me upstairs to 'look at...

Charrel hand made Grimpeur brake and gear levers.