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Bikes and bridges and bikes and trains are great. Do we also need a bikes and puddles thread? I think we might. I'll go first. This wasn't the worst one. the one just round the bend was hub and BB deep. I'm sure Retrobike can top this easily.

Out for an installation ride this morning. Not exactly issue free. Still, most of the bike is working well. The front ‘triangle’ is from a 2000 Shoreline Trail and the swingarm is from a 1999 East Peak. I need to swap the bars for something with a bit of rise, re-do some cables, do the gears...

In a shameless bid to draw attention to myself, here's my Giant. Based on where its pivots are I think it's a 2002 frame. I did ask my LBS who sell Giant to look up the serial number but it doesn't seem to be in the current serial number database. I only did half a job on this. I bought it...

I had my project bike - a 1999 Marin East Peak crossed with a 2000 Shoreline Trail - powder coated. The powder coaters did a pretty good job avoiding head tube, seat tube and BB but not the suspension bits. My fault. I wasn’t clear. Anyway, I need to get rid of powder coat from a couple of...

Hello RetroBike, I had a box of bits left over from years of MTB and road riding and thought it'd be fun to build a budget/retro bike. I got a Giant NRS frame and tried to fit my old Ultegra cranks to it. Obviously that didn't work so I'm looking for something that'll actually fit ;) The...