javadude

Fork is bent.

Are you sure that's not just a generic press? Looks a bit overkill for pressing in headset cups, unless you want to shorten the length of the head tube at the same time :-)

Impressive skills, but everyone has a bad day, and his bad day may very well be a fatal one.

Also, based on the BB, its a newer version, more like mid 90s and later. Earlier models had the cutout in the BB. I'm not sure what the cutover year was though.

Greg Albertyn, Blue Stratos Kawasaki, Corobrik, and a full gate of Two Strokes:

Theres only one thing to do with that, you build this:

Named after Urs Freuler, the Tom Selleck of cycling :-) Hows the head tube on his Colnago?

Yip, it's true that Alan was the Colnago agent for a number of years. The geometry on that bike is known as the Freuler geometry which was available in the bigger frame sizes. They basically took a 62cm(for example) frame and welded the top tube a few cm lower down. This supposedly made the frame stiffer. To measure it you would measure the top tube along the imaginary line where you think the top tube should be located.

Makes me want to buy a Swift with Campagnolo Super Record.

I lived across the road from the dam in a block of flats. K-dorp used to be such a cool place to live, but not so much nowadays. My mother still lives there and the last time I visited her I was quite shocked at how much it has changed.

I also went to KHS, 87 to 90.

I think its Engrish.

Yes, agreed. I have actually gotten rid of all my retro stuff except for one bike that I ride. I found that trying to collect on a restricted budget is pure torture, and it seemed that with every bike or part I purchased the need for completion and perfection just ruined it for me. I am seriously so much happier with just the one bike and no longer having to scour eBay/Gumtree for parts.

Retro bikes is so much more than riding them(for me). Having said that I think there is a point at which any form of collecting becomes more about hoarding than actually appreciating what you have.

Anyone with a spare million lying around? http://www.ebay.com/itm/141818759262