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You have a set of GALI friction shifters. http://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=5B53673C-C937-42A0-8BE0-D888C3DF9227&Enum=104&AbsPos=2

Thanks Fixer, I'll check online,

I used Gators 28 for Eroica Britannia and they worked a treat. 28 up front and 25 at the back. Just searched again and I see CWC has the Gators, but not the hard shells

Can't find any tyres locally, but maybe there is, I'd rather buy local if I can!!!!!

Otherwise the Schwalbe from CRC Probably the best bet if we buy 10 or so, much cheaper shipping. http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/za/en/schwalbe-marathon-plus-road-tyre-smart-guard/rp-prod24544

I'm considering ordering Conti 700x28 touring tyres for Eroica. http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/dfIAAOSw3ydVlCE9/s-l500.jpg http://www.wiggle.co.uk/continental-tourride-city-road-tyre/ anyone else interested??? We can combine postage from the UK. Cheaper from the US; http://www.ebay.com/itm/271918455245?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT but who knows how long they'll take to get here. Anyone interested?????

Anyone have 3 of these??????

My point exactly, so there's another side to the story. Either you quit or dope! Not much of a choice, but one doesn't seem to find too many quitters!

Are there any clean top riders????????

I know the man. Won't say I'm surprised, but I'm certainly disappointed. I have defended him in the past. Maybe I'm defending him now when I remind all of the serious medical problems he's had over the last few years. Could be a contributing factor. Whatever, I won't kick him when he's down. Disappointed though.

I've been thinking of this for a while, but now seems a good time to get it going, as a couple of other Hubbers have expressed similar ideas. Quite a few of us order replacement decals from overseas, at a cost of between $40 and $70 ------ so around R850, which is quite and a bit, if you have 2, 3 or 4 bikes to refurbish. For example, over the last year I've bought decals for a GIOS Torino, Colnago Mexico, Merckx Record, Alan, Pinna Montello and Cilo. This has cost me a small fortune. I know we can have them made up locally, at much more reasonable prices.But without reference sizes, colours etc., local manufacturing is dicey, slightly wrong font, colour, size, anything. My suggestion is that we build our own database of decal specifications. There are a couple of ways to skin this cat! Firstly, anyone with 'loose' decals can scan, copy them, with a size reference (ruler alongside and above) and take pics, to show colours. I will do this to all mine. Secondly, we could make tracings of decals off bikes we have. Copies of these will be to size and if accompanied by pics, would act as templates. This may sound like a lot of work and it probably is, but if we divvy it up, say I do Vitus 992 and LC does Vitus 979 and someone else something else. Otherwise, a third option would be to build this up slowly. If someone wants a set of decals, they ask on here and if I have, I'll trace and take pics etc. If I don't have, maybe someone else will. AND WE CAN ACCOMPANY ALL THIS WITH PICS OFF THE INTERWEBS. My main concern is to try and save $, as the R slowly sinks to join the Titanic. However, there is the thorny question of where, or who, becomes the curator of this database. I have spoken to Johnny Koen and he is keen to hold them. But there's also Tyrone, so maybe keeping them open source would be ideal. Or, you could even keep your own and share if you want to. Whatever, I think it's an idea worth pursuing!!!!!!!

Thanks LC I've done most of this, but I'm afraid I've made it worse!!!!! There's no cable left, there was only a very short piece to begin with, but I've destroyed that I need to start again, look at the blooming thing for a while and I'm sure somehing will come to me.

Thanks LC I've done most of this, but I'm afraid I've made it worse!!!!! There's no cable left, there was only a very short piece to begin with, but I've destroyed that I need to start again, look at the blooming thibg for a while and I'm sure somehing will come to me.

Very, very nice bike Barry and as others have said, a keeper, FOR SURE. QB has given you more history than I can, I've learned something too, thanks QB. I think your frame is a bit later than mid 80s though, sorry LC! Three things. The Reynolds decals are of a type used post 1989 and 708 was not used much after the 80s. Seat stays are 'tig' welded to the seat tube, something very, very unusual in the 80s. Cable routing hidden in the top tube, only really became fashionable in late 80s. So, IMHO your frame is probably very late 80s to early 90s, my guess would be early 90s. But if I were you, I'd google the original owner, or ask Morph if he still knows him, and find out the exact history of your frame. Always nice to know the history.

I logged onto Netflix UK last night without a proxy, just streamed!!! Was I lucky?

LooseCog, Cheapest one I've seen for a while http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOS-Vintage-Cinelli-Bicycle-Head-Tube-Badge-for-Vintage-Restoration-Rebuild-SE2-/221978110312?hash=item33aeed2968:g:Bx0AAOSwv0tVLkkd http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/Bx0AAOSwv0tVLkkd/$_57.JPG

I need a RH one!!! I have a set, bought from another Hubber, but the cable is stuck inside and I can't get it out!! Soaked it, drilled it, but the cable and lead head is vas. Any ideas, anyone?

Just bought it on Amazon UK, £0.01 (very good used) and £7.00 shipping, so about R180, pretty good. And yes, last time I subscribed to Bicycling was about '88 and Runners World too. After that writing became 'formulated' and mags became boring. Edit: always have to edit, too many bloody big fingers and thumbs, or is it my forgoodnesssake keyboard????

Just checked on Amazon, book is cheap enough (good 2nd hand about $3), but shipping is $30, so might wait till I can get in the UK.

About to start this:

I have pretty strange (not to me, of course), dry reading habits. Finished this:

Duplicate post, so I'll leave it at that!

Another really good article by Geoff Waters, who lives in Durbs, I've found out!!!! A FIRST GUIDE TO CLASSIC 20th CENTURY RACING BICYCLESGeoff Waters There is no such thing as an uncool bike…it can be old, in which case it’s a classic, and everyone will want one (that’s why idiots pay huge sums on eBay for any bit of #*∂+ with an Italian name and a bit of chrome on it). ‘Dr. Hutch’, Cycling Weekly (October 15, 2009, page 76) These rather ambivalent, if mildly vulgar, sentiments expressed by an influential columnist in a leading cycling magazine (‘Dr. Hutch’ is in reality Michael Hutchinson, a top 21st century British time trialling champion) probably reflect those of many modern cycling enthusiasts: they may admire and be interested in old racing bikes and equipment dating from the 20th century but lack the knowledge necessary to appreciate them fully. This guide aims to provide a quick and easy basis for doing so. http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/builders/guide-to-lightweights-waters.html

Head tube badges are quite big business, though I was being a little facetious!!! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-RALEIGH-BRASS-HEAD-BADGE-FOR-VINTAGE-3-SPEED-BIKE-BICYCLE-1950s-RARE/231796863988?_trksid=p2045573.c100034.m2102&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140107092241%26meid%3D32e292bfb59a4b29b3650d2d55c908f6%26pid%3D100034%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D281327931646 http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxMjAw/z/0egAAOSwAYtWMgFi/$_57.JPG

Hi Blinx / Z I can't tell you much about either of your bikes. There's a bit of info for COSMOS here: https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/11903-south-african-bicycle-frame-builders/ In one of Geoff Waters' articles above. you'll find mention of the Raleigh factory being in Joburg somewhere. Other than that, Nada. I'm not sure the Raleigh is worth doing anything with, it's a mass produced product, for the mass market. The Comos, in contrast, was made as a racing machine, whatever level it was aimed at. Edit: PS: The Raleigh head tube badge is probably worth more than the whole bike, IMHO.