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Not good. Sterkte. Hope healing is quick. Hope, as has been suggested, you have reported this.

I bought a Daccordi about 1987/88, Mannesman 025 tubing, probably equivalent to Columbus SL. Bought it with Athena 7 spd and Synchro shifters, but also came with Shimano 600 Tricolour brake levers!!!!! Didn't strike me as odd at the time (I didn't even think about it), but it does now. Was there something wrong with the Campag levers???? Edit: Still got it and it's lovely.

Leaving for UK on the weekend, I'll pot pics when I come back. Promise,

I've used Jedi Sports before http://jedi-sports.de/Groupsets/Groupsets-Road:::8_48.html Really nice people and you get 19% off if you ship to SA (no VAT).

If you look at all the comparisons on the interwebs (and there are hundreds of them), Chorus is taken as equivalent to Dura Ace. Record and Super Record are the same (Shimano doesn't have an equivalent), other than a few titanium bits and the odd red strip.

http://www.steel-vintage.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/C/a/Camandona_Extra_Leggera-1.jpg Camandona Classic Road Bike mid-1970s. The lightest bike we have ever had! This rare and stunning cycle is incredibly light: just 7.4kg. We refurbished it just using the best and lightest components from the 1970s as Nisi rims, NOS Selle Italia Superleggera saddle, NOS Clement tubulars. The frame is a 51cm size by Cicli Camandona (Turin, Italy). Who says steel can't be light??????

Feedback please! I've just restored an early 90s Daccordi with period Mirage groupo (93 as far as I can make out). What I want feedback on is whether I should rather use Shim 600 tricolour? 600 is certainly better equipment than Mirage and the early stuff is just as sexy, but it's not Italian!!!! I can upload pics if it makes any difference.

Well I did. I emailed a very nice query and NADA. I'll email again, but perhaps they are not interested! Edit: A very sexy Daccordi Flippa.

http://www.ruralrandonneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/wind-blowing-bike.jpg

sometime around 1987, Durbs, not canoeing, but swimming!! Hardly fits over 1 leg now.

trawling looking for 50th Anniversary pieces I cam across this shop. Mario has an amazing selection of NOS vintage stuff http://www.defietsenmaker.nl/index.php?action=home&lang=EN

ADVICE ADVICE ADVICE As some of you know, I'm riding Eroica Britannia (all things being equal) in about 4 weeks. Looking at the course profile, about 25% of the ride is on 'white road', I guess this is fine gravel. What size tyres does one use for this??? I'm assuming that 23x622s will be too thin and that maybe 25s are too thin also. Should I be riding on 'hybrid', sort of cross tyres??? I've not done this before, so I don't know. EDIT: Reading Sheldon Brown, maybe I should have a 35 treaded tyre on front and a 25 on the back. Any thoughts?

Yeah, a good route might be R62, Worcester, Montagu through to Oudtshoorn, then down to George ... that's 490 km. Certainly less traffic and more challenging. Just the wind, but if you choose the day (!), you can ride all the way with a strong SW up your derrier.

Thanks Tk, I'll send them an email today, lets see if we can chivvy them up a bit!!

For goodness sake. I like this, but it's just too difficult for an older man (I speak for myself only). As I've mentioned before, I'm hoping the Herald Cycle Tour guys will include a VETERANS bike category next year. The organisors (there was a comment on a thread the other day about spelling the 'old way' ORGANISORS, or the new way ' organisers) have a meeting in August to decide. I'll send you and email address, if you can LOBBY I think it might help.

South African made frames are good, just need to get the word out there. We need to add a page to Classic Rendezvous about SA frame builders. Others will pick it up from there. A CHALLENGE. Let's put all our knowledge together and submit to the above, let's add a page on SA frame builders. I added what I know (I know a little more now) a few pages ago. But let's do it.

Yesterday evening only 1 link (3rd one down) was showing a map, this morning 2 links (2nd and 3rd) are giving maps. Of the 2 showing, I think the one via Worcester and Montagu will be the tougher.

Only 1 route showing, CA to CX (Cape Town to Knysna)

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Cape Town to Springbok = 550Km R150 to old age home of your choice, whether you m ke it or not.

It's worth a Skype call. Costs you very little and voice to voice, or even better face to face, is priceless.

Don't want to be the police here, but COMPUTOR (one who computes) is not wrong, it's just an obsolete way of spelling computer, like trailer/trailor, and one day calculater, rather than calculator!!!! edit:He's probably oldish and went to school in the 50s.

Live just up the road. Anyone truly interested I'm happy to phone and have a look.

How far do you think you can ride in 24hrs? Find a flat route, say in the Karoo and have a challenge. R25.00 to enter and the person that gets closest to the actual distance (you are kept blind of the bets) wins R10 of each entry (or another donated .. come on ASG) prize and the $ go to old age homes!!! Yey!