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  • Could you build a geared bike using only…..
  • mcmoonter
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    ..parts manufactured in the UK?

    Frame – Reynolds
    Hubs, BB, Headset Stem, Brakes, Seat Clamp – Hope
    Saddle – Brooks
    Cranks – Middleburn

    Rims?
    Tyres?
    Gears?
    Bars?
    Seatpost?
    Pedals?

    So Sturmey Archer is our only gear option.

    andrewh
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    USE seatpost.

    Are Rigida rims British?

    cynic-al
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    Keep sniffing the paint-thinner Pete!

    thejesmonddingo
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    Lack of attention
    Ian

    B.A.Nana
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    I thought Sturmey Archer had long been part of the Glorious Communist Peoples Tractor and Dangerous Toy Co.

    racing_ralph
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    FFS us ethe search function – this comes up every 4 weeks or so!

    mcmoonter
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    Ok Ralph, I'll ask again in a months time.

    racing_ralph
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    Hope eternity seatpost btw

    Northwind
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    Can you do it without buying any inferior parts than their equivalents, would be a better question. And no, is the answer.

    matthewjb
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    Burgtec make (flat) pedals, bars, hubs and a seatpost.

    I think manufacturing is in the UK.

    From memory this discussion usually falls down when it comes to tyres and inner tubes. The UK doesn't have enough rubber plantations.

    aracer
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    The UK doesn't have enough rubber plantations.

    Not something Germany, Italy or France has a lot of either 🙄

    fotorat
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    FFS your not supposed to go cold turkey when your on benzodiazepines, just get a repeat prescription, that'll settle you down again.

    tangent
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    Nice thoughts…I am following a similar style for on my singlspeed – apart from the Brooks saddle 😉

    FYI , BITD (circa early 90s) MBi ran a feature on this very 'concept', Mavic being used to sort mechs n' rims.

    A 'Concorde' (Anglo-French) bike would be easy to put together. Also in a nice nod to the current the state of play in the bike industry -would be super sweet pretty much whatever style you of build / bike you went for.

    druidh
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    Surely this issue is not "could you", but "why would you"? You'd end up in a position not dis-similar to those trying to colour-match every component – you'd always compromise on cost, weight and function.

    tangent
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    duidh…yeah partially agree with u but "compromise on cost weight and function" Hopefully not eh if Hope kit was used…

    djglover
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    What bike would Nick Griffin ride?

    Northwind
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    He'd put up a picture of his heroic british bike, but it'd turn out to be Polish.

    tangent
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    Q. What bike would Nick Griffin ride?

    A. Raliegh Grifter?

    matthewjb
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    aracer – Member
    The UK doesn't have enough rubber plantations.

    Not something Germany, Italy or France has a lot of either 🙄

    Nonsense. The French one's are just outside Bordeaux. They just pretend they are vineyards.

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