Some lovely bikes on here already! The crazy paint scheme on bob’s Colnago kinda makes me wish I’d gone vintage Italian; never heard of Markie’s MKM brand. Damn, I think I might have been out niched. 😉
So… pedals. Wise guys, what the hell have I got:
And what’s the best (read best priced) shoes for this?
Wife’s Zini, South African 501 frame, grazed together by a SA chap called Gotty Hansen, apparently he bought the name Zini to stick on his bikes so they looked European, since proper Euro imports weren’t available in apartheid era SA. Mostly original kit inc Bipoace! Just new saddle & post, tyres, cables and an upgrade to sit so she doesn’t die swerving everywhere changing gear from the down tube…
My LeJeune. No idea of age or tubing but nice and light even in that huge size, Campag dropouts and cutaway bb shell. Built with Shimano Arabesque group set with Weinmann & Mafac brakes. Mainly sits on turbo trainer but does see the road now and again…
camo16 that’s about 1990/91 I bought one brand new. They were a frame only. IIRC Graham Weigh were selling them, mainly out of the back of ‘Cycling Weekly’. I think they were Falc tubing.
My steel awaiting paint, all the parts are ready to fit. Hannington 531 Professional
I’ve owned this for about 30 years now and it was raced loads back in the day. I bought the frame second hand from a fella called Stan McBride who bought MKM in the early 80’s and continued to build for a few years. But Bill Whitcomb claimed it was one of his. Doesn’t get used very often now except on rollers hence the out of place computer. I’ve also got some mavic GP4’s on Campag. record hubs from the same era which were my race wheels.
This is my 1992 MBK HPF. Originally a kinda flat lilac colour, this one was powder coated lime-green a month ago (when it’s long suffering BB finally creaked it’s last). Ridden very regularly (‘cuz it’s ace). New wheels and either a green, or a blue charge spoon saddle in the new year, as that grey one is a bit dull.
It shares the road bike corner with a couple of other steel road bikes too, (Singular Osprey, and a Condor Fratello, tho’ the oldest of which is only from 2011). My first proper classic could well be a late 50’s Raleigh Lenton Marque III that I’ve got my eye on …
Here is mine. Needs a bit of work to make it look nice and to be more comfortable. It has new Sora brakes slx rear shifter and mech as the thumbies were crap and the new wheels needed a new cassette so I went with a 9spd block. I want flat bars with comfy grips a nice saddle and post and possibly a new triple crankset (I have a bad ankle). I would like to paint it at some point maybe a nice candy red or blue and do something with the lugs.
Oh its a 1985 Raleigh Flyer. I got it for £20 a year ago, it still had everything original apart from shopper bats and plastic brake levers. It still has the original inner tubes, crankset, bb, front shifter, mech and cable. The original brakes, wheels, chain rear mech and shifter are still in the shed just in case anybody wants to buy the lot off me.
I’ve had this for many years. It’s from about 1980, built as a tt bike but I’ve resprayed it, and fitted the new groupset. Still fun to ride, as long as you remember the chronic toe overlap…
Oldgit – Ah, thanks for that – I had missed that about them (that’s why I’ve always been hesitant about early French frames, given their penchant for ‘individual’ approaches to fork threads). 😉
I’ve owned this bike since the 80’s when it was my sole transport. It started life as a Raleigh Record Sprint (with 501 ‘aerospace contour’ tubing) and is now my single-speed roadie.