Old Frame
clarkey cat
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In 1996 a friend's (who was fairly serious about racing) Dad built me a bike using various bits laying around in the garage and I'd say that it was my first proper road bike. I spent two very very happy summers on it and it was seriously rapid. Anyway, I went off to university and as is the wisdom of youth it was left in my Grandad's garden and went all rusty and eventually went in the tip. I kick myself every day I think about it now.
Anyway, I don't remember much about the actual details other than it ran on tubs, had Campy groupset with downtube shifters, a yellow leather saddle and a beauftiful white Reynolds frame with little orangey and yellow splashes of colour.
Has anyone any idea what frame it might have been as I'd love to rebuild myself something that had the feel of those heady summers blazing across the Purbecks.
Sorry I know its not alot of info to go on...
Anyway, I don't remember much about the actual details other than it ran on tubs, had Campy groupset with downtube shifters, a yellow leather saddle and a beauftiful white Reynolds frame with little orangey and yellow splashes of colour.
Has anyone any idea what frame it might have been as I'd love to rebuild myself something that had the feel of those heady summers blazing across the Purbecks.
Sorry I know its not alot of info to go on...
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You left it in the garden? :shock:
Criminal!
The livery sounds similar to some old Peugeots I've seen.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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It sounds like it might have been a bike....
With that much info? Maybe a Peugeot frame but I thought they were Carbolite rather than Reynolds. Let's wait for the slippers and pipe brigade.Sometimes parts break. Sometimes you crash. Sometimes it’s your fault.0 -
were peugeots of yesteryear good?
i remember being given a road bike years ago that was reynolds tubing and i hated it because it had the shifters on the down tube but they wernt indexed so it was just a hope you got it into gear, that ended up rusting away aswell......Keeping it classy since '830 -
it was definitely a Reynolds. Is there a particular type of Reynolds used (or used to be used) for racing around the mid-90's. This guy was pretty serious so I'm guessing it would have been a decent one.0
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mudcow007 wrote:were peugeots of yesteryear good?
i remember being given a road bike years ago that was reynolds tubing and i hated it because it had the shifters on the down tube but they wernt indexed so it was just a hope you got it into gear, that ended up rusting away aswell......
So let me get this straight: you threw away a Reynolds-framed road bike because it didn't have indexed gears? Muttermuttermuttermumblegrumble.
Granted friction DT shifters need a bit more skill than indexed or STI, but they're difficult to beat for low-tech durability and ease of set-up.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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rjsterry wrote:mudcow007 wrote:were peugeots of yesteryear good?
i remember being given a road bike years ago that was reynolds tubing and i hated it because it had the shifters on the down tube but they wernt indexed so it was just a hope you got it into gear, that ended up rusting away aswell......
So let me get this straight: you threw away a Reynolds-framed road bike because it didn't have indexed gears? Muttermuttermuttermumblegrumble.
Granted friction DT shifters need a bit more skill than indexed or STI, but they're difficult to beat for low-tech durability and ease of set-up.
i was a young whipper snapper back then....an all of my mates had raleigh griffters and i felt left out. i have seen the error of my ways now thoughKeeping it classy since '830 -
Most likely a Peugeot with reynolds 501 or 531.
However, I have seen some old Eddy Merckx frames with livery you describe....Depends on era!0 -
mudcow007 wrote:rjsterry wrote:mudcow007 wrote:were peugeots of yesteryear good?
i remember being given a road bike years ago that was reynolds tubing and i hated it because it had the shifters on the down tube but they wernt indexed so it was just a hope you got it into gear, that ended up rusting away aswell......
So let me get this straight: you threw away a Reynolds-framed road bike because it didn't have indexed gears? Muttermuttermuttermumblegrumble.
Granted friction DT shifters need a bit more skill than indexed or STI, but they're difficult to beat for low-tech durability and ease of set-up.
i was a young whipper snapper back then....an all of my mates had raleigh griffters and i felt left out. i have seen the error of my ways now though
I can remember at secondary school (late '80s - early '90s) I was pretty much the only person to have a road bike - a 5-speed Dawes tourer - while EVERYONE else had a more fashionable mountain bike. I seem to remember people boasting about how many gears they had. I was not the cool kid at school.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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rjsterry wrote:I can remember at secondary school (late '80s - early '90s) I was pretty much the only person to have a road bike - a 5-speed Dawes tourer - while EVERYONE else had a more fashionable mountain bike. I seem to remember people boasting about how many gears they had. I was not the cool kid at school.
Yeah, well, my Dad drove a mushy-pea coloured Lada estate. I win.0 -
UndercoverElephant wrote:rjsterry wrote:I can remember at secondary school (late '80s - early '90s) I was pretty much the only person to have a road bike - a 5-speed Dawes tourer - while EVERYONE else had a more fashionable mountain bike. I seem to remember people boasting about how many gears they had. I was not the cool kid at school.
Yeah, well, my Dad drove a mushy-pea coloured Lada estate. I win.
I actually quite liked being the only kid with a road bike.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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my dad had a brown allegro if that counts for anything?Keeping it classy since '830
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gtvlusso wrote:Most likely a Peugeot with reynolds 501 or 531.
However, I have seen some old Eddy Merckx frames with livery you describe....Depends on era!
Edit: in fact very similar to this:
Except I put DA/Ultegra/Time on mine...0 -
mudcow007 wrote:were peugeots of yesteryear good?
i remember being given a road bike years ago that was reynolds tubing and i hated it because it had the shifters on the down tube but they wernt indexed so it was just a hope you got it into gear, that ended up rusting away aswell......
Errrr, half the point about down tube shifters is that they don't need to be indexed. You just need a small amount of abilityFaster than a tent.......0 -
UndercoverElephant wrote:rjsterry wrote:I can remember at secondary school (late '80s - early '90s) I was pretty much the only person to have a road bike - a 5-speed Dawes tourer - while EVERYONE else had a more fashionable mountain bike. I seem to remember people boasting about how many gears they had. I was not the cool kid at school.
Yeah, well, my Dad drove a mushy-pea coloured Lada estate. I win.
I used to get dropped of at school by my Dad driving his Fish Van. I thank cod that was a long time ago, a different time and plaice."Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"0