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News from the workshop (2)

11/5/2013

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A lot has happened since the last post on here. We are going to be getting a bit more room, as the computer side of the business looks like getting a new home. In addition, the wheels that were stored in the workshop have a new home, meaning that our collection of frames can have its own storage area!

The Carlton Corsair is going to be picked up by its new owner (photograph below). The Paris "Tour de France" is at the painters and we have finally managed to track down all of the components for it. The Kirk Precision is almost done: The wheels are built and all of the components are here.

The Southampton branch has moved on to an early Giant smothered in Campagnolo Athena but with the curious, fairly unusual, Avanti shifters. Despite being Campag's lowliest offering in the mid 1990s, they are becoming saught after as few made it to the UK and their unusual shift tab is unique amongst Campag kit.

All the best & more soon!
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News from the workshop (1)

19/4/2013

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Given that the workshop is nearly finished (yes, other things have got in the way) and spring has suddenly arrived, we thought that it was high time we changed our news letter name. We have been playing "Granchester Meadows" continuously to try to induce even more spring like weather!

There are a whole heap of projects going on - the Carlton is nearly finished and will be out for photos soon, as will the Paris Tour-de France. A Kirk Precision has turned up to be beautified. The famous magnesium framed bike was well known in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with stints on the BBC's "Tomorrow's World" and with a team in the Tour de France: Allegedly, almost a month's production run of frames was pumped into the team to make sure that they got through it with clean looking bikes.

The Southampton branch has been putting a Look 576 together and Campagnolo-ing it. Mr Bat has started a discussion on Facebook on the identification of a bike geek, so find it and join in!

All the best and we will be writing more soon!


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Carlton reconstruction!

29/8/2012

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The workshop is busy getting a classic racer up to modern(ish) standards. Photos to follow.
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New project! The RWK tandem!

12/6/2012

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During a short trip to Herne Bay, we picked up this beautiful 1934 New Hudson double-stem tandem. We are going to paint it in company colours and make it look stunning. Hopefully, we might have it ready for the Capel Fete!
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Some new vintage stock coming online soon!

9/3/2012

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We will be sellng some of our vintage excess stock soon. The sale will include; a pair of TIme Equipe Pro Mangesium pedals, a pair of Time Mid 77 pedals, a pair of Modolo Morphos brake/gear levers, a Regina Oro freewheel, a Muddy Fox Courier Pro frameset, a Campagnolo Victory crankset and some of our stock of Ofmega kit.
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