OMG..........OMG

[Venod]

I have just put my old Rolls saddle (same age as the one in the pic) on my cross bike, it still feels comfy.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

http://www.kendellcycles.co.uk/

Mavic MA2 wheels built by Gary Proud, I am not surprised the wheels are still going I had a pair built by Gary they were bulletproof, one of the best wheel-builders about, he has just built a pair of motorbike wheels for an old BSA Bantam a friend is renovating he is over the moon with them.

Got to agree, he's built 'cross wheels for me in the past (& MTB wheels) and they stayed perfectly true, despite some real stick
He re-built the wheels on my Dyna-Tech (when I bought it from him, or Ken Cowdell- the previous owner of the business, back in 1994), & he's probably only had to true them once in all that time!!

It's co-incidental my reading this, I was in the shop less than 45 minutes ago, & also, I'm a member of Featherstone Road Club, that Tracy & Gary sponsor (as 'gpr wheels')

Quite a while ago (2008)

 

[Dangermouse]

I too was a member back in the 80s the club colours have changed from the awful purple and blue mix

 

[Venod]

I too was a member back in the 80s the club colours have changed from the awful purple and blue mix

OK whats your name Dangermouse we may have been members at the same time, Steve Wood here.

 

[Dangermouse]

Pete Wilkinson here Steve, I joined in the 70s when it was run from a house behind the church in Featherstone, I forget his name now but I did most of my riding with the fella that used to own the paper shop at the bottom of Station lane

 

[Venod]

Don't recognize you name Pete but might know your face, are you still in the area ?

 

[Dangermouse]

Sadly not Steve, I used to live next door to the old police station but moved to Leeds and now live in Scunthorpe

 

[Dangermouse]

Are you s Fev lad then Steve

 

[swee'pea99]

The frame was actually 531 if I remember it was a race replica the reynolds sticker is at the bottom of the seat tube

I stand corrected. Well, sit corrected, strictly, but corrected anyway.

 

[Dangermouse]

I stand corrected. Well, sit corrected, strictly, but corrected anyway.

It was the only one I have seen with the sticker there apart from the TT bike that the club used to loan out to members

 

[swee'pea99]

The bike that got me back into cycling after a break of 20-odd years was a Carlton that was probably made in the same Ilkeston plant as that - and tho' it wasn't 531, it was still a helluva nice ride.

 

[Venod]

Are you s Fev lad then Steve

I was born in Knottingley, now live in Ponty, I was probably a member a bit later than you, the club runs used to meet at the shops in Fev and they had a chain gang run from the shop on Tuesdays & Thursdays.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I was born in Knottingley, now live in Ponty, I was probably a member a bit later than you, the club runs used to meet at the shops in Fev and they had a chain gang run from the shop on Tuesdays & Thursdays.

I remember them meeting there

In summer I tend to see them out on Tues/Thurs, at some point between 'The Brown Cow' (I come via Purston Lane) & Carr Bridge Pavilion (sports pavilion near petrol station) when we're heading over to Ackworth for the club.....erm......run

 

[Dangermouse]

I did the chain gang a few times, normally got dropped after half an hour, they didn't hang around

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I did the chain gang a few times, normally got dropped after half an hour, they didn't hang around

They still don't!!!

Apparantly, so I'm told, Wayne Randle used to join in at times & make them all suffer