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My Touring Bike, a Koga Miyata Roadrunner, Late 1980s. Just needs new saddle and matching bar tape.

They made some fine bikes. I almost bought a 1980s Fullpro a few years ago. Kitted out with full dura ace.

Shiny Shimano GRX

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Compromise - DA7900 or R9000 chainsets - black AND silver, and handsome to boot.

Getting rarer each year though sadly.

I put DA9000 on the bike I built up last year, the silver is much classier looking than the new Dura Ace stuff. When the time comes for an upgrade I'd think of switching to SRAM rather than put a black chainring on it.

Nathan Haas gets retro 90s Colnago G3-X for Unbound Gravel - Bikerumor

A couple of pics of my commuter hybrid, just back from major frame transplant surgery. It started life as a 2011 Boardman Hybrid Pro:

A couple of years ago, the frame developed a crack where the drive side chainstay meets the bottom bracket. I got it repaired but a few weeks ago the chainstay broke completely, a little further along from where the repair was done. The frame material was clearly fatigued and there was no point in attempting another repair. It was time to call it quits.

I looked around for a used frame, on the assumption that most would probably have considerably less mileage and would be worth taking a chance on. But luckily, while searching I stumbled across the eBay shop for Revelo Sports, who sell so called “new old stock”.  From there I picked up a new, still boxed, 2014 Boardman CX Team cyclocross frame for the amazing price of £57 (plus £44 courier charge for delivery, plus another €45 Gombeen tax at my front door; so about €165 in total to get my hands on it; still pretty good for a brand new frame).

Everything from the previous frame went straight onto the CX Team frame, with the exception of the BB30 crankset. The new frame has a PF30 bottom bracket shell (46mm vs. 42mm for BB30). A PF30 to BB30 adaptor sorted that out for an additional €21.

So here she is, back on the road, fully dorked up with rack, mudguards and the indispensable rear view mirror. As pictured, she tips the scales at a fairly portly 11.3 kg, so she’s a bit of an ould bus, admittedly. But I still love her, nevertheless! Very little of the original bike now remains, just the front and rear derailleurs, shifters, seat post clamp and headset spacer and cap. I’m all set for another 10 years of suburban motoring. Roll on!

Yes, it looks a bit odd. But it places the bar ends, which I use most of the time, just below the saddle and at about the same height as the hoods on my roadbike. The forks are long and provide a lot of clearance over the front tyre. The headtube is also quite long (15mm longer than the previous frame), so the stem sits a lot higher than on a roadbike frame. The stem's 40 degree angle just helps to get the bars back down to where I prefer them to be.

Yes, it is a 203mm rotor, with Shimano Saint 4 pot caliper. They were very sharp and abrupt when first fitted and I needed to be careful in the wet. But they have softened somewhat with use and are now more predictable and better modulated. There's still loads of power whenever needed and a moderate two fingered squeeze provides all the stopping power you need.