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Being anally retentive about parts
animal:
--- Quote from: steve69 on June 22, 2012, 11:05 PM ---All my bikes are between 80 and 85, as long as the parts are from that time period then that's fine by me.
lets face it, if you went in the bike shop in 84 and bought a frame set and some parts to go with it and the guy gave an 83 cable, would you have given him it back and demanded a cable with this years date on it ? I very much doubt it (in them days i doubt you even noticed they had dates on them). equally so, if you then rode round on that bike for a year and fancied changing some parts around for something a bit different, would you have gone back to the shop and asked if he had any of last years stock parts ? No, i didn't think so.
So if you're building a catalogue spec bike, then i guess it would make a difference. If you are not, who gives a stuff as long as it's era correct :daumenhoch:
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its a facto :daumenhoch:
Betty:
Within a year or two is fine as Steve says we changed parts all the time bitd :daumenhoch:
Gnarlyscoots:
As I ride all my bikes, headsets and tyres are not really an issue for me. I always try and fit Bear Trap II's to the bikes, as you said, they are renowned for reliability, and Comp III re-issues :daumenhoch: As for the other parts, as long as they are within 2-3 years of the frame set period, that's fine :coolsmiley: I did used to build bikes how I wanted them but have grown into the era correctness parts issue. A good and bad thing really as certain items are getting pretty thin on the ground, tyres being the main items and not into riding £100 tyres anymore as they just fall to bits :LolLolLolLol:
Badbaldie:
rich in order to answer your question i first need you to answer mine ......... when you go to the toilet which hand do you wipe ur bum with ?
BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN:
hope he uses paper and not just his hand :shocked:
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