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My Bianchi NTH (Oria Tubes)
Just when I decided on selling some bikes that I wasn't particularly attached to in order to free up some space, this pops up:



It’s a bit rusty but the drivetrain is in very good conditions for its age.



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1983 Raleigh Royal 60cm
Selling my 1983 Raleigh Royal in Oak Green.

Seat tube 60cm CTT
Top tube 57.5cm CTC

Frame number WE3001970, translating to a Nottingham (maybe lightweight unit?) build in April of that year.
Frame has many superficial paint chips...

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Loft Storage, tips for doing it.
As the internet is a nasty thing that keeps me looking at it and thinking, I'll have that, and that, and that.... storage is now an issue. Convention means a concrete slab and then a shed and then extra security because of scrotes and suddenly we are in £1K upwards, Or, do I use my empty loft?

If you've decided to use the loft, what difficulties did you find, what adapt...

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Rear Brake Hanger Solution Invited
I have chosen not to use V brakes on this build as its all Campag. So I'm fitting Cantis front and back.
Front is no problem, however the rear has no cable stop for the straddle cable.
Nitto make some nice add on stops that hang from the seat bolt, but I am using a campag seat binder that has a whopping 12mm bolt running through it! I don't know the aperture sizes on the...

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One bike - SS and geared?
May need to cull stable a bit as chunk of garage going to become utility room in build this year... I've two GF Big Surs 2000 & 2001 - one setup SS, other 3x9... These are the most obvious/indefensible targets for reduction (although the road bike may have to go as well 'you've got that other one with big thin wheels [the dogsbody hybrid] , why do you need two...?') ... woul...

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