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Summer highlights....
But we're not done yet.

With more and more bike shops closing down around us, more and more customers are finding the need for good mechanics. So it's been a mega busy summer this year.

Hoping to find a way to help new mechanics get in the game and start up their own mobile mechanics, Coventry and surrounding areas is a big market. Can definitely accommodate more mechanics working and making a living out of it. Might not make us a millionaire but it could be a sustainable small business waiting for someone to suit.

Get in touch if you're interested.

Hot Pink Moxie hard tail:

I don't know much about this brand, but the steel frame is very well made and the paint job is hot to trot.
Already sprinkled with lots of blue Hope parts, like the hubs. The BB was shot and we put on a blue Wheels Manufacturing BB, easily serviceable in future.
The Rockshox Reverb needed a full service and it was a real pain with the IFP being stuck high up in the upper leg, needed @recoil_suspension to sort it out, so I could continue with the service.
The Hope V4 calipers had sticky pistons. I gave them a very good clean and then lubed with silicone lube and fully bleed the system. They came back to life and with some new pads works as sharp as new. The drivetrain was in good order but chain was worn.

The bike looks and works beautifully now.

John Atkins Purple Tourer full restoration.

This frame came to me as NOS with a load of NOS parts, owned by a Coventarian and handed down to his grandson. He asked me to rebuild it up and get it working again. The frame was made for John Atkins, I suspect by Lee Cooper circa early 80s, made with Reynolds 531 tubing.

The handlebar is Selle Royal, cranks Suntour 3x. The original Shimano UN52 was great but axles too long for the crank's chain line and the Acera derailleur. So I put in a FSA 103mm BB instead. Seems short square taper BBs are very hard to get these days.

The wheels are Endeavours, not heard of them but they seem to be light and strong, tyres Michelin. There is plenty of clearance for 38mm tyres. Truly the OG gravel bike of 80s. Rear derailleur Shimano 105, first series I think. All NOS. So I got a set of Shimano 8speed index down tube shifters. Works really well. The brakes I tried a pair of Miche calipers but the rear was too short, so I turned to Tektro R559 long arm to cover the rims. Shimano stainless steel cables all round.

After the build the test ride was a dream, the bike floated around with ease. Comfy and sharp, like only 531 could.

I prolonged this build as long as I could but alas it has to go back to the owner and they will love it. Adieu

Trouble comes on threes.
Very often when I get one type of issues,I tend to get 2 more cases of the same or similar issues. In this case a split rim, resulted in another with a rock strike dent and then another being rear ended. 3 clients, 3 different wheels, all needing wheel rebuild. In all 3 cases the hubs were decent so we decided to change the rims over instead of buying a new rear wheel.

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