Neil McGowranI’ve been collecting for years. I can go for what seems like a lifetime without a new addition while at other times I seem to…
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A lot has happened since this bike last graced my workstand. I’ve just checked through my posts and I last mentioned it in July 2017.…
SB518 is the third frame I have lined up this year to be painted in the TI-Raleigh colours (it’s nice to start the year with…
I have a few 2019 projects to complete and this is the second such project that happens to be a track frame and the second…
Back in March 2018, a short but interesting email dropped into my Inbox… I am the son off Roy Schuiten. I recently found a time…
This frame has eventually made it to the top of my list of projects. This is a Jan Raas frame and it has waited too…
I’m going to make a bold statement right at the beginning of this blog post… my theory is that this Stayer frame could be a…
Every now and then I spot something slightly different, something that I struggle to identify but which has the potential to be something nice, maybe…
I’m gradually working my way through the snagging list on SB4059, all those little jobs that I know about and that require attention are slowly…
It has been a long couple of days but I’ve finally completed this small and difficult project to bring SB4059 up to spec in terms…
I think I must have been slightly bonkers to start this project but the desire to get SB4059 looking correct was too much! That morning…
Following on from my previous blog posts about SBDU fork ends and seat stay caps, here is another short post in a series I’m writing…
I wasn’t planning to do this job today, it just happened. I’d been thinking for the past week about how to tackle the task of…
It’s just over six years since I fastened the first component to this frame and four or five years since I completed the first build…
SBDU frames and the TI colours have become hugely popular. More people are seeking to buy an SBDU frame and recreate the red black and…
Following the change of cables on SB4059 there is now only one thing that I need to do, one more thing to sort out, one…
It’s been a while since I’ve written anything about this bike. SB4059 is my original bike, number #1 in the collection, the bike that started…
It’s been a busy week! First came SB4933, an SBDU 531SL frame with beautiful chrome and exquisite new paint. Following on quickly came SH377T, Steve…
I’ve started a few blog posts recently with the words “I received an email…”; and this story is the same. Late on a Sunday evening…
If I ever get the time and opportunity, I’ll take bikes into my wife’s photography studio and pick up the camera to capture the details…
The SBDU seemed to stop stamping their H reference on frames towards the end of 1979, meaning the frames coming out of Ilkeston at the…
I’ve been itching to bring the original paint on this frame back to life ever since it arrived last week. And even though SB3505 is…
The process of purchasing SB3505 was super smooth… a late Friday evening email, additional images on the Saturday, deal done on the Sunday morning, packaged…
It’s been a busy week. Two SBDU frames have been received, unpacked, documented and blogged. SB1500 was intriguing, it didn’t need any clean up at…
I’ve been searching and looking to expand my collection into new areas for as long as I’ve been collecting these frames. Up until now I’ve…
Sometimes my plans for builds go smoothly and sometimes those plans stall and start to back up. I started the rebuild of SB1861 a little while…
Back at the beginning of May, I had a weekend of frame repairs! SB4409 had new transfers and a bit of clear coat, while SB6560…
Now that is a massively bold statement to make… here it is again just to make sure that I did actually say it… “The most…
After selling one of my frames a few years ago (SB447), I promised myself that I wouldn’t sell another. These frames are sought after and…
There has always been lots said on the subject of Reynolds 753, and that doesn’t surprise me. This tubing had such an impact on the sport of cycling; the…