Fitted new tyres to the old bike. Michelin World Tour, which are excellent tyres. B4: 5D3D614C-029D-48A6-A0BB-334FD6B90030.jpeg Arfter: FF9B10E8-85C2-4B55-9B85-ACD6266AD1D3.jpeg Hung the old My Classic Tyres (a Michelin Roadster and Dunlop Champion) back up in my reliquary. Went out for a ride, goes...

About a fortnight ago one evening I went to lock the shed, and just thought to have a last look around before I went away for a while, in case there was anything else I needed. I was stunned to find a very young blackbird had taken up residence in the shed. 6FFD7FC8-6C22-41EE-9E57-F8F582C48D3E.jpeg ...

This is quality engineering, make no mistake. Lightweight alloys, efficient linings, and notice the internal oil shield with drain hole to prevent excess oil from contaminating the linings. Also the pronounced lip on the outside for any excess oil to drip off.

1935 Raleigh Sturmey-Archer front hub brake. Bearings and cups are like new.

The truth is, I couldn't give half a shit.

No, they are already done. Just fit and forget. Also whilst trawling eBay for shite I bought a Romac rubber keyring for my Romac key, yo.

It does need to go in all the way otherwise how would it be an even fit. If it wasn’t fully home the bearing when pressed in would catch it. Also there is oil all around it for the bearing which would otherwise leak if it had only half the sealing. It’s leak-free now in any case. I had to be ready f...

Beg pardon?

Still for sale. Gosh I'm tempted.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/403685908852 ... SwQIdiJkPz

Cheers guys. I had to make it mechanically fit (hub oil seal, replacement gearbox first major outing, repair head gasket and blown water pump etc). I will carefully remove the cable ties to use again, hence no snippage.