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By Guy Redshaw April 14, 2018December 29, 2020 Road bikes

Sundays CTC (Cyclist Touring Club) ride – sometime in 1976

It takes me 15 minutes, post-cornflake-breakfast, to ride to the meeting point and ready for the 9am start. It’s early May and Spring is starting to breakthrough the UK northern skies above me. I arrive at the meeting place and am greeted warmly by the small group already there. I

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By Guy Redshaw April 14, 2018December 29, 2020 Road bikes

Mysterious address Plate

I wanted (read as: didn’t actually need) to get hold of an original French Randonneur bike, and one that was made between 1950 & 1955, as this was the breakthrough period for the type of bike. These post-war bikes were built to a specific frame geometry, wheel size etc, so

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