I Can't Believe Someone Threw This Away

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• MI

  @mikesretrotinkering · 1 month ago · pinned

  Thanks for doing this one for me Stew, awesome transformation and it rides beautifully.

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• MI

  @michaelfenner8863 · 1 month ago

  So, this isn’t really Reynolds 531 - it’s Reynolds 531st “Super Tourist.”<br>These are double-butted frame tubes with 1 mm thick walls at the joints and 0.9 mm along the main sections of the tubes. This differs from classical 531 tubing and makes the frame both light and exceptionally robust - one of the best touring frames ever made.<br><br>I spent months looking for a frame like this. I finally found one in the UK and even imported it to Germany to restore it.<br><br>After a complete restoration and a fresh respray, it has become my beloved daily commuter bike.

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• AL

  @AlexdaCunha · 1 month ago

  It is unbelievable that people pay money for complete junk and trash these beauties. Great bike!

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• CA

  @CarnotCycles · 1 month ago

  Nothing more satisfying than bringing old steel back to life

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• MI

  @misterspitfire6564 · 1 month ago

  I&apos;m currently riding a 25 year old full-suspension bike that I was given by my neighbour. &nbsp;He was going to put it out for scrap, but asked me if I could possibly restore it. &nbsp;On inspection, it proved to be a pretty unique beast, aluminium frame, with the rear suspension over the chain, so no chain slap! &nbsp;V-brakes on the rear, discs on the front! &nbsp;On further investigation it turns out that it&apos;s a custom build, costing about £500 all those years ago.<br><br>£30 for a front spindle, chain and seat post, and I&apos;ve got the best bike I have ever owned!

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• JA

  @JasonRodwell-d6n · 1 month ago (edited)

  I love this sort of stuff, when I was young I went to a council project that does exactly this, and gives young people a bike when they are underpriveledged. &nbsp;The guy that ran it had a passion for old machines and a lot of knowledge, 25 years ago now. Taught me to strip and rebuild everything. Was an easier time before 10 speed and the onset of the endless standards. Once I built my bike I ended up kind of unoficially volunteering for a few years...Helped ressurected many skip bikes for other young people. &nbsp;That passion rubbed off on me and has fueled &nbsp;a lifetime of exploration. &nbsp;And even more of a passion for building bikes. It has given me an ability to not take the status quo of what the industry pushes as the only way to do things. I know exactly how to make any bike my own, and find novel solutions to making stuff go together that was never designed too.

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• MR

  @mrfroopy · 1 month ago

  If you commute in a rainy climate you love mudguards

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• R.

  @R.T_Go · 1 month ago (edited)

  Certified crime against bicycles to throw a Reynolds frame in the bin.

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• TH

  @TheLostWeekend · 1 month ago (edited)

  Just started the video — thought I’d chime in to say that set-up is what we call an “Alt bike” in California (Alt bikes often have steel frames, friction shifters, swept back bars, rim brakes, quill stems, maybe a Brooks saddle… great everyday cycling bikes). I love it. Excited for the rest of the video!

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• CO

  @COYSMike · 1 month ago (edited)

  Oh they are Paul Component brake levers. Very very premium! What a super bike, with those 38mm tyres it will still be so versatile

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• BO

  @bozz1954 · 1 month ago

  I was born in 1954 and growing up there were still bomb siites around. I &nbsp;found a Dawes Realmrider frame and bit by bit I found enough to complete the bike. The only thing I bought with my pocket money was brake pads and it lasted years. Frame number 1S769. loved it

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• GA

  @garysladek9110 · 1 month ago

  There is a scrap metal guy with a trailer I ride past everyday, I always check for quality bikes, you never know. Cheers.

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