yes thats tthe badgers

I feel faint!
Did you actually post A PICTURE steve?

Looks nice mate - well done.

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steve edwards wrote : no if you have a look at the brake lever , follow the metal lever as it goes into the pivot area , where the lever splits in two there should be a little plastic blocker to stop the two halves of metal being crimped as the rivet was applied , does this make sense ?

Had a look at my mk2 today whilst fitting new brake cables and it too has the plastic blocks    Will check my mk1 next time i get it down from the rack.

Well Steve I  have  them too I checked  tonight .

you know the more i look at this bike the more i am perplexed , some of the parts are really nice that normally go bad and others seem to be have left when they went bad so im not sure if this was a front to back tidy up that ceased at some stage , sadly that is a question we may never know the answer to .

I have just ordered a new set of decals for retro red so they should be here in a few days , and in the mean time im going to crack on with the tidy up , starting with the chrome , btw does anyone have any of those old spindle cleaners that used spin around the hub they want to sell ?

They are on ebad HUB SHINERS they are called

cheers dog man

I HAVE HAD A GO AT THE CHROME ON THE FRONT WHEEL TONIGHT AND IT IS QUITE BAD BUT I WILL CLEAN IT UP AS BEST AS POSSIBLE  

the head badge has also come up really nice as has the seat post , which is in pretty good nick.

The brake caliper has come up sweet as you like on the front .

Today as im on nights tonight im going to have a go at removing the front calipers and sorting that out , it will come out really lovely as the calipers were in really good condition, i will also look at polishing the front mudguard , forks , ect and then refit them all and begin to move back down the bike .  

Well thats done , looks ok , all back together and working as it should  

OMG What have i done i have just set about it with a hairdryer to remove the top decal in preperation for the new ones that are on their way in the post , so now one side says grifter and the other one says nothing , its for the greater good in the long run , i hope    

The new decals have arrived in the post , how sweet do they look but i now need to finish removing the old decals to get them on  

And it has just been fitted to the top bar and its a different colour red but its all i have and its bloody well on there , the rear mudguard decal is also on there but its pants so its coming off after tommorow , im tired , the bike is not ready and its late so i have developed a grump but i will be there on a largely unclean bike with odd decals and a loose headset but i dont care cause its all for a good cause and kids somewhere will benifit so a55 holes to it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!      

And breathe ........fluffy white clouds .......

The bike went on her first of many outings yesterday, she went for a gentle ride around London with another bike group for children in need , she got lots of comments such as ," i used to have one of them and i remember them , do they weigh as much as i remember ...yes ," but she was the only grifter on a bmx event and was well recieved and to be fair looked ok .

The gears were given a little oil in the hub which seemed to help in getting another gear so that made two all i need now is to gain first and i will have the complete set of three .

As she worked well yesterday i let her have a lie in in the back of the ...only to find out this morning that the other half took the car to work so retro red is now basking in the sunshine ...lazy moo .    

I have tonight tightened up the head nut which was loose from when i picked up the bike , all sorted and i have added a NOS cable clip at the front for all three cables sweet    

She does however need a new set of rear brake blocks so that will happen early next week , yay more tinkering    

rain cheks here we come    

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  And breathe ........fluffy white clouds .......

That made us laugh    

I took retro red out for a spin a couple of months ago and i got a puncture , whivh is now fixed ,i snuk in behind a car at the garage to pump up the tyres , as he was admiring the bike and pointing it out to his missis and then rode her home , so another one to pound the mean streets of hampshire .