one step at a time Glenn...one step at a time!

....and so it continues, the display project is slowly but surely making progress and I feel I am now at a stage where I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, or is that the sparkling cranks at the end of the tunnel?(and oh how they sparkle!)

Just got the gold chain rings back from the polisher and they have come up much better than I first expected they would (Escort Metal Polishers in Christchurch are a fantastic little family company that do an awesome job, highly recommend them for any fine and fiddly jobs big or small, thanks guys!)


Dont ya just love the contrast between the mirror polished cranks and the gold chain rings, cant wait to throw in the carbon fibre brackets with polished finish to really finish off the mix of modern/retro.....

Just cos I can I have added these couple of shots with a white back ground to bring out the Gold of the project.....you be the judge....







keep watching for the next installment of the project......Ride safe, G

Eddy - SOLD!!!

Hi all, this Columbus SL Hitachi Merckx (57 ctc) is up for sale as either a frame set or complete bike. The complete bike will be finished in Shimano Dura Ace Sti 8 speed (condition on grouppo is not that flash)....for the purest out there, yes I know this bike was equipped with a Mavic groupset but try finding one of those these days!



The frame is in average condition but rides like a dream, SL tubing is/was one of Colubus's best offerings, smooth and not as heavy as SLX still a bloody nice ride after 22yrs!!!
Get this baby resprayed and you have yourself a mint ride just waiting for a nice new retro grouppo.



Contact me by leaving a comment below and leave your email address and I will be in touch. Frame & forks NZ$500 complete bike as mentioned above NZ$1000 shipping costs for international is very expensive from NZ please take that into consideration.

Ride safe G

Kaikoura Road Trip

A few mths back I had just had a guts full of Chch and work so decided "fuk it max" threw the bike in the car and hit the road!

Kaikoura look out is a pretty cool place to chill out and collect ones thoughts.




Drove around the bay from the township to find a pretty cool pub and shoreline.....




......and a fire place???



Was a pretty interesting trip, great waste of time and gas, amazing ride in beautiful NZ!

Ride Safe...G

Retro yes....ride NO!

Ok.....so here is my other retro collection, some of you might think its cheaper to collect than bikes but I can assure you its probably twice as expensive!

Still its all in the chase as they say, nothing like surfing the junk shops, trademe, ebay and the weekend markets and finding that one off piece you been looking for for ages.

Below are some pic's of approx 1/2 the collection that started only a yr ago, not here to muck around and do things by halfs!!!



It all started with a simple question..."Mum what do ya reckon I should get Grant for Xmas?"...."oh a Crown Lynn Swan"..."WTF are they?"....I now have 3 myself and a raft of other Crown Lynn treats including the age old NZ Railways cups. Rumour has it the kids use to have competitions to see how many times they would bounce before breaking, they are that strong! Half the time the handles would break but the cups were sweet, that is until they got thrown out the train window after losing the bet...hahaha, so im told, far to young to know if this is true or not!

Other treasures are the Air NZ Koru in flight dinner ware from the 60's, just need a few more bits and will have the full set of that range.

The whole collection is currently in storage as I have a 20mth old house guest at the moment who well, sorry Neila you just cant be trusted, cute as you are you break shit!



cheers G

Something completely different

As if waking up each day knowing that Eddy and Ernesto are waiting for you to take them for a ride wasnt enough check out the morning view from today!!!

Dam shame I had to get to work and didnt get better shot of sun coming up. Just another magic spring day in sunny (hahahahahhahaaaahhahaa) Christchurch, New Zealand.