grant wildman

Thanks dude Happy with the outcome on the anodising. The forks came to me as one of my friends was turfing out his garage and asked if anyone wanted any of it before it went on ebay. Very lucky find! Do see the odd complete bike on FB market place with a pair on, but normally painted or battered.

I’ve mainly been carrying one of these: https://schwalbe.com/aerothan/en as a spare on my trail bike. I used it after suffering a damaged bead that wouldn’t seal. Rode round the peaks for a day on it (rear wheel) and even rode Cavedale decent with no issues. Have some 26inch ones fitted to a trails bike and have been good so far, but I dont get out on the trials as much as I’d like to these days. A new 24inch size is landing this side of Christmas also, so will be trying them in my Arcade. Anyone else tried these? https://schwalbe.com/aerothan/en

Still need to fit the head badge and sort some frame graphics, but some bigger tyres and a saddle have been added.

These something about a matching frame and fork,noice. Haven’t seen one of these in yellow before, original paint job? Making room for new projects?

Your right, a TGS style bike running rim brakes really needs a grind, but some sticky pads on a smooth rim are fine for an old street basher like this bike (and its rider). All as long as its not wet out!

I’ll only fit a Rear HS33 if I do, think It might look cleaner. But I’ve always preferred Vee’s over Maguras. The bar an stem fitted feel great, 90x15deg stem and 70mm rise bars. I think the Azonic combo would be too low, thanks though. Not going for replica/retro (despite the frame and most of the components being old) build with this bike. Just built it how I like with the parts I like. You know I’ve got a few retro bikes and while retro/replica builds looks great, they still ride like old bikes and are hard work, unless you are Ali C of course. So I want to ride this one. I think a Tan flight will be harder to find than the forks were! But I’m on the look out for something along those lines. Cheers

Made a start on the build. Toying with brake set ups, but currently it’s set up with dual Avid ultimate vee’s. May swap the rear brake to an ‘04 HS33. Tyre choice is the next thing to sort. These 2.25 Ralph’s are great but a little narrow, so looking for something a little wider. Frame graphics I need to order and refit the head badge. Also waiting on a seat post as I’ll fit a proper saddle. Has turned out pretty light too. I’ll get it on the scales soon.

Really please with the photos of the finish. Looking forward to receiving it next week to build it up. Will get some close ups of the finish when I have it.

I bough this frame a few years back and have just shelved till now. Decided to go against the standard powered coat red (what the frame was originally) or the polished silver and have opted to get the frame anodised in a grey/gunmetal colour. I think there may have been a stock variant in grey, maybe a team issue version? Received some pictures of the frame now its has been returned from the polishers. It was dip stripped and cleaned, but the process dulled the frame so it needed to be polished before any anodising could take place. Being that the frame is 7005 series aluminium, it cant be hard anodised due to the zinc content, so it will be a standard anodising finish. Adam from AA anodising has been a delight to deal with. Thorough and professional. Looking forward to the end results. Hopefully I’ll have the frame back later this week and can get it built up. I have all the components, minus a seat post ready and waiting. Will use a monty mini seat temporarily. More pics up shortly Parts list : Frame Pace RC250t Frame HS33 mounts frame number 005 Forks Pace RC32 trails fork V-mounts Crank Middleburn RS7 crank - Talon 22 ring and black filthy ‘Ard bash guard. Trial tech ISIS Bottom bracket Inspired Pedals Front brake Avid ultimate lever and V-brake Rear brake ’04 HS33 rear brake Front wheel Mavic X517 rim black - Hope pro 3 hub Rear wheel Mavic EX721 rim black - Chris King Classic black - King Cog Stem Thomson elite stem 90x15 Handle bar Renthal Jump bars 70x710mm Hope headset zz44

To be fair I did replace one for someone some years ago and used retaining compound, so its do’able but more effort than I could be bothered with. Its hung on the wall now. Had a first ride on it last night and felt at home on it. Very happy with my acquisition!

Cheers Pete. Updated Geo is the big difference. I ran an arcade fork on my Leeson, but the head angle feels steeper on the Arcade and it is less effort on the back wheel. Doesn’t feel like you are fighting it as much. Having a non proprietary BB is the most welcome addition with a BSA threaded shell. The Leeson BB design is tidy, but having to send it back to Clive for a replacement wasn’t very desirable. The black chrome paint job is nice, but well used now. Looks to be silver chrome beneath, so may see if i can strip it back to that.

Ever since I first saw the Arcade I knew I wanted to get my hands on one. Having ridden 24 for a long time and primarily on older steel frames, I recently acquired this frame from the for sale section on here. Many thanks Ben. Compared to my beloved Leeson 609 it makes riding that bit easier and being 35 years old, I need all the help I can get! I’ll look at getting the frame painted at some point, but for now its up and running. King hubs, Hope E4 brakes, Arcade Bars and forks, RS7 with cloud 9 bash, Shimano XT large pedals. Maybe looking to upgrade to some wider rims, recommendation’s welcome Thanks for looking

I like the distressed ‘rat’ look, proper street.