Tales From The Outbuilding

Welcome to Oily Old Bikes, a periodical rambling which will attempt to record some of the highs and lows involved in messing about in a draughty outbuilding with old bikes. My tastes are somewhat eclectic and encompass anything which has character (doesn't always work), style (looks good but doesn't always work) or mechanical ingenuity (never works).

As well as having a small stable of bikes, I help to look after a few others belonging to friends so there should be a reasonable range of subjects to wax lyrically or curse about.

I also hope to honestly review tools, parts and other stuff that is used and consumed during my projects and occasionally go off on a tangent about things that are vaguely connected with the intended subject matter.

So here goes...