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Flo ❤️

So i picked this frameset up last year as an unknown twin top tube. After plenty of research I’ve narrowed it down to a frame builder called Mike Kowal. He worked at the Reynolds factory (UK) He was known for road bike frame building but also made the Wilson twin tube freestyler for Steve Wilson bikes. I got a message from Steve saying this was not one of his bikes but probably a one of frame/forks made in the same factory by Mike. If you compare a Wilson freestyler to this the only difference is the Torker style gusset. It has a short 17 1/2” TT and was made up as a mini/expert. It’s brazed and is in still great condition. I spoke to a guy who sold it a few years ago and he said his dad bought it off someone who had it specifically made. Maybe I will never know 100% what it is unless I can find Mike Kowal!

Sweet ride

So many birds today, plus 6 Jays, 2 Curlew, cormorant,Grey heron and the usual song birds

Not every day I look outside the kitchen window to see a SparrowHawk I watched his(?) pluck and digest of a sparrow in my neighbours back yard. 30 mins later still there on the nearby roof. Fascinating

1984 PR Racing expert. Made from T45 brazed tubing (Curtis)
Powerlite powerbend expert bars, Pro Neck stem,Troxel hot seat combo,1984 Shimano crankset sealed bb,Pro class rims,JDB Hutch mini pedals,1985 Dia Compe caliper, Scott Mathauser pads,1984 dia compe cable /tech 3 lever with Tioga lever cover.Suntour seat clamp. Tioga compe 3 1.75 f 1.5 r OG tyres MRD series 3 plate and Cali Lite padset
21.5lbs race machine

5” headtube. Ishiwata tubing, lovely welds. One braker with old school fat/thin comp3/snake belly combo

1985 MRD Badlander. Designed by Tim March and Neil Stevens. I have the original decals too that I got off Tim that should have been fitted when new instead of the race bike decals thanks to Tran Am mistake. Tim wasn’t too happy as they refused to fit the correct ones. Rickman made with brazed 531 tubing. Last picture is outside the old Mousehole BMX Centre which I went to a lot bitd. As seen in We Were Rad book