Hi from the vicinity of Box Hill
 

I’ve been riding for about 13 years (aside from back when I was a kid and would ride most places) and try to fix my own bike(s) whenever I can. Not always successfully.

Do you have the proper tools for bikes?

Some. Had a lot of use out of a cheapish 30 piece kit I got the first time I wanted to replace a cassette and have always had a few hex & torx kits knocking around. Got a Park Tool stand. And have picked up specific decent tools since, when a new job has needed them (e.g. socket set, chain stretch tool, bearing press, 7mm ring spanner, brake bleed kit, cable puller & cutters, magic link pliers, low & high torque wrenches) - last purchase was a FR4 to remove an Atom 77 freewheel that’s probably older than me from a wheel my father-in-law randomly gave me!! Sadly threading totally different from the wrecked Shimano compatible wheel I was trying to replace.

Got an ultrasonic cleaner that gets used very rarely :lol:

oh hello there

Welcome [MENTION=498230]choddo[/MENTION]

I have built a few old English bikes from framesets:
Holdsworth Special, Falcon Race(?), and current project Holdsworth Pro.
and others maintained - a Carlton, Raleighs.
Watch those Frenchie and Italian standards.

Heh, my father-in-law still talks about his Holdsworth and its lugwork from about the early 60s. :)