Getting a few miles in the legs for London to Brighton bike ride. Stopped about halfway for a chocolate and cappuccino
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100k loop up Coll de Femenia today. 130 loop of Orient yesterday. #Majorca 
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On the L2B youâll come done North End, just before you go up Ditchling Beacon (a 10 to 20 minute climb).
Can whole heartedly recommend the White Horse as a pre hill stop off. Top pub with south garden. Lovely.
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Just back from a super spin on Southsea seafront on my ânewâ bike:
Absolutely lovely to ride. 531 throughout. An eBay find. This was the Claud Butler I couldnât afford when I bought my Claud Butler âMajesticâ in 1984. Even sweeter 
Tesco meal deal for lunch.
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The 80s was a fabulous decade for Renoylds 531 tube frame-sets. Your new-old Claud Butler looks a few frame sizes up on old yellow so i hope you can adjust it to a satisfactory bike-fit. The frame looks fabulous and with mud-guard eyes is begging mud-guards, but the wheels look a bit experienced - better check the rims arenât too warn.
Are you happy with those flat bars? (A bike like this deserves drops imho)
Really really wish iâd kept both my custom built 531c frames (1983 and 1984), which i foolishly sold 25 years ago, and probably no longer in existence⌠
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Thanks Debs.
The yellow Mercian is 20". This one is 21 1/2", the same size as my one-time Majestic. It feels smoother to ride than the Mercian. I reason that if the tubes are the same stiffness, then given that they are slightly longer on the Dalesman than on the Mercian, there is that little bit more flex in the Dalesmanâs frame.
Not quite sure what I am going to do with it yet. But like you, I could easily see it with mudgards, a Jim Blackburn rack and drops.
The wheels are the original Wolber Super Champions fitted with Schwalbe Marathons. I have not examined the hubs but the CB catalogue of 1984 informs me they are probably Campag small flange 36 holes.
What a shame about those nice bikes that you once owned.
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You may need to refit with narrower tyres for mudguard clearance, not to worry thoâ, like you say there is some nice flex i those steel frames (elasticity) which is far more forgiving than the harshness of aluminium or carbon fibre 
The tyres are marked 27 x 1 1/4 and 32-630. I agree there does not appear to be much clearance for mudguards. (But my iPhoneâs wide angle lens is probably making the tyres look chunkier than they really are.)
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Got a tour of Mondraker today. So cool. Very modern design of the new building. You could eat off the floor in the production area.
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On a Pompey trip out, just now.
We will have a cuppa when we get in. No buns.
Edit: I have just been told thereâs chocolate cake
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Just back from SW Scotland, a week riding MTB tracks and trails including some of the 7Stanes. I have done this or similar for years, either in N Wales or Galloway. It is a âresetâ week for me and I always enjoy it.
The only thing that was a bit sad this year was seeing the amount of damage in the forests from Storm Eowyn. We donât live so far away but escaped with no real issues.
Bruce
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Did 60 mile loop linking local gravel trails yesterday. Some full gas sectors. Was shattered when I got home 
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A 125km loop today. Along the seafront, and then north into the countryside.
Didnât need a front light as was my first time out in shorts this year. So super-white legs provided enough visibility for all !
Getting some stamina back into the legs in time for France at Easter
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75k gravel rides c 1500m climbing yesterday and today in Keilder Forest. Two days done, one to go - if my legs still work tmrw! 
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Thatâs a very nice bit of vintage, what the make and calibre of the tubing?
You must be very long-legity to ride it, iâd need a step ladder to get on, and then my feet wouldnât reach the pedals⌠
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Itâs Reynolds 531 Fourreaux Construit Competition. Built in 1961 by Wout Verhoeven.
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114 miles today at full chat. Legs sore nowâŚ
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Imperious work. I felt done on 100km today !
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