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Go and get the thread extended

That's proper tasty!

Internal ch-enve cabling done for the brakes but how on earth you're supposed to get gear cables through once there's brake cables in there I've no idea. Maybe I'll tape them together and see if I can do them at the same time.

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did they not come with guide tubes in? good luck! try taping just the gear inner cable to the brake, and then sliding the outer through once the inner is already in.

You're a genius. I'll give it a go.
I'm sure when you spend 300 quid on enve handlebars they come with guide tubes but not these chinese bad boys.
I hate fiddley jobs.

This is what I feared I'd have to get done. The person I bought it (frame & fork, fork is original from the frameset) from has had a headset fitted in there before, but had no information about that other than it being some sort of campag jobby.

Sweet ride and even sweeter view! I had a trip to Mallorca last year too, you need your climbing legs that's for sure!

What could possibly go wrong?

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On a related note, I need a cheap, short, 17° stem for trial fit purposes.

I've got a 90mm and Planet X do an 80mm for £15, but I think I'm more likely to need 70mm or even 60mm.

Suspect I'm more likely to find one in MTB circles, but that's not my bag: any pointers?

Clamp size?

Is your steerer too short to spacer up?

The Ritchey C220 73d (the 17 degree one) is available in 70mm. Don't think it's available in 60mm though.

31.8mm/OS.

No, steerer's uncut.

Or it was...

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Cheers, I'll have a look.

steel frame, good track geometry, 1 1/8 headtube.
what options are there?
I can only think of EAI and Gazetta.
want to run a Chris King and Alpina track fork

Brother swift, the old TF dark, bb17 transfer I guess.

Or this goldsprint although I've never seen one in a 'normal' size.

IMG_0392 by 40 skid patches, on Flickr

yep!

I really wanted this one - https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/203665/
But was broke.
If there's a 58 anywhere I will buy it please!

yeah the swift is quite nice actually.

whats the rake on the standard alpina fork?

but 55 TT on a 58 can kinda >>>>

30mm or 28mm if it's the older one.

T-rex club <<<<<<

swift? already comes with good track forks

lol i should refresh the page

72.5 deg HTA on the goldsprint is hardly track geometry.