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Waiting for a new extra long seatpost to arrive to put onto the Mayfair folder. Then it's road saddle time. The old sprung saddle isn't great and the height isn't enough anyway.
Really keen to convert the front end of the Mayfair into a more comfortable shape. Beautiful as it is, it's way too twitchy with the old school risers, need more reach.
Problem is I'm not sure if I can remove the old grips (one side is a grip shifter for the 3 speed shimano sturmey style hub), and if they'll just fit on the bottoms of drops or the ends of bullhorns.
First I'll need to find some way of getting longer reach and good height from the old style stem/steerer assembly. Reach is about zero. Long reach isn't available in extra long height.
Trying to resist upside-down drops.
Also, looking to replace the original brakes, which are on their last legs with limited spring left.
First big problem is the steerer/stem thing. French stem apparently, and the crazy small clamp size.