jambon's Walvale porteur

@andyp

There are rumours he's playing Jabba the Hut's father in the next Star Wars film.

Don't think I've ever bought anything NOS before, seems a shame to recycle the packaging.

Finally managed to track down a rear hub!

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So the cassette slides on fine, but the lockring is ever so slightly too big and isn't taking onto the thread of the freehub. This seems odd as I'm confident the hub is a Chorus 9 speed and this is my lockring.

Campag changed the thread sizes of their lockrings somewhere around the transition from 8 to 9 speed. So some 9 speed freehubs come in the old size, some in the new.

I've probably got some knocking around, let me have a look.

I knew Campagnolo changed the freehub 'spline profile' around 8-9 speed, but didn't realise the lockring size was changed too. Having said that I would have presumed if my sprockets slide on fine then the lockring would also be okay, but possibly not. Andy if you do have anything I'll be eternally grateful and will happily swap mine for it out of principal.

Looked briefly for some retro Campag pedals but prices were higher than I wanted to pay, so went for these MKS copies. In other news the wheels should be laced up tomorrow!

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Damn, that looks lovely.

Hubba hubba...

Campag pedals

Probably a good thing. The ones I had were brutal to wear with regular shoes. I assume they'd be fine with proper old school cycling shoes.

@mi7rennie @b&d Thanks! Itching to get that chainset fitted and head out.

Needs a 26mm lockring

Top info. Thanks

Builds coming together so nicely. What model of mks are those?

Thanks - MKS Sylvan Road Pedals

I think I've got one for you, Mike. Is it best to stick it in the post?

PM'd. Thanking you Sir!

I like this a lot.

Always wanted to build a porteur.

Years back looking through the porteur thread I said to myself I'd build one. Love that mix of style and function.

My dutch bike make lazy to the porteur. It functions just as well...actually better given the amount of vinyl I can carry but these are well fit.

Dat Evgeni gif...

@jambon, do your brake levers have a quick release? If not, how do you get the wheel out with lack of quick release on the calipers? Thinking of getting the same bars but I'm also running campag calipers...