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The longer I look the more I see what a train wreck it is. soznotsoz

M520s make it

New cockpit for my lht..
Outer is more mustard colour than in pic.
Humpart city cruiser bars + ergos
Dia-Compe dp-7 levers.

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And new shoes:

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YES FAM!

Builds wife low-budget tourer, spends same amount on a pair of tyres for own build :/
Looking forward to making my lht the comfy mile-muncher it was born to be. Will be using innertubes as tubeless is witchcraft to me.
I might wrap the centre of the bars with the Brooks tape currently on the drops.

maybe I missed it, but on what bike is this going?

My 2008 Long Haul Trucker. Not got a pic of it complete to hand as will be in storage til next week.
It's Deore lx/xt mix with salsa bits.
Pretty ugly but functional as hell, just always felt a touch long with drops.

Builds wife low-budget tourer, spends same amount on a pair of tyres for own build :/

LFGSS in a nutshell basically!

Sup peeps.

Building it for a gurl... but tbh, having a bit of a personal jungle fever for the minilolz.
Been to Taiwan recently and saw a whole bunch of "shopping-bikes" that really touched me down there.
Expect nothing from this :) all very basic and cheap. Stuff i can replace for little if needed. It's 20" wheel and the frame cost 49.99 (made in italy).

Heavy af too.

Best choice of shimano-fit v brake pad for touring on alloy rims? The stock ones were ok but nearing the end of their life.
Kool stop salmon or Swissstop rx green?

Don't go green, either Koolstop Salmon or the Swissstop original black.

The Swissstop Green is a harder wearing compound, which will last longer but wear out the rims sooner than later.

Noted.
Will hopefully have all parts to hand when I pick it up. First step is just to get it comfy and rideable again.
After that I can worry about front rack, add usb charging and generally tidy up the dynamo wiring.

Where you find one for 49.99 ?@nuknow

eBay

Building my Bowman Foots-cray up as a commuter. Need some rim styling advice. Will be paired with the CLD RS4's & Spyres.
Aesthetically, what do you reckon would look better, R460 db's or the slightly deeper R511 db's. Will be putting my PDW's onto it too. I have the rim braked R460's on my Planet X and love them.

Whichever the lightest TBH, since there's no need to worry about braking surface anymore.

Sounds like a great plan! Pics are required.

Have a link to a seller? All the ones I have seen are 2-300

Does anyone have a 1" MTB quill stem they're willing to part with? Ideally around 100mm and silver.

I'm sure I have one. I'll have a look in a few minutes.

Edit: Scrappy black ones only. Sorry.

Thanks for looking anyway!

I've got a Dirt Research quill stem in 150mm you can have. Won it on eBay a while ago and don't need it now as I've got a new frame with 1 1/8.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Dirt-Research-stem-NEW-/182312829631