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I have recently relocated my bike collection from one location in South East London to another.
This has lead me to take note of just how many 'projects' I actually have on the go.
One such is, or was, a Bates 'Hellenic', which I had virtually finished years ago, but struggled to set up the centre pull brakes with such a long straddle wire as required by the Hellenic geometry.
This was my first, and to date only, encounter with centre-pulls, so I just assumed I was useless, and stuck the Bates in a corner.
Anyhow, as I was passing, I decided to let the boys at Rad Bikes have a look. Turns out I'm not completely useless, and that Dia Compe 610 callipers (see classifieds), are not compatible with this type of geometry (who know)?
Anyhow, the good people of Rad Bikes sorted me out with some Paul Callipers, and tweeked a few things, and hey-presto, I've got another bike: