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Get a chain guide, it won't have anything to do with the chain or cx1

As tester says, but from googling it seems that the required post is more like 26.8.

I wanted one in similar design to the one posted and I can’t find one in 27.0. The work would only cost me a beer as A customer of mine runs a metal spinning company. But I think I might just buy a diffrent one in the correct size and save the potential risk.

Yeah think I might just buy new. I’ve used my works gauge to measure the current one and that shows 27.0 but it’s a bit old so I’ll take a new measurement with my gauges and see what it shows back. I did read it was 26.8 online also to be fair.

I wanted one in similar design to the one posted

Then you are beyond help 🙂

this is awesome!

Thank you! To be honest, most of the parts on there have been poorly thought out. I'm surprised it just about hangs together, aesthetically. Logically it's a mess.

Frame - 2002 (has a the Look URL on the chainstay)
Fork - mismatched, shunting the bike back in time from its original a-head stem to a quill
Wheels - about 1995
Groupset - late 80s
Saddle - a bit hipstery
Chainrings - modern SRAM 10-speed ones
Seatpost - subject to a recall over a decade ago
Headset - fugly and full of mismatched parts
Stem - thought it had grown on me but nah

Stem - thought it had grown on me but nah

The quill bolt cover is trying to get away, maybe the feeling is mutual.

Poor quality photo but this thing is awesoms.

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Ha - got a new one cover (two, actually) sitting on a shelf.

No your advice has been helpful thanks.

Indeed I really like the Romanesque churches of the 12th century

new Tie and solder...

I think the sheriff stars could look really cool with a starfish crankset, the shape of the star is somewhat similar.

A total mish mash of bits from the parts bin but I finally got this built up after the frame and forks were sat in the shed for ages. There's loads I'd change if I had the money (primarily the boat anhcor rear wheel) but it's really good fun to ride. Enjoying the wideish bars as well! Sorry for the truly awful photos.

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A friend of mine has got the same/similar frame in grey. Really love it from the looks, but it's one of the most noodly frames i know (as far as i can tell by testing the headset). Maybe the updated fork improves a little bit on this...

Got my Van Nicholas Boreas finished yesterday

Interesting, and I'm not surprised. What do you mean by testing the headset?

Looks great!

Cheers pretty happy with it, those challenge tyres aren't half a battle to fit though!

It weighs 7.7kg which I think is pretty decent considering it wasn't built up with weight a priority

I guess it's when you wrap your hand around the headset, turn the bars to the side, apply the front brake and rock the bike backwards and forwards: if there's play in your headset, you'll be able to feel it.

Can't say I've ever used it to assess the noodle factor.

That van Nicholas looks great.
DA 9000 looks better than 9100 to me.

Odd that they'd measure the extension of the stem and not the reach. Who needs to know extension?

@fizzy.bleach Exactly what i mean...i normally also don't test the noodle factor with this approach, however in this case it was pretty obvious. But i don't want to spoil the party - maybe the frame is a little bit older and used a different carbon composit. Cannot find any pictures online - looks the same, but colour is a nice dull grey.