Any question answered...

ha yes the bottom bracket will be internal (octalink) so i guess facing is less critical right?

the headtube was cut with the tube cutting tool thing that turns around so i am guessing the cut it orthogonal with the axis of the headtube, in any case i could test it with a 90° L shaped tool of some sort... I will try that for starters and see if it works out.. the problem is if the headtube is a bit ovalised.... (please let it be round!!!!)

cutting tool was this type
http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1288848

red wine all over the tape kinda thing?

Can anyone recommend some drop levers for v brakes? I mainly ride on the hoods if that makes any difference....

drop levers for v brakes?

Have a look at DiaCompe 287V, DiaCompe Evo-V, Tektro RL520, Cane Creek Drop V

They will all work, but for my money none of them is a nice enough shape to be a comfort match for SRAM S500 etc., so I'd be looking at switching to mini-V or using a travel agent

Is there a forum-approved way of attaching mudguards and rack on the same eyelets besides keeping the rack close to the eyelets? Should I consider P-clips for the rack?

Won't carry heavy loads, so probably not existentially important, but thought if I do it I can do it properly...

I'd probably P-clip the mudguards to the rack tubes, but that's personal preference; any major reason you can't mount both to the same eyelet? If you've not got the rack yet, some racks have guard eyelets.

Thanks for the reply.. No I was gonna mount them on same eyelet, just wondering what the most stable way and practical was (in case of puncture etc). also I assumed there was a reason why some touring bikes have two sets of eyelets..

That means I have to buy brakes / travel agents as well as levers. I do like SRAM though...

What are like swrve shorts but aren't £65?

shorts from h&m?

wait, should I have done a height pun?

I dunno.
Should you?

No, height puns are a tall order for this thread.

rapha ones.

Does anyone know a decent route from London to Sheffield? Cyclestreets and Strava are good but don't give much idea what the scenery/traffic will be like.

They're >£65.....

Which technically is correct, as it's <>65.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT.

Soz.

BUT IT WAS GREAT BANTS

pm Dov for a rapha code.

For real tho, I've been using dickies shorts for a while. last well. don't have the weird nocrotch stitching mind.

Giro shorts are nice if you can find the cotton ones.

Levis commuter - meh.

muchos.

Can anyone recommend a commuting SPD shoe that I can wear off the bike without the cleats click-clacking on the floor please?

Chrome Kursk Pro

Does anyone know what's going on with Charge Bikes? Still no sign of their 2018 models.

Cheers. Looked at those, so the cleats are well recessed?

I had a pair of those and they did clack (might have got a bad pair,idk. I have heard other people be happy with them), also made it like you were walking like ice for a moment of the stride.

Only ones I've found that are properly recessed are DZRs and giro rumbles.

I love the rumbles, but I gotta say the cleats do scrape / grind a fair bit when I’m walking.

ah ok I was going on a friends review