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I need specific geolocations for both shops :)

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@Tijs Thanks, it's a gread ride !

I always forget about that place. Right on my doorstep.
The place that does Manaqish directly in front is ace too.

cheapo ebay tyres and metro front rack installed this afternoon

Agreed

Been tinkering with this. I've given the whole frame a polish so it really shines now. Still a lot of imperfections but so much better then before. Also a few new parts, suntour superbe pro cranks and seat post, and a DA x campag wheel set.

Re building my Fondriest X-statuts with Campa groupset. Just need a stem :/ Maybe a carbon one ?
Look at these hips...

Maybe a carbon one ?

Maybe not.

Rubbish photo. Need to cut the steerer properly too, not very neat at the mo.

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Very, very tidy!

Banger!

@ltc @Ptown

Cheers guys! I love this bike, feels so fast. Looking forward to new wheels coming so I can ride it with confidence again (braking surface on the current pair is shot).

haha so good!

I’m always confused about which 5-6-7-8 speed cassettes fit which freehubs and which chains are interchangeable. I just happened to have some cassettes and hubs out yesterday. This is a 9-speed SRAM cassette with the biggest gear taken off the back, so 8 gears on a 126mm wide 7-speed freehub. Didn’t know that would go on! I might have to get a set of 9-speed indexed dt shifters to give this a go!

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Not on the black with blue stripes model as I’ve learned today at the bike shop. Thankfully, I had my brother’s old Fuji stock crankset and bb as I also bent his rear triangle. I owe him a bike.

These are my last projects, thirst a road Guerciotti with full Campagnolo Super Record groupset :

And my Laville pursuit almost finished, I just need to buy an Italia Turbomatic 2 saddle and yellow bartape :

Both awesome, great work. I would genuinely consider trying to build something like that Laville just to hang on my wall and enjoy looking at as i would never have need/reason to ride it.

That works up to 10 speed shimano/sram on Shimano 7 speed hubs, you'll need the same speed shifter for it to work.

needed a cheapo bike to feel safer locking up, unfortunately all the parts i have kicking around are quite posh lols

Double backwards Thomson, strong work

Isn't that cute - I will töight it up some more with a different fork and removing a link, promise

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8 is as many as I could fit on that freehub with the 9-speed spacers. I’m guessing the 10-speed must be narrower again? I’m quite happy with this because it means I can squeeze 8 gears instead of my current 6 into a 126mm rear with no re-dishing and (what looks like) no clearance issues.

Absolute banger.

Would bang.

ok, got a rear dynamo light and some fat 60mm guards ordered, along with a SRAM nx rear derailleur and shifter.

Will be combining that with a nice XTR9000 11/42t cassette i picked up cheap on ebay and 42t n/w ring up front. Should be ideal for the commute.

Looking forward to pulling this all together!