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Ahead of potentially moving to a city again, I have tweaked the Trainbiek

Put the bars from the Tarn on it, slightly upswept, removed front rack (can be purchased should anyone want it), removed the rear rack, repaired the mudguards and have re run the dynamo cables, but I think the front light is in a box in Mitcham...

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I think the front light is in a box in Mitcham...

Check Caren's ebay listings

LoL

Impressive work to even find it!

It might be behind a massive box of my stuff

Reminds me, I can mention that in the 'anonymous' thread I'm writing..

LoL

That entire thread is such facepalm.

It, and others like it, read like the comments section under a Stewart Lee article in the Observer

What's that yellow one?

Ailsa's Condor Squadra

Its so very light

Following on from tweaking a few of the bikes, it would appear that we are now definetly moving back down to a city, Edinburgh in case you were wondering.

This has meant some srs bike converstaions, as we wont have a garage anymore. I've been very lucky to amass a decent collection of bikes across Scotland and London, 9 in all.

Ailsa has somehow 'managed' to get buy with only two and in an bold act, undercutting my pitch, she has said that she is going to get rid of one of them.. This sadly (but lets be honest, sensibly) means that I have to go down to three bikes in Scotland.

Logically this means

• Keeping the Elsegood but in parts and putting it in the loft
  
• Keeping the BC Rourke, because its amazing.
  
• Keeping the Tarn because MTB
  
• Recomisioning the Trainbiek as a proper do it all road bike again
  
  

This then means that the SpaceBiek and the Red winter Rourke are in the wind.

I really dont want to get rid of Spacebiek, so I may have to berth it somewhere, (Mitcham or are there any good cheap storage options in Edinburgh that anyone knows of, garages seem very expensive there) but I think the Red Rourke will have to go :( , as will a Lugless Claud Butler frame I have.

So.

I quite like the Trainbike set up 1x, but the ratios are cobbled together 36t to an 11-32t 10 speed cassette. The hub will take 11s, so i'm just wondering what my groupset options are?

Anyone used a Wolftooth Roadlink or similar?

I could just buy some cheap SRAM 10 speed shifters, a larger rang 10s cassette and pop a slightly larger cassette on, if thats workable?

and anyone got any ideas on pricing for this?

531c f&f
59cm square
6800
not quite as shiny now after 700miles and two years of Scottish weather, but still decent

£400/50 sound about right?

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Have you used it naked?

lol

of course, hence the price

Bargain. But you'll have to Let the Market Decide.

Sounds like a great wednesday afternoon gameshow

soooo nice.

Very tempted by the Rourke, what is the sizing like?

you can store your bike in my cellar as long as you want Rob .. SE6

Storage in Edinburgh is the boxroom. Or hang the bike on the wall high up (floor-to-ceiling will be around 3m in a tenement).

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Good point, think its 58cm square but will check

Sadly not moving to a tenement, but we do have a high ceiling.

Long term I want to try and negociate the Elsegood onto the wall there!

You in Edinburgh then?

you can store your bike in my cellar as long as you want Rob

I really hope this is a euphemism

59cm CTC sq

Sadly too big for me. Take Amey up the storage option!

LoL

Tenements are great, but if you're getting a 'proper' house then you're perhaps at an advantage for noise and such.

Yup I'm in Edinburgh, give me a shout when you're here if you want to join some informal gravel rides.