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Lovely! DX is great, probably my favourite looking (and functioning) groupset from Shimano. Can't go wrong with bullmoose bars.

nice. I had the axis or apex from that year. wish I'd kept hold of it but you can't keep all the bikes, eh?

That's cool as hell. I'm with the other folx advocating nothing but bullmoose (maybe some gum grips to match the saddle) and cabling. Even the triple looks right on it, which is not something you'll hear me say too often.

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One of my faves this one. The black and white cat is a particularly good addition.

If you could get an all white one sat looking through the triangle that would really make this pop.

Parts box special!

French artisan track bike with an identify crisis. Not a Peugeot but has a french threaded headed and BB.

Here we have:

• Recycled headset which isn't great but works
  
• Spidel 35 x 1 bottom bracket cups with a rather rare Stronglight 118mm 'Piste' hollow axle
  
• Stronglight 165mm 49D chainset
  
• Promax 26.8mm seatpost (pretty sure it'll take a 26.6mm one) & Peugeot Mundialita suede saddle
  
• Maillard 700 track hubs on 36h Rigida SI20 clincher rims
  
• Swept back bars with new gum grips
  

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great colourway

Thank you!

I will fit some tanwall tyres I have then a used chain then list it in the classifieds.

I have been putting it together to clear some of the parts I have accumulated

for you greeno <3

Columbus EL

pure art!

Back on gears. Only changed wheels so far, don't really know what's next (PM if you're selling Shimano SL-1056 dt shifter <3) Bartape - eyewatering clash with the frame CW, perhaps I like it!

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DBAD related question.
It would be possible to have braze on Paul centerpulls set up where you could have the Racer set up for 650b and by switching in the Racer Mediums you can have 700c?

Just a bored thought exercise.

possible to have braze on Paul centerpulls set up where you could have the Racer set up for 650b and by switching in the Racer Mediums you can have 700c?

If you have the studs in a pretty narrow window, yes. Boss height is 334mm nominal for Racer/650B and 340mm nominal for Racer Medium/700C. Assuming the nominal size puts the pads in the middle of the adjustment slots, that's 334±7.5 and 340±5 (shorter slots on the Medium), and the overlap window would then be 335-341.5

Thanks, just looking at the measurements it looked like it would work, but then sometimes we miss simple things and such...

Very nice

Need some help folks, although I already think I know the answer.
1x9 setup, XT 737 rear derailleur, Sunrace 1x crankset, narrow wide chainring. 9-8-7th gears are perfectly fine, 6-5-4th are noisy and jumpy and don't even shift sometimes, 3-2-1st are fine again.
Bent hanger or bent cage, am I right? How eff'd I am on the first case, given we're talking about an aluminium bike with a non-replaceble hanger?

Shifting up to the 4th cog is worse than shifting down onto it though, when downshifting I figured it would be a bit better, but already fiddled quite a lot with cable tension.
There is no wobble on the chainring or on the casette.

Edit: might have been the tension after all, but I'll only be sure tomorrow. Not convinced though.

Bent hanger or bent cage, am I right?

Or it could be as simple as the slightly wider pulley cage of the 8-speed RD not playing nicely with the narrow 9-speed chain when it's not pushed to either one side or the other

Haven't thought about this, thanks, I'll try to get a 9sp RD from somewhere (my luck: literally just sold a Sora 3400 less than 2 weeks ago).

New tires, latex inner tubes, new tool cage, and a slightly rejigged position.

Waiting on a gold chain (which I think is going to be too matchy matchy/naff), new chainrings, and a WW seat post clamp.

Bike fit next, then carbon seat post, new bars/stem if necessary, new bar tape, trim steerer, and get some swisstop brake pads.

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That is so sick, basically my Genesis high latitude but predates it by 20 years

That looks dope

Really bored yesterday dug out some hubs and wood and made a set off mini rollers took about a hour to make and 10 mins trying to ride on it and gave up .going on the turbo instead.

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Hahah I love that