Any question answered...

I shall take greater care when posting in future.

I didn't mean to blame you. :)

I should take greater care when posting in future.

should i buy the cyclepro chain tool or the BBB nautilus chain tool?

should i buy the cyclepro chain tool or the BBB nautilus chain tool?

neither, you should buy this one (hot pic)

cheers, but i've decided upon the bikehand equivalent from velosolo as i have some money left over in my paypal (this one)

Same thing??

yep, same thing, just rebranded

Question 1:

What are the things called that turn gear lever braze ons on the downtube into gear cable guides for bar end shifters (not specifically bar end shifters but they are what I am going to be using)??????

Question 2:

Do these exist or have I made them up?

Question 3: If this lever2guide converter exists what is it called and where can I get some?

Many thanks

http://www.totalcycling.com/index.php/product/bas_7800.html?action=currency&id=GBP
http://www.sprockets.uk.com/downtube-cable-stop-adjusters-resin-p-6523.html

Thanks Pifko

If I buy bar end shifters then they are probably gonna come with lever2guide™ converters maybe?

Also, it shouldnt be a problem if I use, for example, an 8 speed bar end shifter with my 6 speed cassette right?

That should be fine, you'll just have to make sure you have the derailler limit screws set correctly to stop the chain coming off. Probably best to have the "spare" gears at the bottom end of the cassette so you aren't trying to pull more cable through then you're in the easiest gear, as this *could *lead to the cable stretching more.

That's probably bollocks but that's how I'd do it.

Nice one cheers Arducius, Ill have a play around when I get everything together.

I need to get a present for a diserning person. Anyone know of a nice design shop in london? I went to the design museum shop but they have quite a small range of stuff.

V and A possibly.
deisgn is quite a braud subject

is it ok to flog cheap cigarettes on here ?
is it against the law ?
where else apart from brick lane can i sell them
got a couple of soft pack malboro lights cartons the fags are just a bit heavy i'm more of a silk cut guy

pub!

is it ok to flog cheap cigarettes on here ?
is it against the law ?
where else apart from brick lane can i sell them
got a couple of soft pack malboro lights cartons the fags are just a bit heavy i'm more of a silk cut guy

Yes, it's against the law to sell them anywhere unless you are a licenced tobacconist, in which case you can still only sell them from your own premises.

I need to get a present for a diserning person. Anyone know of a nice design shop in london? I went to the design museum shop but they have quite a small range of stuff.

Don't know if you've got this sorted but Magma's product shop in Covent Garden is great for gifts, it's just a few doors up from their book shop

16 Earlham Street
Covent Garden
London WC2H 9LN
T +44 (0)20 7240 7571

Yeah, thanks, I sorted it on sunday, but amazingly that's where I ended up getting it from. mentalism

one for the old MTBers, does any one know what brand and/or model this seatpost and stem are? any info will be appreciated

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i had a Kalloy Uno stem that looked exactly like that in 1998. It was crap, the steerer bolt bit kept slipping.

Bar clamp looks like the lowest quality Kalloy product, but the steerer clamp seems to have been copied from Syncros. The seatpost too is probably a Taiwenese OEM product made by somebody who had seen the Syncros catalogue.

That should be fine, you'll just have to make sure you have the derailler limit screws set correctly to stop the chain coming off. Probably best to have the "spare" gears at the bottom end of the cassette so you aren't trying to pull more cable through then you're in the easiest gear, as this *could *lead to the cable stretching more.

That's probably bollocks but that's how I'd do it.

I'm afraid i'd disagree with you.
Having the 'spare' gears at the bottom end of the cassette will mean that the shifter can easily be put into a position that will slacken the cable which could then come out of a guide or catch on something.
Put them at the top and the cable will never go slack and you'd have to be a ham fisted idiot to wrench on the lever enough to stretch the cable.
Lots of shifter can over shift at the top end anyway so your set up will be no different to this.

one for the old MTBers, does any one know what brand and/or model this seatpost and stem are? any info will be appreciated

Seatpost is a Control Tech road post. I have one the same but was silver, now anodised black.
Stem, no idea but looks cheap.