Any question answered...

How much can I expect to pay for headset and bottom bracket facing? Armourtex charge £45 which appears a bit expensive to me, but if everyone else is comparable I may as well have it done there.

I've had four frames done and paid between thirty and forty and had forks reamed at the same time. Forty-five is upper end but I'd pay it if I needed it. Expensive specialist tools, perishable cutting blades, a steady hand and some experience are what you're paying for.

I don't pay much less than that here in the sticks.

Not really the sort of job you want to be scrimping on.

Fitzrovia re-cut my BB threads and reamed the seat tube for around £35 I think, and did a nice job, have a look at the prices on their website.

Brixton Cycles do it for £32

Swissstop Green and Black pads, which one will be kinder to my rims? I've been told greens wear faster, which leads me to assume they are therefore softer and thus kinder to rims. Is this correct?

Swissstop actually do a special compound for 'sensitive rims' or some shit like that. I bought some in France because they were the only thing the shop had. They are black and for alu btw.

They've got a little picture of a dove on them.

Struggling not to chuckle thinking about hippy buying special rubber for his sensitive rims.

Ok, so next question:

Can anyone lend me a 16t cog?

https://www.lfgss.com/thread124670.html#post4160087

Apart from wound up and co-motion who makes carbon forks for long reach brakes?

Does columbus hiver work with long reach brakes? 378mm crown to axle ..

Ambrosio do a long reach fork. For some reason I have Enigma in my head but it must be a rebranded something or other.

Unless you are specifically looking for a full carbon? In which case why?

Well not really looking for full carbon (unless enve comes up with one). Just wanted to lose some weight on the fast biek. Hiver seems like best of both. And seems like it works with long reach calipers:

Although I <3 the look of max forks ..

Struggling not to chuckle thinking about hippy buying special rubber for his sensitive rims.

Even though I don't have a sensitive rim to try them on I was very impressed with their pad. They really grip the rim well from any speed. Toight like a toiger

How much can I expect to pay for headset and bottom bracket facing? Armourtex charge £45 which appears a bit expensive to me, but if everyone else is comparable I may as well have it done there.

Condor quoted me £20 for both today, making the trip across town worth the saving I reckon.

Swissstop actually do a special compound for 'sensitive rims' or some shit like that. I bought some in France because they were the only thing the shop had. They are black and for alu btw.

Interesting, are you referring to their "original black", as listed here? http://www.swissstop.ch/road.aspx

Well not really looking for full carbon (unless enve comes up with one). Just wanted to lose some weight on the fast biek. Hiver seems like best of both. And seems like it works with long reach calipers:

Although I <3 the look of max forks ..

What are those cable stops? Really nice.

Think Donhou made those.

Interesting, are you referring to their "original black", as listed here? http://www.swissstop.ch/road.aspx

I had a look at that. They seemed to have change their range because I'm sure the details on the pack indicated another black pad in their range and the ones I was buying were specifically for saving rims. This was years ago so they've probably changed up the details.

Original Black
Rim: Alu
Characteristics: smooth, rim friendly braking

Seemed legit.

ceeway barrel adjusters that donhou sells for £12

http://shop.donhoubicycles.com/product/barrel-adjusters

Interesting, are you referring to their "original black", as listed here? http://www.swissstop.ch/road.aspx

"Black Power: For sensitive aluminium rims, all-round riders. Ideal pad for ever-day use. Compound works well on all aluminium rims and well suited for softer alloys, including magnesium."
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/swissstop-flash-brake-pads-shimano-sram-trp/rp-prod42658

That sounds like them.

Excellent, will invest. Cheers all

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Again, pardon my ignorance, but is a quill to ahead adapter the same as a steerer extender?

I've got some thread less forks which are too short for my head tube, is there anyway to extend them or run safely? thread less stem stack will work with them, it will leave 5-6mm only after. They have an alloy steerer.

Answer is no, you need one of these;
http://static.bike-components.de/cache/BBB-Extender-BHP-22-Adapter-Ahead-schwarz-1-1-8-2553142cc74e7a8a2a528cf3d18e4530.jpeg