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• For sale: Wald 137, Surly Big Dummy Bags v.1, Truvative/SRAM chainset etc.

  in Components and clothing • 5 days, 13 hours

  

  Just a heads-up that I bumped into a fellow longtail owner on the school run who has an Extracycle and asked about my Big Dummy bags (as his originals are falling apart). So I’m going to point him in this direction if that’s ok?

• CLOSED: Brother Mr Wooden, M(56cm), Lilac, now splitting

  in Complete bikes and frame & forks • 6 days, 13 hours

  

  Hi there, registering interest in the stem should it be split from the frameset. Thanking you!

• eBay and Craigslist finds

  in Classifieds • 3 weeks, 5 days

  

  Just for anyone seeing this Big Dummy last minute and rushing a bid … take a look at the top tube dents. It’s been around on marketplace etc since early summer and expect the dents have scared a few off.
  I’ve got no engineering knowledge as to whether the damage is a structural concern, but thought it worth pointing out.
  Kid Corral and centre stand worth a chunk of the opening price though!

• Fat Bikes / Fatbikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 month

  

  Incredible! What a bike.

• Which Tyres?

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 month, 1 week

  

  Thank you, will look at these!

• Which Tyres?

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 month, 1 week

  

  Hey all … any recommendation for 26x2.0 (or slightly slimmer) for mainly road with the odd gravelly section?
  Currently on Marathon Supreme 26x2.0, but the very rounded and tread free ‘shoulders’ don’t inspire confidence cornering on the rough stuff when damp.
  I’ve used René Herse tyres and liked the file tread, but had bad experience puncture-wise on autumn country roads. I know there is an endurance casing, but there seems to be a jump from 1.8” to 2.3” for those.
  Looking back I can see Vittoria revolution mentioned in 26.2.0… though pretty heavy?

• For sale: SimWorks, Stooge, Rapha, Wayward Riders, Rideworks etc.

  in Components and clothing • 1 month, 1 week

  

  I’ll take that Chris King top cap please! Will dm.

• Clandestine Carrier

  in Current Projects • 1 month, 1 week

  

  I’ve got the metal discs, yep. I know what you mean about ‘bite’, maybe I’ll give it a try. I’m using a Jones bar and the angles don’t work well for hosting then reaching the extra brake lever. Thanks!

• Clandestine Carrier

  in Current Projects • 1 month, 1 week

  

  Lovely day for a ride!

  If you don’t mind me asking re. the Big Dummy, I’m interested how the dropper lever works with the Rolling Jackass, as the extra brake lever on mine isn’t great looking, but certainly needs a decent ‘pull’ to flip the stand and I’m not sure my thumbs would have the equivalent push.

• Insects and Spiders

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  Pretty spectacular oleander hawk-moth spotted on the Isle of Wight today. It was fairly high on a cliff so couldn’t add much to the zoomed photo for scale, but it was chunky.