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It's unlikely your GP would send for a scan, however NICE offer the following guidance to clinicians...
https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/long-term-effects-of-coronavirus-long-covid/
Granted it is likely CoVID related but there are other causes of headaches which should be excluded. To be fair most headache variants are a clinical diagnosis and don't need a scan, but they should at least have some interaction with you.
If they don't find anything ask about long CoVID clinic referral. GL
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Just about to start building mine up, waiting for the forks to arrive...(old forks are damaged)
Pomp V3 (I think)
f&f L 120mm spacingWheels are noname hubs but I think maybe Novatec ( whatever on -one supplied back in the day on complete bikes) with Weinman DP 18 rims tyres are 30c schwalbe somethings. Just need to press in my new skf bearings
Brooks cambium C17 on Cinelli alloy seatpost
Cane creek 40 headset, 100mm stem Dead compact bars, Tektro road levers
Tektro mini Vs
Shimano BbUN 55 with stronglight track cranks 170 mm be 48 tooth Gerhardt chainwheel...thinking of going to 44 tooth for the rolling Kent hills where I live now
WI 17 tooth freewheel one side, cheap pressed 17 fixed cog on t'other ( I'll order a nicer surly or something at some point)
I'm going to have a go at building my first set of wheels for this project when funds allow, I want some wider rims, current are only 12 mm, likely I'll get archetypes. Or maybe I'll get new wheels and keep these tor the turbo trainer.
The basis of the bike is my old fixed commuter, that I rode from the Kent side of Dartford to Woolwich every work day for a few years so I've owned it from new. This started off as replacing bearings as they are all fooked
Now I look at it I may need to go to powder coat first as the frames green but the forks are blue 🤔
Photos will follow...
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Mulo not pomp?
^you beat me to it!!
I think it looks smart, beauty in the eye of the beholder an all that. Would be cool SS with a disc front end, mini-v rear, gravel tyres. Ideal for where I am in Kent, lots of forest tracks. I think I'm too old ( or wise??) for fixed off road
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I've just had an evilbay bid on some NOS standard forks that I didn't see when I looked previously, which means that I have a bit of cash left over to put towards getting rid of my shitty rims and build my existing formula hubs up with archetypes or something a bit nicer than the 12mm wide Alex rims I have at the moment. Thanks for looking tho, I'll post up some pics once it's built up.
Still fancy a steamroller tho....
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Would these do do u think? 395 mm a to c, 50mm offset. Sorry I can wield a spanner ok, but don't really understand the geometry stuff!!
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I used to be on here many years ago but have just reregistered after about 10 years, so I'm kinda old but kinda new...actually I'm just kinda old! Anyway I've dug the old pomp out for turbo trainer use and then for some gravel type riding in the spring. All the bearings are foobared, but somehow the headset has worn a radial groove part way round the steerer tube. Prolly ok on the turbo but I'm worried it's a point of failure for proper riding. I'm about 86 pages into this thread, but impatience has the better of me, so currently what's the recommended fork upgrade. I'd prefer canti mounts and maybe steel over carbon. I spoke to on-one they don't have anything. If it gets too expensive I start to wonder about selling the bare frame and getting a steamroller f+f. Any thoughts? Thx K
This too!
Edit... I was trying to reference the eye test and failed!!