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• late 90s Raleigh Special Products 853 seatpost diameter?

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• late 90s Raleigh Special Products 853 seatpost diameter?

  in Bikes & Bits • 13 years

  

  Hi
  I have a late 90s (I think) straight forked Raleigh 853 Team frame. Recently was about to use a 27.2mm seatpost I was given but would only go in 8cm quite tightly by gentle opening by a millimetre of the seatpost clamp area. Im not going to force it. Does anyone know what seatpost diameter Raleigh used on these frames/tubing of this era? The curent seatpost is stamped 27.0 and I measured the current seatpost with a Vernier calliper and it is 27.0mm.

  Frame looks same colour and design as this one but with blue forks as well (I havent got a decent pic yet, sorry)

  http://www.ibikedb.net/bikes/34598-raleigh-special-products-853-road

  Im really asking...is it 27.0mm or has it been forced from 27.2mm to 27.0mm? Anyone out there have the same frame to check?

  I dont want to have it reamed just yet

  thanks

• Wanted: Nitto technomic deluxe tall stem

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• Wanted: Nitto technomic deluxe tall stem

  in Wanted Adverts • 13 years, 3 months

  

  thanks to Leon for sorting me out. Im still amazed there was the exact Nitto stem I wanted within a few miles and cyclable distance! LFGSS works!

• Wanted: Nitto technomic deluxe tall stem

  in Wanted Adverts • 13 years, 3 months

  

  Anyone have one of these?
  Reach negotiable. Not too bothered about the condition as long as its the long as its the 195mm or taller Nitto Technomic Deluxe. 26mm bar diameter. Please quote the height above the min insertion mark.

   [URL="http://www.lfgss.com/report.php?p=2074584"][/URL] Thanks
  

• Reynolds 531 Vs 653 frame

  in Bikes & Bits • 13 years, 3 months

  

  guess it depends on the frame geometry too but with the Dolan Ribble 653 frame I have, you can feel the road a lot more than the 531c frames. A solid ride.

• For Sale: Nitto, Thomson, Pedals, Fork

  in Components and clothing • 13 years, 3 months

  

  Im bumping unashamedly so I can get past posting 3 times in existing threads in order to post a wanted. Sorry, I had run out of useful contributions.

• Your time for a Nitto stem? Stuck parts help...

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 13 years, 3 months

  

  I have a plumbers blowtorch but in Cambridge....

• For Sale: Nitto NTC DX quill stem, 90mm 26.0 clamp

  in Components and clothing • 13 years, 3 months

  

  Is this gone? Or available