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Bike is finished! Chainring is abominable, but it was £12 on a build which was under £100 all in. Original rear mech was too bent to work so it has been replaced and Cycles in Motion (Sheffield) gave me a hand at the end. DSLR shots over the weekend hopefully..

Thanks for all the help + advice.

Had my bike serviced at the shop where this is last week. Looks spot on - the paint is immaculate in the flesh

Went out last night, still not fully compos mentis; scanned the pictures rather than reading the entire page sorry @sacredhart

Hi, are you in London and if so, where abouts? Going to pass this on to my pal at UCL who needs a whip

WTB: 5 bolt 94mm BCD Chainring for some Shimano SLX cranks, with bolts if possible. Doesn't need to be new. Planning a 1x setup on a retro MTB. Thanks

Has anyone got a chainring spare that they'd sell (5 bolt, BCD 94mm) please? All about £30 on eBay/ chain reaction and the choice is very limited. This is £11 but mehhh http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DMR-Saturn-Ring-1x-Chainring-4-bolt-104BCD-or-5-bolt-94BCD-Retro-MTB-NEW-/263147064049?var=&hash=item3d44c98af1:m:muYLL1vMKRq0B_smbK2kuJw

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Moving slowly but moving: Cleaned up the rear derailleur but currently waiting on new jockey wheels arriving. Chain on the way. New brakes have arrived, new cranks (Shimano STX 175mm) and some cool SPD/flat pedals thanks to a chap on here. Just need cables and a chainring now for it to be 'finished' but if it is getting used it may get some treats down the line.

Hello,

how tall are you? How long is the stem and is the rear spacing 120mm? Also what size post does it take and do you have a post for it? Can it take 28c tyres? Sorry for the 20Q haha. Thanks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWy5xX3-e3U

Cheaped out on some V brakes on ebay for like £12... Got some nice SPD/flat pedals off here thanks to @walkmanman. Chain, jockey wheels, crankset needed then I can have it all together. Once it's being ridden, V brakes may be upgraded, the bottom bracket will be replaced and a few other bits.

Been super busy but managed to get the wheels moving on this project. (semi-intentional pun). Never really serviced a hub wheel before but took everything apart, cleaned it, kept the order that it came out in and put it all back together with liberal amounts of grease. Also cleaned the cassette and decided not to buy a new one. Annoyingly on the rear, it doesn't sit right in the drop out even though the spacing looks pretty even and I took some paint of the dropouts forcing it in.

Hello,

my best friend's bro is moving to Bristol to do an engineering apprenticeship with the MOD. He wants a fixed/SS bike to take to ride to work. He is aware Bristol is hilly.

Vague Criteria
60CM ish - he's 6ft3. Can play about with stem lengths.
Good value - not necessarily cheap but yeah.
Brakes
Not a shed

Nice to have:
mudguard eyelets/ mudguards
bottle cage
clearance for 28-32c tyres
rack capabilities - as versatile a bike as possible to enable touring would be great. Space constrains

some modern stuff would be good, like a crosscheck/ steamroller/ mashwork / pompino. Happy to do a build on a classic steel frame too, doesn't even need to have track dropouts. Steel is real. Image of the argos is from here for attention.

What have you got? Can collect from Islington when I next visit my sister or postage cool please.

How's it going?

A beauty

thanks - keeping an eye on what? Cracks?

Is this seatpost clamp installed correctly? It was further down the tube before i moved it like this, which is where it wants to sit naturally with its bevel. Also the carbon post had a bit of grinding on it - probably from being over-tightened as a result of the wrongly placed clamp.

Armadillo Merino in Derbyshire http://armadillomerino.com?aff=15

baselayers for military/fire service mainly and even Nasa, but also they also sell to consumers. Focused on 100% merino wool and it's natural fire resistance/ no melt no drip attributes. Anti static, UV protective to SPF50 and a few other geeky benefits which is all laid out on the website. For cycling, super comfy and doesn't get smelly too. 'george15' will get you 15% off

wholesale price sale at the moment with sport pursuit: https://www.sportpursuit.com/search?s=Armadillo

@gt Armadillo Merino are doing a warehouse clearout on sportpursuit at the moment and everything is being sold at wholesale cost price. Properly good stuff; 100% merino, super fine 15ish micron (though I'm biased). https://www.sportpursuit.com/search?s=Armadillo

If you want to order of their website it'll cost you more, but 'george15' will give you 15% off

Anymore pics please?

@dazzrie 26 x 1.95

Started paying some attention to the wheels but I've lost my cassette remover...
New tyres on and given the rims/spokes/hubs a good clean.