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Here’s mine, seat is at about 790. Super Record care of @retrodicorsa.

What’s your saddle height? I’m 180cm and ride a 55cm Road Logic, saddle height is about 790. It can look a bit odd but as others have said they are meant to be low and long, the reach is 395ish even in the 55z

A size up might be too long for you because the reach is long on these frames.

Yeah. From what I remember the grip nut you can’t run spacers under the lock ring.

Would be nice on a Rivendell.

Ah. That makes sense. Thanks.

The newer (2018) 11 speed calipers give an extra 1 or 2mm clearance over the older 2015 ones, and a rounder shape. Enough that I can get 28mm Conti GP5000 under SKS guards on my Thorn. Pretty decent clearance for standard reach brakes. The placement of the brake hole on the frame / fork obviously has to be correct though, pads at bottom of slots etc.

Very neat! I use those PDW axle adapters on my Thorn which has the bosses for the front guard half way down the fork leg instead of at the dropouts. It’s a bit weird and I’m never sure why some forks have the bosses up so high.

Nice! Did you make the little light mount or is that a standard thing from Exposure?

No need to pull the headset cups etc., shove some crumpled up kitchen roll in each end of the head tube to stop it all coming out as you rotate the frame to distribute the product - that should keep the headset clean enough, then just wipe it.

There was a guy on one of the forums years ago who did a back to back test over several months using various rust products on bits of steel tube bathed in salt water and left outside. The Fluid Film lanolin product came out way better than anything else. The J P Weigle Framesaver one sucked as I recall.

I use the Fluid Film now. The downside is it stays wet, so it can drip out of drain holes - just don’t put too much in.

This is one of those things that comes up on here and I will regret not buying for an as yet unknown future project.

As it says really. Thanks.

Moved to eBay starting tonight. £1250.

That Mercian Audax is beautiful and a total bargain. GLWS.

£1400.

Moved to eBay

Thanks @lemonade @Chalfie @Oliver Schick @GoatandTricycle for the considerate replies. I really appreciate the supportive thoughts and ideas. I’ll report back how we’re getting on.

Not sure if this is the place to ask but looking for a dog owner’s perspective.

Keeping a long story short-ish, my 7 yr old autistic son is terrified of dogs approaching and sniffing him when they are off the lead. He has a very obvious and strong fearful reaction, tears, screaming, shaking etc when a dog comes up to him.

The difficult part for me is that even when I shout over to the owner to recall the dog, I get a few seconds of being told ‘don’t worry he’s very friendly’ etc., which I can understand but given the extreme way my son is melting down in front of them I’d prefer them to understand that maybe he has a particular need and they should just get on with recalling their dog and then we can talk.

It’s got to the point where on one occasion I’ve felt I had to explain the legal situation (which is designed in favour of people like my son) because the owner was offended that I had pulled her dog away from him myself while she was 50 yards away shouting to me about how friendly he is.

I can feel myself getting a bit more impatient every time this happens but at the same time I can see how for the owners it is an unexpected situation to find themselves in while out for a pleasant walk, so I’m not totally surprised at how relaxed they are. I can’t call the owners ignorant - I think there could be more shared about the Dogs Act and why it exists, why it’s important for dogs to have recall etc. but in the moment isn’t the right time for me to explain this. The one time I did I was told in no uncertain terms that I was in the wrong because ‘we’re on open land, the National Trust say it’s ok’ etc.

So dog owners, short of never taking my son out on his bike in the countryside again, what can I do here that helps and doesn’t get me attacked for being selfish for wanting to make sure my son is ok. My running mate suggested I get some kind of high pitched anti dog alarm thing but I’m doubtful about it working that well based on the reviews. Any thoughts?

Bargain

£1450 minus the headset.
Please don’t make me put this on eBay.

A Tubus rack would work.

Hi.
I’m interested in -

Force 10 shifters
Red GXP ceramic BB
Force FD
Force king cage RD

I’ll send a message.

Cheers.

@fredtc @t-v i have a matching Seven stem and some Paul cantis for it, and a new silver GRX chainset if that’s your thing.

Thanks. I’m open to offers.

£1500.