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65 years old now and completed LEJOG a month ago. Back in the gym doing squats, presses, lifts etc. I'm not quick but I can look good going slow. I'll be in receipt of my state pension in 6 months. Does this mean I can't post on this thread?

Ride fixed - problem solved!

I've got a couple of bikes with 11 speed shimano 105 groupsets - very nice it is too. I also run a winter hack on 9 speed sora kit. To be honest, I'm not really sure that I need the 105 stuff. I'm getting slower and older so why pay the extra? Horses for courses. Fiar play to shimano for making decent spec 'lower tier' kit that works well.

I have a pair of Campag Record 10 speed hubs, 32 spokes laced to mavic rims.
These will need re-rimming. The hubs are buttery smooth. Spokes are sound.
The wheels were given to me by a good friend now sadly deceased.
It would be wrong for me to accept money for these. However, if you decide you want the wheels a split donation to the forum/charity would be a good way to go.
You decide how much they are worth to you.
Collection from Hounslow.
PM for details.

What tyre size will this clear with guards please?

The problem is not the left. The problem is a piss poor electoral voting system that forces people into large political parties. Too large really.
We should vote FOR what we believe to be fair and just not against things.
However, the Labour hierarchy seems to be deaf when it comes to the issue of electoral reform. Are the right of the Labour party terrified of not being the largest left leaning party?

I would have thought that a party of the left would be committed to ending child poverty as an immediate priority. Why do Starmer and Reeves propose a review
of child poverty? Surely this should have been done in opposition?
Again, I feel this is down to the Labour hierarchy accepting the Tories' fiscal rules. Starmer and Reeves seem to be pinning all their hopes on economic growth which in effect means that difficult decisions can be deferred because wealth just may trickle downwards. Meanwhile, rising inequality affects us all.
Money is a dynamic process the more the wealthy have the less those at the bottom possess.

Child poverty diminishes us all. Why accept the Tories' fiscal rules? These rules are developed in the Treasury and Bank of England as a self imposed discipline that the markets will accept as boosting confidence or whatever that is as a means of limiting expenditure on social spending. The Tories worked out a long time ago that if you want to make people wealthier - give them money! A pity Labour can't bring itself to follow the Tories logic and improve the lives of those struggling. A good way to do this is to end the benefits cap on family. Hats off to the SNP for recognising this and exploiting a fault line in Labour's stance. Party politics be damned - do the right thing.

v. good. Easy on the eye and full function to boot.

If you stick to the road and don't carry to much weight a pair of 28c tyres should prove to be adequate to the task.

Wonderful photos. If heaven exists it will be full of days riding through terrain like this. What a tonic for a dreary wet morning.

I've got one of the recent drop stay versions and I use it as a hack bike for rainy days/light touring etc, puely functional. I love mine, it looks good and rides really well.
There is no problem with comfort as I reshod mine with 28cs. A total bargain for the price but then again, I'm not using the latest Carbon disc wheelset, just traditional rim brakes.

I think the Tory party membership would be gagging at the opportunity to elect someone called Enoch - even a bad one!

I'd love to be sharpening a stake that I could hammer into the Tory party's black heart this morning thus ensuring it will never rise again. Unfortunately, Farage waits ready to spread his racist gobshite nonsense and bring the monster back to life.

Chapeau - strong post.

Total bargain. I did LEJOG on my Optimo - great bike.

Brexit has broken the Tory party. For years the tories have blamed Brussels for everything. The only benefit of Brexit is the fact that our wretched politicians can no longer blame anyone but themselves for the mess we are in.
They're not up to the job and the electorate know it.

It is high time that the media did some 'due diligence' on Nigel Falange.
Part of his self manufactured image of himself is as an anti establishment candidate. Privately educated and a stockbroker is the reality. He is little more than a racist gobshite and grifter. Half the time I wonder if he actually believes any of this guff he spouts or is it just to wind people up?
I hope that he gets challenged fully in the final days of the campaign.

Wouldn't this be very heavy?
Disc tabs,rotors etc could potentially add a kilo to a steel bike's weight.
Factor in a hub gear too and you could be looking at 26lbs plus.

A serious lack of interest so I'm obviously out on the price.
Reduced now to £200 including a £20 forum donation.

All this stuff about deselecting left wing candidates, well doesn't it show that the parties are simply too big? Maybe in this day and age, there isn't much in the way of common ground between right and left anymore. Starmer makes Dennis Healey look like Robespierre and would be deselected now. All the more reason to pressure Labour to jettison our
crap electoral system.

Excellent photo. Carradice, have manged to turn even a race bike into a light tourer. So much so, that only a dedicated long haul rider who needs to carry a lot of kit needs a bike specifically for this purpose.

HI, I really enjoy your thread, some lovely builds here and you do seem to have an endless stream of varied and interesting projects. Love the photos too. Some great winter shots in particular.
How many bikes do you actually have?

I reckon you need at least one more - one for each day of the week!
Some impressive builds there. Have you thought about adding a gravel bike to the stable?

Well, you do seem to have a stable full!
Love the Gillot and the RIH. Do you do the Eroica by any chance?