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I'm not sure if I'd want to ride this, but I'm glad it exists.

Thanks for pointing out I missed the info, they're 6sp unfortunately

Yeah, 1'' and £5 should be fine.

I've been using my larger carradice in my wald and am really pleased.

The pink raleigh was the autistic bike all along...

Oh damn this looks grim

You'll probably add other bags but a 3kg baseweight for a overnighter is super low, i.e., the little stuff will pile up, but might fit in a framebag of some sort. But then there's food too..

To tease (tomorrow's, if I can manage) work, there are two things I wanted to address on it: height and reach of the stem, and rinkoing.

Regarding the former, my back is still somewhat sensitive, and straining while bending is not a good idea. These old mtb frames are great, but they are pretty low to the ground, and all these technomic stems are getting really expensive. So I want to be able to tweak the fit as well as keep it high and short. Not too short though, as some level of splaying out seems to be very comfortable.

Rinkoing is another plan. I'm going on a casual tour from north of Germany to Croatia, where I'll leave the pink bike at my parents, in anticipation of moving back around there come December. It'll be around 1600km based on early route estimates, but being of the proclivity to take it easy, I will make this bike rinko-ready so I can jump on a train whenever I feel like I'm pushing too much or am bored. I also don't have too much time on my hands, being in the middle of writing my PhD thesis.

Taking both in consideration, I ordered a threadless thorn fork, which I hope to fit tomorrow. They come with a huge 40cm steerer, and are threadless, so I can play with fit as well as take it off quickly and hop on a train. I'll also cut the rear fender, which I still don't have a good plan for.

Pink guy is back on the workbench. I've put hundreds of kms in commuting on this lil guy (25 mile round trip), and it's a great bike. Combining a wald basket with carradice bags was one of the best ideas I've had in a while.

Re: thorn, I didn't get a chance to mess with the avids too much (following the tutorial above made them better, but not very good, thanks regardless) because a friend donated a pair of spyres for the bike. Stellar contribution. Also fitted some stainless steel mudguards but they're still kinda shit so I'll post pics once I sort them out proper. SJS didn't quite drill them right, and I did a number on them myself with my unsteady, impatient hand.

Forgot to mention the 105 derailleur

Shifters gone, hub dibsed pending payment

:oo

With tubes? Are they as nice as daddy Heine would have us believe?

Some of these are repeats from the previous thread so discounted in this one. Add £3-5 postage for small and large bits, respectively. Collection or delivery in/around Dundee or St Andrews.

Left to right, descending:
£5 Small rear rack that mounts on the seatpost clamp (I'll try to find the bolt if show of interest)
£5 New sunrace downtube shifters 6 speed
£5 Tektro v-brake flat bar levers
£10 Nitto bullhorns, 36cm width, they have a nice curve to them that's not obvious in the photos. Bit scratched up at the clamp.
actually free with whatever tall short stem
~£7 formula flip flop hub 32h~
£10 Tektro drop bar v-brake levers (long pull)
£5 Tektro bar end brake levers
~£25 FSA crankset 32t cog 73mm axle 175mm plus chain with little wear. Pulled off a Kona Unit stock build. (these are the same price but mistakenly called them as gone in the old post)~
£10 Shimano 11sp road flat bar shifters
£5 Stronglight 46t 110 bcd chainring, very little milage
£15 Dia compe canti levers with koolstop pads - these will work with old narrow canti spacing

£10 105 double front derailleur clamp is 31.something

The pic with the bits in a cardboard box are free with something else. Pedals are shimano somethings, left bearings are really notchy. Bunch of stock pads, I think mostly tektro.

Post the built free bike coward

Oh damn, this is good to know. Is housing an issue too? The slot in the right brifter was too small for a ferrule so I just went bare.

@themidge thought the ratchet was off too, aka we are not bad mechanics it is not our fault promise.

Breaking the rules properly now, I guess
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I can't seem to feed the cable to the left campy 10sp ergo brifter. The right reveals a nice little hole for the cable, the left shows solid plastic when I click to the end positions. I can feed the cable through, but the shifter doesn't engage it, and clicks away into nothing.

I'm guessing I need the white plastic bit to move an extra step, but how?

oh wow this is a cool one

Good, good, now do front

This sounds very cool, can't justify not making the trip from Dundee

You probably decided on this already but with friction, it'll be completely fine.

Do you one better, pair it with an 8 speed barend shifter and it'll also index a 9sp cassette!

This is the exact method I used, and still no bite. They stop from moderate speed, but definitely very soft and only halfway through the lever. Front has original juicy pads, rear cheap clarks.
Edit: ok I might've missed a step, I'll try again today.

Hope your recovery is straightforward, and thanks for the reminder to watch out.

ANOTHER bother are the avid brakes. They're just kinda.. shite? At least at the stand and spinning around the parking lot. I realise there needs to be a 'bedding' period but surely I should feel some bite before pressing the lever halfway? If I push the pads in any more I get rubbing. Should I give it a few rides to get better?