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The former. This frame has a 57cm top tube centre to centre and the pump is about 2cm too long compressed to the max.

Someone rid me of this pump. £58 posted

£100 made in USA CAAD appeared in Bristol.

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Thanks! The brake is a priority but I’m not sure a dual pivot, short reach nutted brake exists. I suppose I should drill the fork, or rather pay someone to do it. The post is just a Kalloy I think, but I’m happy enough with it. The frame takes a 27.0mm post so options are more limited. Overall though I’m super happy with it and think it’s a good use of the frame considering I’ve got no interest in doing a vintage build and it’s too old to MGOOF practically.

Grimly completed this rat/franken/pub bike project despite losing interest about 2 mins into the build. There’s bits of a Grisley, Gary Fisher, GT and who knows what else on there. Who’d have thought it, but it’s actually heaps of fun. Pictured with the latest in Lidl bikepacking swag.

Retrieved the 1969 Witcomb from the loft for a road fixed build. I need more suitable brakes or to drill the fork (these have too much drop), a longer chain (the only one in the parts bin is forcing me to run 50-15) and to do something about the troubling amounts of rust, but in spite of all that it’s an awful lot of fun.

This is a great alloy wheelset but I can’t see myself using them again. They were last seen on my winter bike so they’re a bit grubby but they’ll scrub up and there’s very little wear to the braking surfaces, but there is some bite on the freehub (Shimano 11s). Annoyingly, there’s a small dent in the rear rim. It doesn’t stop a tire from seating and the advice when I asked in M&F is that it could be straightened back out with some adjustable pliers. No skewers or tires, though you can have the 23mm RIBMOs currently on them if you like! I’m after £40, collected in Bristol BS5. Postage is possible but unlikely to be cheap.

Bog standard model I believe with steel rails. 155mm. Good condition. I’d really like to swap/p-ex it for the 143mm version if anyone can do that. Otherwise, £30 posted in the UK.

SOLD

Great read! It’s somehow made me want to go out and do a fixed century.

£250 v-brake Nature Boy in Bristol

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I sold one of these recently and then quickly remembered why I’d been hoarding it in the first place! For clarity, I’m after something with a long bolt for a fork that isn’t drilled for a recessed nut. I’m hoping for something not too ancient and I don’t need a mega long brake drop either. In Bristol, happy to pay for postage.

Sold!

Pending collection tomorrow. I'll let you know if the situation changes.

I have one of these and they're decent for the price IMO. The BB is indeed shit but a Hollowtech road one will work instead.
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I’m after something that rolls alright on tarmac but with a bit of trail capability. Cheaper is better so long as there’s some life left in them. I’d rather collect in Bristol but happy to pay if someone has some folders they don’t mind sticking in the post.

Sounds like the right setup assuming by ahead adapter you mean a shim to use a 1 1/8” stem on a 1” steerer.

Thanks! Happily this is now pending.

What’s the 26” tyre of choice these days? Capable on light gravel but mostly for going to the bakery.

Last try at £350 before I split it.

I grabbed this off the street but I don’t have the time or space for it so I’m looking to pass it on. It’s a 21” 2012 Wethepeople Trust. The components are rusty but the frame doesn’t seem too bad. The top cap is seized and rounded, but sort that out and it’s probably not too far off being rideable with a few new bits.

Collect in BS5. GONE

How best to attack a seized and rounded top cap on a BMX? Loosening the stem bolts and spinning the bars and stem didn’t budge it.

Thanks! This stuff may be a bit nice for the bike path plodder I‘m constructing but I may be in touch if I can’t find some budget gear!

Dibs the avid levers please

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I’m after a few bits to complete a build, namely a clutched rear mech that’ll do at least 42t in a 1x setup and a compatible shifter and cassette. Not bothered about matching parts. In fact, cheap is best as long as everything works.
In Bristol, happy to cough up for postage.