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Thanks dr.fast - look forward to hearing from you if you'd like to split. I'd be very interested in the shifters, the brakes & levers plus front and rear mechs.

I'm interested in everything but the wheelset and crankset if there's a split or collaboration to be had!

Are the Campagnolo Victory shift levers still available? I'd like them if they are please.[B][/B]

Good to meet you today! Victory chainset is on my bike already. Have a bump on me.

I'll take the Campag Victory chainset with spare ring if still available please.

Hey Muzni, that's a very kind offer. £50 is a little too steep for my tight budget... but if you were a little flexible on that price and I could collect, we could maybe do a deal. Is it just a wheel, no tyre and tube you have?

Don't want to hijack, but if the wheel and tyre isn't suitable for Vince, can I register interest in it? I've just bought a Lo Pro frame with tubular 650c wheel and really want a clincher. Long-term I'm looking out for a 650c Vento to match the rear 700c Vento I have, but a cheap 650c would be ideal for now.

Pedals arrived today and they're superb. Bearings really are as smooth as! Have a bump on me.

Great frame for the money... just a little too small for me.

I'll take the Campagnolo pedals please.

PM sent.

Long time lurker on the forum, but now's the time for my first post.... I'll have those forks please!

I've just put a new chain on and am experiencing what would best be described as a fine vibration through the pedals. The chain is the same brand but a different model to the last one.
Is this to be expected as the old chain and cogs will have presumably worn to each other or should I be worried?
Cheers.

Fine vibration can mean you've simply got the chain too tight - or, if the chainring is slightly off centre on the spider you can get a tight spot on the chain. Test the chain tension with the pedals at different positions to rule this out.

Sold

I reckon your sales technique was pretty good. Pic of a frame that people want and a price people want to pay is always a killer combination. Nice one!

vice
clamp the cog and turn the wheel right out near the edges / holding rim ... huge leverage / much more torque
heat cog with blow torch different metals expand at different rates
just pray the the hub doesn't expand faster than the cog otherwise it'll just tighten even more !! DOH !

Coefficient of thermal expansion for aluminium is higher than steel, so if you heat up the cog, the heat transfers to the hub and it expands more than the cog so tightening it. The only benefit heating has is you need to break down the loctite used on the cog if you have a Fuji Track!

As previously suggested, wrap a chain round the cog, hold in a large vice and turn the rim. It will come off. If you're happy to sacrifice the cog, you can beat it off with a hammer and chisel. Both methods work, I've tested them!

Managed to get myself a place on this one today:

http://www.etapedudales.co.uk/

Booking opened at midday and all 800 places gone in under 5 hours. Anyone here done it before?

if you are going to convert it and make it your pride and joy, make it look like you want.

will you ever be tempted to restore it to its geared glory? if not strip away...

It's never going to be restored to geared glory... I like the idea of strip away - just want to be sure I'm not going to destroy part of Raleigh's rich history with one swipe of an angle grinder!

I've acquired a 753 frame that needs stripping and re-finishing. It's going to be ridden fixed, but would it be a crime to remove the 'spare' braze-ons and derailleur hanger? The serial number shows that it's a Raleigh TI frame from the Ilkeston factory. Appreciate your thoughts...

If it's ripe for conversion... convert it!

Got to love anything with a 'ruggedized design' :-)

Three months into spd... fell off at a roundabout - caught out by a driver changing his mind at the last minute :-( Landed on the wheel of my mate's bike and broke my hand. Wedding ring had to be cut off as hand swelled up so much and lower arm in plaster for 6 weeks.

Got the hang of them now!

Try this link:

http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/outspokencycles/

Seems to get the links working. Doesn't do anything about the design though... that stays verrrrry red :-)

The puns are getting very pawpaw too

You know you know....? Come on I'm on edge here!

I could sense the excitement you'd all have of another Fuji Track on the forum :-)

My first post to introduce myself. I have a road bike plus a Fuji Track (I know, I know) and my daily commute - an old Raleigh Record Sprint converted to fixed.