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Might take the saddle too, Jonny. PM on way.

How's the build going?

Except the price went up - from £55 to £60? PM on way.

Yep, dibs the calipers please (again)!

Dibs on the calipers please, PM on way.

Yes, think he's the man for the job. I'll be ordering later this week so I'll let you know how it goes.

Thanks again everyone.

I'll take both if the others don't have them...

Thanks all, very helpful. Dutch Cheese, your cheque's in the post... ;)

Hi all,

I'm restoring a late '70s Colnago Super and am tempted by a set of repro decals on eBay from a seller called gts753. Only trouble is he's in Australia. The price per set even with postage isn't disastrously expensive (about £30) - and he's also got the right decals for two other projects I'm working on. Quality looks good too.

Just wondered whether anyone has got decals from him - or anywhere closer to home - that were any good? The search turned up H Lloyd but they don't seem to have what I want.

Thanks...

Hi Ian,

PM on its way - think this might work out as an alternative to the CIOCC we've been discussing - be good to have a chat about it.

Paul

Might like to take a look at this - too late?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190414510104&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_2481wt_760

dibs please, pm on way.

Interesting Rapha film on Monocle magazine's website if anyone has five minutes to waste:

http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Web-Articles/Rapha-Cycle-Club/

PM sent...

Think the only rear mudguards I have aren't pretty enough. The Old Bicycle Company do reproduction old-school Raleigh mudguards...

Hi Pissed Up... read your post with interest. Just starting a similar rebuild for my missus - an old BSA frame. Want to make it single speed (26in Speedway wheels maybe, unless I can get 700s to fit) and paint it dark chocolate brown. Let me know how you get on with yours.

PS - the guys down at W F Holdsworth are extremely helpful and have lots of bits laying around for old bikes. Can heartily recommend.

An unbelievable stroke of good fortune has, for those interested, resolved this one. I just popped to W F Holdsworth in Putney to get said cranks removed and by some miracle they'd just this week dusted off a NOS crank puller from their Aladdin's cave of a workshop. And I bought it.

So the cranks are keepers - and if anyone else with a taste for odd-sized retro cranksets needs to borrow the puller, shout.

Thanks all - I'll post some proper pics of the bike soon for those who'd like to see it.

Thanks guys, will do some digging.

They're like hen's teeth. Gold hen's teeth. That don't actually exist....

All,

Just a bit of idle chitchat for a Friday afternoon, really, but I've about finished this build using an old Peugeot frame and originally decided to keep hold of the Stronglight cranks. Quite like their retro goodness.

I now need to change the bottom bracket and the problem is the old crank-puller issue - they're old enough to need the 23.15mm tool which means a trip to Holdworth in Putney any time I want to get them off.

So I can't decide whether to bin them in favour of some BLB Pista Veras (or similar vintage style set) to make my life easier in the future, or get the Stronglights properly polished up, fit a decent sealed bottom bracket and worry about the problem of getting them off whenever it may happen in the distant future.

Pic attached. Thoughts?

Still for sale (email sent)?

Many thanks - I'll check them out.

Cheers for the insight. Gatorskins it is then...

Ok, so I'm a newbie (hello) with a question.

Anyone know what tyres these are?

I did try the search thing, btw...