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A few years ago a company called Retrofitz made plates for installing SPD cleats in normal shoes.

https://bikerumor.com/2013/02/21/retrofitz-makes-any-shoe-clipless-offers-diy-cleat-system/

They obviously never caught on because they've since disappeared entirely. However they're just the thing I need for a project.

Bit of a long shot but I'm sure someone will have bought some and never gotten around to fitting them - if you have a kit in a box somewhere I'd pay the original price for them.

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Philbybythesea has it pending payment, thanks all

Having a bit of a clearout so wanted to get rid of these bars.

710mm wide (uncut), no rise, 31.8mm clamp diameter. Limited signs of use including a little scuff on one side (pictured). 380g according to the internet.

£10 posted or £5 cash in Oxford

For sale - a black Brooks Swallow saddle with chromed rails, in good used condition. Some superficial grazes commensurate with lending it to a friend who has an annoying habit of turning bikes over to fix things, but otherwise well looked after. Still plenty of travel in the tensioning bolt.

£35 collection in Oxford (sorry) or £40 posted

Undib on the cranks

Dibs on cranks, PM incoming...

Dibs on the gloves, pm to follow...

Sold pending payment

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Bump with pricecut to £55.

As per title, ideally carbon, deepish, and around £50 ea or thereabouts. Reasonable used condition fine.

I'm selling a lightly used Nitto S84 seatpost. 37mm setback so ideal for Brooks saddles on frames with steep seat tubes, or ones that are a tad too small. 27.2mm diameter, 300mm long.

Not many lugged seatposts out there and this has the lush Nitto finish and their two bolt clamp like on the SP72 Jaguar. It even has a face like a frog (pic is of a new one):

Think I rode a 200km audax on it and that's all, so there's no wear to speak of apart from the inevitable very light fitting marks on the lower half. There are also some very, very light scuff marks a bit higher up from being in my parts box until I decided I needed the money; they will be utterly impossible to photograph but let's say I'll take it back no questions asked if it's not what you expect.

New they're £89 from Hubjub so let's say £60 posted, dibs by PM, etc.

Dibs on the cranks, PM inbound...

Ace, thanks for the tip-off.

Dibs on the Nitto

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Looking for a Nitto S84, 27.2mm and 300mm length. Or for that matter I'll consider any other oddball long setback post.

Cheers,
Ben

Is the stem still available? Would be interested if so.

Gone - will make another thread in a couple of days because I've got a spare pair of the quick release versions lurking somewhere.

Ben

Price drop to £15

I'm selling a pair of grey ('titanium') Wellgo M138 magnesium flat pedals, brand new in box (albeit not the right box). At 238g (manufacturer specs, I've not weighed them) they're lighter than even many plastic pedals. Unlike lots of the cheap Wellgo ones you might have seen they're actually nicely made, with a hex key grease port, sealed bearing / DU bushing internals and everything. Cromo axle but aftermarket titanium ones are available reasonably cheaply.

£20 posted?

Picture from the net:

Very nice work!

Well, after (more) delaying, the job's done - the JB Weld is absolutely solid. So far I've taken it on one proper 24 mile ride and commuted on it for 2 weeks (only 6.5 miles each way but a pretty good shakedown test) and I'm extremely satisfied.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2842/12751686343_959d658251_h.jpg

Ride quality is excellent, extremely smooth but also responsive due to the springiness of bamboo. But it's hard to isolate the effect of the 35mm Schwalbe Kojaks which are very quick-rolling and supple, with a weight comparable to 23mm Gatorskins (though very little puncture resistance). Flex in the front triangle is noticable under heavy effort but has no negative effects, though combined with the very low trail design it did feel jittery at first. The rear triangle is as stiff as I had hoped.

A very short stem (Cinelli Ant, 60mm opposed to the 90mm Planet-X Superlight one I had before) gave me a better position on the bullhorns - I was previously a little stretched out as I had sized the frame and stem for drop bars - and also actually reduced shimmy by changing the balance of the front end very slightly, an interesting result that I hadn't expected.

Braking performance with the TRP Spyre disc (post-recall revised version) is obscenely good. I know disc brakes on road bikes are a fad etc etc but I wouldn't willingly go back on a new bike now; braking performance is so much better for only a reasonable weight penalty. It pales into insignificance when you take into account my old man Carradice saddlebag and half-kilo steel Bagman support ;)

You're probably onto something re. the greater turning moment; I was a bit worried about that and it turns out with good cause! Glad to hear about your bike - have you got any pictures? I love reading about other people's projects.