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Nice!
What are you doing for paint?

@PhilDAS @vpCogworks will be FM-1

Not that much to be fair… just not to take a wrecking ball to something that was a bit of a fantasy institution

Is anyone watching LOTR: Rings of Power?
Quite disappointed, really.

They seem to have wasted many opportunities for actual storytelling, while playing fast and loose with the feeling (and lore) of the previous film series and books.

There should be enough give in the rack to bend it slightly, how far off is it?

Yeah, seems very normal with no play at all — bearings are in good condition, freewheel very tight. I'm stumped!

I’m having an issue with ghost shifting with indexed downtube levers. It tends to shift up into a higher gear, by itself, only when out of the saddle or setting off from lights.

There are a few comments online that blame the shifter not being tight enough (it is), friction in the shifter cable (newly-installed, oiled), or a broken frame (steel frame, no cracks or anything).

If anything, the cable seems really smooth, and the frame’s not particularly flexy as far as I can tell.

Is there anything I can do other than tighten up the shifter? If I tighten it up enough to stop it happening, it feels way too tight to actually shift.

Could a too long chain do this?

Thanks!

Doesn’t look like it’s in stock anywhere, similar to the other BBB, Brand-X, and Origin8 posts.
May just have to wait for something to appear on eBay/classifieds

Sounds perfect, would love to see the build as it progresses

It’s a 57, but a bit long for drop bars if I’m honest with myself.
Yours was one of the builds I was looking at before I managed to find one on Marktplaats — looks great, so good luck with getting it fixed up.
I’d love to get mine sorted with dynamo routing in the fork, what mods will you do?

Ah, apologies! And a good shout on the zoom post.

Thanks!
It’s FM1, so not max, but there’s a fair few ovalised tubesets they played around with in the 90s.
It’s a shame they seemingly made the fork out of lead though, so it’s not all roses.
Impossible to find an inline silver seat post for 26.8 too…

Not quite as good as those above, but here’s my koga traveler, still needs a load of work, larger tyres/mudguards, needs a bit of bdhu, and the cabling needs redoing.
Bit of a heavy beast, but they’re great bikes.

Love this, and keep the paint — it’s rad.
Those 90s koga touring/all-round frames are great. Do you have a build thread?

Glorious, thanks @JurekB @amey @somethingclever, will check them out

Is there a local cycling-related charity or social organisation to donate a decent-but-used fixed/free wheelset in SE London?

Or if anyone knows anyone in particular need, after a crash etc.

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Lovely stuff
Sometimes this place really is the friendliest place on the internet

@roadwarrior you're most welcome!

This is gone now

What were you going to use it for out of interest? Didn't take you for someone who needed the use of an 11 year old computer!

Looks like @roadwarrior wants it for now, but will let you know if that changes

As @ibob suggests, it's doable but you'll need to do some spudging/pizza-cutting to get the screen off.

I never fancied doing that, so I just booted it from an external SSD through the USB 3.0 ports. Worked a treat.

Whoops, collection details now added

32h front and rear
700c / 622 BSD

Spacing is 100mm front, 120mm rear

A few years' use commuting, so the brake track on the front has seen a bit of wear. Still good for another few years though.

Just looking for £10, which will be donated to the forum.

Edit: Collection from SE21

SOLD

Still chugging away on El Capitan.

Free to whoever wants it.

Pick up only from SE21.

Fully working, with just a few scratches. Just needs some of the sticker residue removing from the back (after it was PAT tested for work).

Still works well, but could do with upgrading to an SSD.

£80 (with £10 going directly to the forum)
Pick up only (SE21)

SOLD

Well done for wholesale copying your entire post, removing the references to Hitler and Stalin, and presenting the bizarre and unfounded argument as your own.

https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/thomas-sowell-on-the-fallacy-of-redistribution/