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I Have used Easyjet for years to fly MTB to the alps - no trouble at all - just select / pay for bike on line booking system - just ensure you are under the max weight - 34 kg i think (please check) - so pack all you can up to that weight. i also recommend you pay for Easyjet Plus - as you can avoid a big queue at the airport trying to fight your way to the check in desk between the tapes that your bike bag is too big to fit between !

2 Klein Attitudes and a cracked Q Pro Team Issue wall hanger on Ebay Friday

Just as boring as usual ! - why anyone watches F1 when they can watch Moto GP is beyond me !

Love it ! - much Want

Used to buy Monsooned Malabar from Newmarket coffee& tea - who have suddenly just closed down - anyone here have a good source for fresh Monsooned Malabar - thanks M

Yes a strong wheel indeed - it is a 1934 Sturmey Archer TF 2 speed Fixed hub - 40 holes so had to get the carbon rim specially drilled . 1:1 drive and a 25% reduction for the hills - works really well

At last - got the Ti winter training bike finished and out on the first ride. Took a while to get the cracked seat post repaired (Carbon Fibre Solutions did a great job). The 2 speed works really well with the Campag shifter and is most welcome up the hills !

... the state of the nation !

2 speed Fixie winter bike ready to test - The Sturmey Archer TF hub shifts well with just a few clicks of the Campag rear shifter. Just need to change the saddle and repair a crack in the seat post to finish it off. ... and cut down the steerer !

yes the hub is about 120 wide so i had to make locking spacers to take up the gap and to lock the axle to the drop outs in the right orientation. Yes i recently acquired this frame to replace a Saber that cracked the downtube - a stress crack from the bottom of the front mech bracket which was welded up once but cracked again. As a last ditch repair i was going to get the downtube sheathed in carbon fibre by a carbon frame repairer - but this Blade came up and saved me the trouble. Here is another picture - i still have to sort out the stem / bars area and saddle as not happy with the aesthetics.

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Wehey - a swift half wheel rebuild later and here we go - 40 spoke, 4 cross, aero bladed 45mm carbon tubeless 2 speed fixie ! Now a ride-able rolling chassis - just waiting for a few bits to sort out the handlebars / brakes etc

i decided to mock up the installation on an old frame from the man cave as a test bed - so i can still ride the fixie. The hub works well and changes nicely with a Campag 1970s shift lever- but with just a few laps of the garden i can see movement in the paint around that joint - so it is back to the wheelbuilder for a respoke on the drive side ! Many thanks for your warning ! :)

thanks for the info - poo ! - only 1 way to find out if my awesome guns or lugging my lardy arse up a hill, will over-power 84 years of corrosion at the joint !

Yes it is DS = Radial, an aesthetic choice but we figured that 20 spokes 4 cross on the other side of a steel hub will stop any hub wind up ! i'll update next week after i have sorted tyre and integrated shifter on the bike and given it a go.

Unusual wheel for your perusal - 1943 SA 2 speed fixed wheel hub / 40 CX-Ray aero spokes, radial + 4 cross / 45mm aero carbon tubeless rim - should be pretty strong !

it may be OK as the tube is not split - but stress cracks may form - i have a Litespeed that had a stress crack in the downtube - i was going to bin it but i had an idea - get the downtube reinforced by encasing all of it in carbon fibre - i enquired with this company and indeed they can do it as a good repair - if you get the same on your frame it will give you peace of mind and a stronger frame ! - speak to Craig at CarbonFibreSolutions.co.uk

i tend not to use them (with my old back ! )

No - they are a half arsed repair weld - i was not that happy with them either - but i guess it is difficult to repair the middle of a thin Ti tube !

Litespeed Sabre died !
Colnago replacement rides very well !

Well it was for my Litespeed Sabre - but i just discovered the frame has cracked (under my awesome power i guess !) so it is new frame time as well. Shifting - i could get an original 2 speed Sturmey quadrant shifter - but i was going to interface it with a modern shifter - but which type will now depend on the new frame. The hub in effect defaults to 1:1 fixed drive with no tension on the cable and when the cable is pulled enough, the shaft engages the planetary system for a 25% reduction - so as long as enough cable is pulled , i think i can get away with a variety of shifters.

Old and new - not just the Hub ! - current project - 2 speed fixed wheel for an easier time up the hills - bought a Sturmey Archer TF 2 speed fixed hub 1934 - but 40 hole rims are not common these days unless you want a heavy thing for Tandems - light-bicycle.com do up to 36 hole carbon aero rims inc tubeless and were fantastic - just asked if they can do a 40 hole rim = no problem , delivered in a week and no extra cost!! So going to build 1934 SH TF hub into 2008 45mm deep carbon aero tubeless rim with Sapim CX-Ray spokes Stainless.

Seen At Farnborough Airshow - interesting design

if you are going to Avebury (or any stone circle) - have a go at Dowsing ! google - The Sun and the Serpent Paperback – 21 May 1990 by Paul Broadhurst (Author), Hamish Miller (Author) - you can go there and find the same ley lines !

Hi, bin there done that 3 years ago see -

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/133015/?offset=97100#comment11854886

.. but you need a shamal hub and this was just a single speed fixie conversion