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Still available if anyone wants some brakeless fun in the sun

Still available in case you haven’t seen my reply @agchxci

It's almost as if he should sell it...

I think I’ve fucked it. I’ve fucked it, haven’t I…

Hey folks,

Selling this for a friend, but I know it's barely been used since buying the frame new as he'd never dust it off to come out on rides with me. Some cosmetic marks on the frame, mostly from moving house, no dents. Lovely nick and ready to use.

• 58cm Dolan Pre Cursa Frame, Alpina carbon forks (not drilled for brake)
  
• Miche Primato advanced all-black crankset (49/14)
  
• Velocity B43 rear w/gatorskin
  
• BLB deep-V front w/Schwarble blizzard sport
  
• Alu Alpina seatpost
  
• Bont saddle
  
• Thompson stem with a dope Cinelli donut top-cap
  
• Alu profile pursuit handlebars with Cinelli tape
  
• Absolutely priceless LIVEWRONG sticker on the top tube
  
• No pedals included in sale - BYOP
  
  

More photos here - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GgJRj079LdXo3CkzXuXSLLXSsYEk2w1_?usp=sharing

£400
£375
£350

Located in Leytonstone.

Thanks for looking.

Just bagged these to take me into firm wanker hybrid territory...

Dibs - 7. Fizik Arione Carbon. Will DM now

Looking for junior/trainee bike mechanics all the way up to workshop managers, based in Hoxton but working across multiple sites in London (Hornsey & Bermondsey for now; SW and NW London soon).

The salary range is £24k - £32k for mechanics, up to £38k for a workshop manager depending on experience.

Experience with cargo bikes and e-bikes is a plus, but not essential.

Drop me a PM if interested or email london@zedify.co.uk

Cheers!

Got it muddy and ordered an awesome rack bag from @user71349

Still need to find some time to tidy bits up and the rear mech is not behaving, so might have to give in and take it to someone who knows what they're doing. It will shift up, but not down. very annoying.

Once that's sorted I want to take it on longer rides out in Epping.

Thanks for the basket bag! Quality is awesome, as is fit. The pup is a fan too.

Would recommend to anyone considering one!

Also decided I HATE the colour of the grips, so looking for replacements

Managed to get the last bits done to get the Rock Hopper rideable and boy is it fun on the gravel tracks round my ends! Haven't ridden a bike with anything bigger the 25c tires for about a decade and I've really been missing out. Absolutely love it.

Picked up a Minorah Gamoh Porteur rack from @Dick last week and whilst it's fairly heavy, it is sturdy AF, mounts to existing mounting points and looks exactly as desired too.

Other bits are a 38t Raceface chainring, fitting the Deore derailleur and getting the brakes to a just-about-functional state (got a bit overzealous and ended up in a bush for lack of braking effectiveness).

Next on the list is tidying it up, but I don't really want to take it too far as it just makes it more nickable, and sorting the brakes! I also have a custom bag for the rack coming from @user71349 too!

Any suggestions on improvements welcome (other than more effective brakes, obvs!), but for now I'm just going to enjoy smashing around on it until something breaks.

Another gratuitous puppy pic included just for @vpCogworks

Hi all, sorry, sold now. Ended up going to @user134106. Will update post title

Bump for footwear combo

On reflection, think I’ll just go for this along with a beefy downhill stem to stop it slipping

Anyone want one of these 😅…

https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Specialized-Pizza-Rack_95421.htm?sku=336469&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=google_shopping&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIuPDzqrz08gIVxbHtCh0R3gNnEAQYASABEgL0wvD_BwE

So I don't need to wear a backpack. 8kg max I'd of thought

@MCamb - As in you think it would compromise strength? I don't want this to turn into the next #teamjdmitch

Rivnuts! I've always wanted a crack using those! It would be a hell of a lot tidier.

Thoughts on compromising the strength of the fork??

I'm hopefully going to bodge some brackets to attach the mountings to the forks and then the centre eyelet at the top of the forks, otherwise it's new forks'o'clock. But hopefully not.

Success! @Matt101 was right in that the old BB was spec’d to whatever the old crankset was, so didn’t really matter. Some careful measuring with the very friendly LBS mechanic suggested a 122mm BB and viola!

Now looks as you see below. More parts hopefully arriving tomorrow 🤞

Thanks both!

Don't have the spec as such but here are a couple of images...

Going back to LBS with all the bits now

OK, first issue...

BB came out fine, frame was measured (admittedly didn't measure the BB axle) and new one purchased from LBS, cool.

Except, this frame seems to have come with a weird offset BB (see images) where the drive-side BB axle/spindle is recessed into the BB.

Me and LBS are stump(jumper)ed, they've asked me to take the frame in to help remedy by either finding a BB with the same spec as original (seems unlikely) or work out some sort of hodge-podge-bodge.

But, seems as this fine forum is a veritable fountain of knowledge, thought I'd put it out here too!

Halp! Plez!

Hello!

My first time sharing a build on here so please be gentle with me.

Bought a 90's rockhopper from the fantastic @crossedthread (top guy, recommended seller!) here... https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/367255/

With a view to turning it into a gravel 1 x thing with a pizza rack so I can sack off my sweaty backpack. First impressions are it's surprisingly light for it's age, been told it has some fancy-ish tubing, so that's nice. Bars are wider than anything else I've ridden for about 15 years, so looking forward to smashing about on it around the marshes/flats in E London.

First pic is how I took delivery - frame, wheels, stem, bars, saddle, v-brakes, levers and a crusty BB.

On order are...

• Halo twin rail skinwalls
  
• Specialized pizza rack
  
• 2nd hand Trivativ crankset w/narrow wide chainring with is way too small, so will have to replace
  
• Gummy deathgrips
  
• 9sp cassette
  
• Deore rear mech
  
• Deore shifter
  
  

So far only the cassette and grips have arrived, so it looks as is in 2nd pic (apologies for inclusion of new pup, couldn't resist), more to be delivered today hopefully!

No idea weather groupset will work as this is my first deviation from roadie/fixed stuff, but fingers crossed! Also need to get the autosol out for the not-so-shiny bits, illustrated in the last pic.

Any feedback/ideas welcome!

Ghaaad that was a good read, thank you