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I realise this is some time after the post started, I fitted R8020 levers to my best bike 2 1/2 years ago, but over that time this particular bike has only covered 1350 miles, not even long enough to wear out the brake pads. Last summer I took the bike on holiday with me to Dorset, I noticed the front shifting was getting really stiff and on return I swapped out the cables which seemed to make things better, but not perfect. Last Saturday I took the bike out on a club run, after 20 miles my shifter would not change at the front derailleur, it was stuck in the small ring. On reaching home I removed the cable which allowed the shifter to move but the small rear lever did not return to the home position, no amount of GT85 spray has helped in freeing off the mechanism. A Google search showed other people having the same issues with front shifter and the only used one on eBay had also a broken LH shifter. My gravel bike has RS685 levers and have been used and abused for 6 years without issue, I’m going to be swapping out the R8020 for RS685 levers as I’ve sourced a new LH and a used RH R685 for half the price if a potentially flawed LH R8020.

Pm'd back re: stem

Very interested in the stem, looks ideal for my commuter

Interested in 6 and 13 RL down jacket and TNF bag, would you post as I'm in Leicester?

SOLD to tootired, thanks

postage to Sweden is very expensive, from £50 according to the Royal Mail so I'd rather keep them within the UK.

tootired I've sent you a PM

I've just rebuilt my Trek Soho S single speed commuter and replaced the wheels with some different ones that match my new paint job! These all black ones just didnt look quite right on a sky blue bike.

They are black 700c ETRTO rims with black spokes and black hubs fixed-fixed rear, I did some research on the wheels a while back and it was suggested that they were Formula hubs but as they have no markings I can't confirm this. The wheels run fairly true and the bearings are sealed and run smooth. The front rim has a few sctratches that were present when I bought the bike and the brake surface shows little wear. The rear rim shows much more wear on the rim especially on one side where the previous owner had very poor brake allignment. The tyres are Bontrager 700cx28 Race Lite puncture resistant and the tubes have car type Schrader valves. I will also include 2 new spare inner tubes. The rear is also fitted with a "as new" 18T fixed sproket and lock ring.

Pictures here;

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n449/camera-man/

I'm asking £55.I live in Leicester and currently working in the midlands area, but I have a box suitable for safe posting although this will cost around £15. Open to offers

OK undibs then

dibs "Black Oury Grips, still in packet" if they are the same as these with silver clamps and end plugs http://www.jensonusa.com/!uOmi4AxBEZtuTvrRjo1eBA!/Oury-Lock-On-GripClamp I'll offer £11

QUOTE=soapbear30;3375678]Can someone explain whats the deal on here ? regarding dibs timewise is it upto the seller ? Think I might have got robbed.[/QUOTE]

I don't see how you think you were robbed, you hadn't PM'd the seller or posted on the thread for the best part of a day so he bumped his thread to say the wheels were still available, I saw the ad contacted the seller and agreed a price before you had replied on the thread. You can't expect someone to hold something, if there's real money on the table.

If the classifieds were run to a strict system like on AVforum then everyone would know the rules and have to abide by them, saying you're interested and asking for postage quotes is not the same as saying "yes I'll take it"

It passed an hour or so on the flight to Vegas before Christmas last year, was ok but I didn't exactly have a lot else to do

Sorry soapbear, I've already agreed a price for the wheels (including tubes, tyres & delivery) & paid bluebiker

Cool I just dropped you a PM, I bought a 16t white freewheel a few weeks ago from eBay I would like the 18t fixed sprocket and lock ring too.

What size tyres will these take, I have 700c 28 on my existing wheels but I was thinking of getting some new narrower tyres.

i'll jump in with my dibs as I'm liking these a lot and as my bike is currently being powder coated in a light blue , with the rest of the bike a mixture of black and silver components these could be perfect.

As I'm in Leicester postage would be preferable, £13 sounds about right.

A couple of questions;
Are the wheels true?
Can a freewheel be used in place of the fixed gear, do they have flip-flop hub?
What size tyres were fitted (i assume these are 700c wheels)?
Is paypal OK for payment?
cheers Neil

About 10 years ago my eldest son had his new Specialized Hot rock 24" wheel mountain bike pinched from outside the paper shop in the town where we live in leicestershire, I spent 2 evenings around the parks & where the local kids hang out to no avail. 3 days later I was looking in the local paper & in the classifieds was a Specialized Hotrock, I contacted the seller who admitted he had only had the bike a couple of days and claimed he had bought it for his brother from a car boot sale the other side of Leicestershire, I arranged to view it & informed the police who said they could do nothing without proof it was our bike.

I went to the guys house in a rough part of Leicester and sure enough it was my sons bike, I assured the guy I was very interested and just needed to check that my son wanted it. I went straight to the police but they refused to help as they were too busy ffs. I rang the seller back & arranged to go back at 6pm the next day, 5pm the next day I went back to the police & they reluctantly agreed to go & see the seller. The police did recover the bike & admitted they knew the seller. He even asked for a reward for returning the bike to its rightful owner!

I always use hairspray to fit them & wd40 or gt85 to free them off when I need to get them off

I use a piece of alloy pipe about 100mm long 20mm wide when I fit star nuts, its wide enough to push the star nut into the steerer square as long as you get it started OK and soft enough not to damage the nut when hitting it with a mallet

Hi all, decided to join last night. My single speed is in bits all over the garage and I dropped the frame off at the powder coating place today, hope to get it back next week and I'll post some pictures of it then, it's only a Trek Soho S but it's had some upgrades, just looking for some nice wheels now.

I'm very interested in the wheels if they are still available, new to the forum so I can't PM yet. I'm willing to travel from Leicester to collect them at the weekend, they will be perfect for my bike when I get the frame repainted

I have an old Easton CT2 flat bar on my single speed which I had spare from a upgrade on my mountain bike, they were slightly damaged at the ends from bar ends so I cut them down by 20mm at each end, they have proved to be comfortable & strong. All 3 of my bikes use Easton carbon bars, I think the construction of the carbon weave should make them unlikely to fail in the same way as a lightweight alloy bar can.