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Only you would keep the boxes...

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Believe it or not, I'm looking to sell this to buy a BROMPTON, my friend said I'm stupid

Your friend sounds very wise. :-)

Cheers, gents. The brake in question isn't an Omega X - it's much older and doesn't provide a great deal of stopping power, even with a bog standard TT lever. I'll see how it goes. Good to have a Plan B with Nokon cables if I can't get it working any other way.

Has anyone used Tulas with a Tririg brake? Did it work well enough to ensure you're still alive to reply to this message?

This is the morning after an impulsive bar purchase. :-/

I was thinking about swapping the Vukas for a second-hand pair of 3T Ventus. All other things being equal, I think I'd go faster on them. But having done twenty questions with a few eBay sellers, I doubt I could keep everything else equal - I'd be too high and too short on them; I'd lose my position. It'd be a hell of a lot easier if you could just change the alloy Vuka bars for the carbon version, and pick up a bit of speed-on-a-budget without losing the adjustability.

Did you go from Vukas to the 3T Ventus?

Have any of you Vuka Alumina users gone from the standard alloy basebar to the carbon Vuka Bull? A worthwhile exercise or not, do you think?

I've hardly turned a pedal since August, and the days where I could make big time savings through kit, training or position are gone anyway, I fear. The bars on my fixed wheel TT machine are probably the final area where I could find gains without breaking the bank. Any thoughts before I chuck it and go back to pootling around the backroads?

Cheers!

In decent nick, please. PM if you can help. Ta.

Could you be tempted to sell your remaining Lifeline Ti cage? One of mine has just failed at the tab that takes the bolt. I don't like change.

70?! Really?

No, that's too big, I'm afraid. Thanks, though.

Still looking...

If you're going to TT on the Peugeot, how you fit on the bike trumps aesthetics. With that in mind, I'd ditch the quill stem for a quill to ahead stem convertor. You'll have much more scope for adjustment - and less flex. Good luck.

Thanks for your reply, Pete. I've got everything from 49t to 57t already, so a 55 is of no use, I'm afraid. I'd like a 58 or larger (without breaking the bank!) Cheers anyway!

Yes, please do!

3/32" preferred but 1/8" also considered. Anything with 58 teeth or more.

Thanks!

Fair play - that's a good effort.

I've got a steel frame which was painted by Henderson's Metal Cleaning near Meadowbank:

http://www.hendersonsmetalcleaning.co.uk/pages/bicycles.php

The finish was very good rather than perfect; turnaround was quick; and the paintwork has been really durable - a million times better than a Bob Jackson paint-job on another bike. I think it was about 70 quid. I'd go back to them again.

Unless your frame is particularly fancy, I think this is the way to go: a workmanlike paint-job and a bike you can ride without being worried about ruining it.

I had the same problem with the Vukas. The only way I could prevent slips was by using lots of Tacx assembly paste and tightening beyond the recommended torque.

Tried to get an answer via the Facebook page earlier this month (without success.) I thought the Edinburgh folk on here would know.

Does anyone know if ERC will be running Meadowbank velodrome again this year?

Ta.

Replace the Deda clamps with Token ones for a fiver, then you can use 22.2mm diameter extensions (Specialized, Zipp Vuka etc.)

https://www.evanscycles.com/token-aero-extension-arm-rest-bracket-EV137488?esvt=1046-GOUKE1372348&esvq=&esvadt=999999-0-33858-1&esvcrea=61233257816&esvplace=&esvd=c&esvo=EV137488-NA-NA&esvaid=50080&gclid=CPqhqKz_7s0CFfMV0wod8-UCcg

You'll be able to use your Deda arm rests with the Token clamps, but you will have to source four flat-headed bolts for the purpose.

If the rim is deep/semi-deep, you can use a defluffed cotton button as a nipple driver. Use lots of force when you push the nipples onto the cotton bud, so they don't come off inside the rim.

Nipples rattling about inside the rim are awkward to retrieve. If the worst comes to the worst, keep lacing, and cross your fingers that the nipple will come out of its own accord when the wheel is spinning in the truing stand.

Yeah, even with the helmet squeezed against my ears, but only when I'm really motoring - 30mph-plus. You should ask for a refund. :-)

My Zipp 900 makes pedestrians jump when I ride over to club TTs. At 30mph it produces a fantastic noise - loud enough to justify the expenditure.

Ta.