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Interested. Just checking is that 25" centre of BB to top of seat tube?

For the record, BLB still stock these. £2.50 a pop though...

Great thanks Balki that's exactly what I needed.

Hi lfgss,

I've no idea what this little piece of metal is called, but I need a new one. Believe it or not the old one cracked in two. Must have had the wheel on too tight...

This is the hub http://outspokencycles.co.uk/hubs/formsilver.html

On this picture http://www.cyclebasket.com/smsimg/114/2062-5580-full-fixed_free_hub_005-114.jpg
From outside to inside we have: track nut, the metal bit I need, a washer, another bit of metal.

Essentially it's the bit which grips the inside of the dropout.

Any clues?

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Took you out smiff and fixed the numbering.

I was going to do FNRttC Brighton on 13 May but they now have a registration fee and you need insurance (fuck that!) so this will be my first LFGSS ride instead :D

I ride 49/15 (86 GI). How big is this hill again...?

I'll give you £20 for the white Rolls? (I'm trying Bjorn!)

Can come collect/meet/whatever.

Still available ?

Still available!

I might be interested in the ladies bike - would it fit a short-ish female, say 5'3?

I swear I was subscribed to this..!

Yep could meet anywhere in zone 1/2 really

Campagnolo Veloce bb for sale

English thread, 111mm spindle length

It was only ridden for about 1 month, so done maybe 200 miles max, ie. internally in very good condition. Otherwise a little pitted, see pics. Only selling as I changed to a 115mm spindle veloce to perfect my chainline.

Pick it up off me for £10 from W12?

Would take this but it's too big. And there have been three dibs.

Beeeaaaautiful frame! Not my size though..

Looking for a cheap (probably old) side-pull front brake.

I have been using an old time Weinmann 500, so something similar to that please.

(I broke the current one by bailing when cycling round a corner no hands. Snapped off most of the top arm. Very embarrassing.)

All sorted. Bent the top back to more circular, and got some proper grease. Power output is up lots of %

Got a nice zig zag scratch down half the post now, nice. Might be hard to return it.

Ye there's a bit of paint inside the top inch or so of tube.

The frame really isn't worth anything fancy like reaming. It was £10 remember.

So, it looks the problem is in fact the top of the tube being a little off circular. Will get some grease tomorrow and see

Another quickie lfgss, if you please...

The stock seatpost says 26,4 mm. Now I just bought a new seatpost (zoom), also sized 26,4, which is too big. It's taken a load of paint off the inside of the tube (grr).

So firstly - what's with that? The mm didn't get bigger in the last 30 years did it..?

And how much smaller should I go? I can easily get a 26,0 as a replacement, that sound about right?

Ta

Good criteria. The original seatpost I'm riding is at the stop mark, which leaves about 65mm of post in the tube. I shall hunt for something longer of the correct diameter.

I carried on using a 27.2 - but longer.. this is what happened:

http://www.lfgss.com/post242277-1.html

Further investigation by using different sized posts (thanks retro di corsa) suggested the seattube was meant for a 27.0.

Holy crap. And I just came on looking for a longer seatpost for my ridiculously long legs..

Is it possible that you destroyed the tube by using a too wide seatpost, not a too long one?

Just got back from an AMAZING ride. The veloce has done the trick.

"Thanks lfgss!"

Bottom bracket finally gave up the ghost (on Holland Park roundabout no less).

So Campag veloce bb and tool ordered. Fingers crossed.

Alright after reading your first reply I played with combinations of cup/lockring tightness and it's now looking stronger than earlier. I will take it outside and see if we can get more than 20m.

For a new BB - something like a Campag Veloce? With as short a spindle length as poss? (rhyme)

Keeping my thread alive...

Got a problem. The adjustable bb cup has decided that it doesn't want to stay in any more. A few rotations of the cranks cause it to come out a few turns, and tightening it past the 'biting point' with the bearings does the same. This suggests that the threads are buggered, and since the threads on the cup itself look ok, I guess the threads in the frame are f'ed. It's hard to tell by looking at them though.

Sigh. What can I do about this then?

best to change the brake levers though, they're called suicide levers for a reason.

Disagree. I ride on the top of the bars more than on the drops. If I had to reach down for the brake my braking distance would be much further.

Alright alright. But I really like cruising past other cyclists at 70 rpm...

So I would need either a larger sprocket (18T) or smaller chainring (43T...)

Recommendations for a 3/32 18T sprocket?

Shit, that's over 90 gear inches. get a 19 or 20t cog on the back and get it down to 70-is and you'll like it a lot more.

(Without having a test ride of 70-80 GI I can't really say this but) I'm quite liking the ridiculous potential for top speed at the moment. Just getting my leg power back to what it used to be...