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(11) 1A 10cm 1980s Excellent £18
Dibs Please

Looking for a pair of Alhonga deep drop brakes. Other caliper brakes with a similarly long reach will be great too.
Thanks
Haofeng

Hi guys,
I'm looking for some bits and pieces, very grateful if any of you had some lying around.

I will consider most M8 crank bolts, but I would be delighted if you had anything campy. Dust covers the same.

I also need some silver M5 bolts for bottle cage mounts, 6 would be good- I'm sure some of you have them lying around...

Thanks
Haofeng

Dibs freewheel.

topeak mutitool+ singlespeed chain. Dibs, PMing now

Dibs Cinelli stem.

Dibs (1) White 105 levers

Dibs bar ends

I got rivnuts inserted in the end. They are excellent, and hopefully shouldn't turn in their holes...touchwood
huge thanks @ Freezing77

Dibs levers

Dibs pedals

Dibs bullhorns

5. Shimano - 600 - Brake levers. Has scratches, but works well. Price. £12

Dibs

2nd Dibs Giro bars

Actually, scrap that
undibs Cinelli stem and charge bullhorns
2nd dibs on Profile design bullhorns

Dibs 1a stem

1. Endura hi vis waterproof jacket, has some road spray on it, will be washed before sale. gd cond - £20
   
2. Cinelli 1A stem 120mm 26.4mm clamp in used condition, a few rub marks and the bolt needs replacing, can supply a seat clampbolt if needed - £10
   
3. Charge slice bullhorns 25.4mm clamp in gd cond, very few scratches - £10 (2nd Dibs)
   
4. Kryptonite NY lock D lock 16mm shackle. I have all the carrying-on-frame malarkey somewhere, will include in sale - £40 or swap for evo mini-d
   
   

Dibs
PM on the way

I might have some gold versions of these if you're interested?

I'll see how it turns out for now. If it proves too much hassle, I might give you a shout...

Interested in the lock...

Also, anyone know where they sell those long reach calipers in the UK?

A Claud Butler of that vintage will have been built for 27" (ETRTO 630) wheels with 1.25" tyres and mudguard clearance, so probably 63mm or so brake drop to the original wheels. If you swap to a modern 700c (ETRTO 622) fork made for short reach brakes, say about 43mm, you're cutting something like 24mm off the axle to crown length of the fork, which means your top tube will slope down noticeably once the bike is built up, and the head and seat angles will be steepened by about 1.5deg. Aesthetically, you will also have a significant mismatch in clearances front to rear. In short, keep the stock fork and invest in one of Tektro's lovely long reach brakes. You'll even be able to use decent sized tyres and mudguards, which will make winter a much more pleasant experience.

I was hoping that wouldn't be much of an issue. Anyway, I will keep the original forks for the moment. Then I will see once the wheels arrive. If there is a problem, I will use the original forks instead, and get some long reach brakes.

Sound like the frame is design for 27" instead of 700c.

Yeah, but I take it it will be fine if I use 700c wheels. (brake drop aside)

I am building my first fixie(I did have a langster framed fixie, but I bought that second hand off some guy), and I thought I would make a project log. I see a lot of amazing builds on here, but very little in the way of build logs etc?.
It helps me keep track of what I'm doing, and hopefully, I can get some advice from you guys in the process...correct my inevitable rookie blunders (without too much abuse :P)
Anyway, here goes:

First, I bought a vintage Claud Butler road frame off fleabay...
I think it's from 1967, but its in decent shape, paintwork a bit crappy, but I'm gonna get it powdercoated anyway

I decided I didn't need the pump holders, so out comes the hacksaw, files and sandpaper...

Result. I don't think it's too bad- once its painted, it won't be noticeable.
I did the same on the front one...

Since armourtex don't do transfers, I thought I'd make my own...I haven't really decided how yet, but either I will paint with modelling paint etc by hand or maybe get some vinyl cut on a computer.
Anyway, I had to make copies of the decals first...


I had to fill in the bits that were damaged with a marker pen, but I think I did ok. Will decide on what exactly to do with the copy later...

I've also bought some stuff:
Dura Ace track sprocket 15t
Halo aerorage wheelset
Campagnolo Record Strada 42t Crankset (from Freezing77, hopefully collect today)
Cinelli 40cm Bars (Freezing77 as well)
KMC Kool 1/8" BMX Chain
A pair of nice road forks (the Claud Butler frame came with some, but they had a ridiculous brake drop, might sell them on)
Charge spoon saddle

Still to buy:
Cinelli stem
Bottom Bracket- I'm not sure what size to get...
Threaded headset
Bar tape
Pedals
Seatpost
And probs some other bits and pieces I've forgotten about...

Anyone sees these in classified/ebay, please gimme a shout.

That's it for now, I'll post more when there's progress on the project...

Over and out
Feng

haha, well its one bitch of a train ride for me...

Interested in tyres...dibs