Search results

the slab sided brake bridge was used by cougar (though no cats on the fork crown) and mike kowal - i sure others used them but IMHO its a sign of quality. the sloping fork crown is definitely a late 1990s thing. are the rear dropouts horizontal orvertical? if vertical it is another late 90s...

i just put an m5 allen bolt through the nut, clamped the head of the nut in a drill and used a file to thin the sleeved section. it only needs to be reduced by about 1/2mm to fit. but check i think you might not need to do this on athena brakes.

koolstop salmon, or dura 2 every time. i think the athena version of the monoplaners has a wide enough slot to fit shimano shoes. i have some earlier chorus ones which have a narrow slot. i ground down the threaded sleeve nuts so they will fit my brakes. i can give detail if you wanr. -Steve

just fitted a campag record 10 speed front mech to my steel frame bike. its the mech with an all steel cage not the one with a carbon front plate. i am running friction shifters if its relevant. i noticed the mech has two settings for spring tension - by rotating an allen headed spring...

Heckmodwike? i havent heard that name in many years. i used to cycle through there on my daily commute from beaston in leeds to cleckheaton, where i worked at mintex. must have been 1985.

i have a pair of ultra short dia compe agc300g, but they are recessed nut so they maybe of no use. £25 if you can use them. nb i am on holiday till the 17th

go the whole hog and do ut in alloy: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256518183821?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=eyAOlZ6NSXm&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=aOu0WQRhT2C&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

i will take the 200sl brakes if they are still available

i need a crown race for a stronglight A9 headset (the old one with taper roller bearings in plastic cages). i have a crown race, but its loose on my forks, 27mm i think, but my fork is vanilla ISO at 26.4. anyone have a race, or a damaged ir incomplete A9?

not very retro but considered a bit dated now so perhaps old enough. i want a pair for my 1999 vintage 853 road bike build. anyone have a pair at a fair price (ebay prices do not seem reasonable to me). -Steve

thanks. the hunt for WF continues…

bump, no one? i did realise tha Holdsworth where named W.F. Holdsworth, might this be a frame manufactured by holdsworths?

Hi, I am intrigued to find out more aboutmy ribble 853 frame. the frame number starts with WF98Exxxx. i am guessing the frame was made in May 1998 (98 = 1998, A=Jan… E=May) i think xxxx is a sequence number i suspect. the question is what does WF signify, other ribble frames have a prefix...

thanks very much. its rather embarrassing - i didn't check ebay first, i found one on there silly cheap so i snapped it up yesterday. sorry for the hassle. fwiw: the pivot hole on the lower parallelogram arm cracked on mine, inchecked a racing triple version i have and it uses a steel lower...

to replace my broken 9speed campag front derailleur. Any mount is ok as i can reuse the clamp on bracket from mine.

yep, thats right. This one, it was available in a few lengths but I need the long one (111mm)

hi, i am after a campagnolo record or chorus 111mm (sold as the pisa/track part) bottom bracket. the one with triple bearings. the irony is i had one and sold it just before xmass… (sigh).

well, i guss that is what will happen but the cable needs to be held away from the frame or else if will rub/rattle. The problem is the front side of the guide needs to be as tall and towards the righthand side of the frame (or at least near the centerline of the bike) whilst the rear end of...

hi, i have a kenisis crosslight pro 4 which needs a cable guide under its bottom bracket. there are guides across the top tube for the rear mech. what is weird is the cable stop for the front mech is on the right hand down tube, so the missing cable guide needs to take the cable across the...

i have a set of froggs legs which have a fixed toe adjustment (unless you bend them) and i want to prevent brake squeal. if there are none about i will just file the pads down a bit but it seems like a neat solution. you had bad experiences with them?