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Try a framebuilders supplier. Look under braze-ons, bosses. They are usually listed.

I used to blend my own using straight grade car oil and ATF. Tried various proportions to get the desired damping. If your fork is a cartridge one then I think the oil is purely a lubricant rather than a damping medium unless you intend opening up the damper cartridge.

Your problem is you used to ride singlespeed. Like most single speeders you'll find the only acceptable sounds from a bike are the rasp of the tyres on the trail, the silky sound of a properly tensioned chain, the demented howling of disks on a wet descent, and either the tick tick of a...

Dunno, those nuns can get pretty rough. I've had more motorbike crashes than I have years and never broke a bone. The Puffer has given me 2 broken ribs so far. Maybe the Puffer nuns are from the Inquisition. "No one expects the Inquisition..." :)

Me, Jamie It's not really a 24 hour unless you do it solo. :) Rigid SS if you don't want to buy your bike a whole new drivetrain and suspension service afterwards. Entries open in August once they know which way the plague wind's blowing. (Watch their FB site)

Just envy, mate. The Rough Stuff boys used to give those lightweights far harsher treatment than anything we'd do these days. As for the Long Haul Trucker, it's probably the perfect Rough Stuff bike, an under-appreciated allrounder. Surly were way ahead of the market with that one. :) I was...

It all started so well. I went on a road ride, yes, a road ride on my old Voodoo ex-mtb now gravel bike. The one famous for its 20" inner tubes. Nice quiet roads like this. I was quite proud of myself - Jamie could take one of his blingcycles on this ride thought I - as I pedalled the...

Re: Re: Same here. I just wish the weather would respect that...

That's daytime covered. What do you use for night? :)

The talk of wide tyres the other day reminded me of experiences in outback Australia where the wrong sort of tyre can be a fatal mistake. Comments made by the early explorers stuck in my mind. So I dug into my library instead of fixing bikes. A good way to spend a few hours though. One of...

Nice job. What size wheels? These are well built frames, and ideal for a gravel conversion IMO. I did a trial fit of 2.1" 650b wheels in a Raleigh Ravine which probably has the same clearances as your bike. There was plenty room. (Didn't go any further with it because my old Voodoo with...

Got a bucket of salty water for that job - apparently it works wonders... :)

Did a quick test to see if the brake reach of the canti mounts on a 27" wheel bike would accommodate a 700c. Yes, if there's enough length of slot in the brake arm. Handy to know for sure, so now I'll go for 700c wheels because you can get better tyres than for 27" these days.

Re: Re: Have you tried spraying brake cleaner in to clean up around it, then dribble in some superglue to fix it?

Spent half a day in the "sun" cleaning and polishing the frame. It still doesn't look pretty, but I was following my own advice, which is the best way to find out if something is broken or about to break is to clean and polish it. I didn't go overboard about it though. All I want is a decent...

Ha, at that age I thought that was behind me too. :) One at 45, another at 50. Then we discovered what was causing it...

This was known in the early 1900s when 2" tyres were common. The exigencies of WW1 meant that they stopped producing them to conserve rubber (or something like that). After that they were confined for supply only to the colonies where roads were rough or non existent, eg the 1938 Elswick Hopper...

I'd go 40mm Schwalbe Marathon or Vittoria Voyager if they'd fit. The ability to run lower pressure gets your tyre conforming to the surface better, and that's as good as those microscopic lugs on "gravel" tyres IMO.

This isn't going to be a restoration. Seeing as it's pissing rain here and it's lockdown anyway, I'll blether on. The bike was bought for a purpose. That's how I rationalise almost every N+1 purchase, it's not a want but a need, but then one day you need, not want, a bigger shed. Before...