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I think I may have found a couple of good 27.0 options on ebay. Have ordered them both and then we'll see what the scales say :). The first was a random alloy post someone was selling (£8.25). The seller quoted it as being 210g and I should be able to cut this one down to just under 200g. The...

Re: Re: Cheers for the suggestion. That is a good idea trying a smaller size+shim so I'll have a look on ebay as well :). Do you say that for any particular reason? Is it maybe that 27.0 post diameter is just harder to come by? Maybe I got lucky with the 190g woodman post I mistakenly bought.

I thought I'd found the PERFECT seatpost for my lightweight MTB/tourer build. Excitedly went to fit it today and lo and behold I bought the wrong size :oops:. As a result I'm now still looking for a seatpost. If you have anything please let me know :). Looking for something which is: -27.0 mm...

Re: Thanks for the offers everyone! Brakes now sorted :).

Re: I was trawling eBay yesterday for interesting bikes and remembered seeing this Carrera Krakatoa. No bids so far. Maybe you could offer the guy £25 via a message and you could end up with an entire set of original spare parts to choose from. Then just put whatever is leftover on the for...

Re: XTR M900, 88 rockhopper comp for £25!, marin quake tyres Please, someone buy the rockhopper! I'm so tempted, but don't have space for another bike. Love the position of the rear brake :).

Re: Re: pm on it's way re marin seatposts

For sale is a very lightweight Woodman GT2 seatpost. Bought by me very recently only to discover it's the wrong size (doh!). I have just added postage on top of what I paid so won't be making a profit on this. -27.2mm diameter -350mm length -190g exactly (on my scales) -Good condition -some...

Re: Re: You've made my day :D. pm heading your way.

I'm after some lightweight (preferably 130g or less for the pair), 22.2mm flat bar cantilever brake levers which take the barrel/MTB type brake cable. The levers are for a lightweight touring bike build. Aesthetics of the levers is not anywhere near as important to me as function, but some red...

Got any more pics of your Peugeot? :)

So sorry to read about your bikes :(. It's so shit that there's still a massive market for stolen bikes. You got a frame number for either of them by any chance? Maybe you have a reason for not wanting to post it though. May scare the thief away from selling the bike and thus make it even less...

Re: Re: You can buy paint pens rather than using sharpies. A friend used a black one on a custom guitar pedal, then clear coated it on top. Turned out really nicely. A steampunk bike would be AWESOME. You could use metallic gold and copper sharpies. You could draw cogs, cams, shafts...

Re: Re: Just looked up the Townsend and it's not bad looking IMO. Nice dropouts for a single speed too. For some inexplicable reason though, I find the pointy little chainring triangle kinda funny. Kinda looks like a standard bike frame and an e-stay frame had a child together and the Townsend...

Re: Re: Just imagine, you go to all the trouble of custom making your own bike including machining that hilariously MASSIVE chainring, but then accidentally put the fork on backwards :oops:. Kinda tempted to try this out on one of my bikes. Maybe those Asda adverts for bicycle shaped objects...

lol. I see what you did there :wink: Well spotted on the groupset! After some zooming in and comparing with other bikes it seems that the bike has a Biopace SG chainset. Have learnt something new today. Still can't tell what the rear derailleur is though. For anyone else who doesn't know...

Thanks very much! If you already have some ortliebs, then you've got nothing to lose :). One thing I didn't mention is that I got the parts from a pair of front panniers which have a smaller upper rail part (Same as Ortlieb spare part E170 I think). The rail from the more common 'back roller'...

Just bought a bike off eBay on a whim. Got a very good bike to pound exchange rate of 1-15. he he. I love the paint scheme - I hope that's a paint scheme rather than some astronomically bad paint cracking. What most interested me was the fact that the chain doesn't run through the chainstay - I...

<<<WARNING>>> Extremely long weight weenie post. Practically NO BIKE PORN WHATSOEVER. Just information. <<<WARNING>>> I Posted about a month ago about putting together a lightweight touring bike/commuter/do it all bike. Here's some info on how I managed to save 5.1kg total from my bike and bike...

I was also a little bit confused by the colour of the bar ends, stem and bottle cages. They are all Marin lite (as they should have been), but are a different colour than expected. I think the owner had several Marin bikes from the same era so some parts swapping has gone on. There's probably an...