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I managed to sell some of my racing car parts (anybody need a 6.0L 500 BHP race V8 for £5500?) so have splashed out and ordered X9 front/rear mech, cassette, chain and shifters all new 9 speed. Will have retro HOPE BB and chainrings though, and retro HOPE brakes, but modern fast shifting gears...

Cheers for the links :) Enjoyed those. Looked a lot of fun.

Quite a respectable A4 cardboard box, for inner & outer that was ok.

If I cant convince enough of my mates, or if the fast guys don't want my slow ass in their team I may be game :) I'll be there one way or another, and riding retro.

Yes, with some mates. 1 of them doing it solo!

no worries, guessed it had fallen through as it was over a week ago.

Mine

£65 posted for the chaninset?

Worth noting that the only frame I ever broke was the Caloi, after most of a year of racing - I had to get a new frame for the National champs! Saying that, I'd like to replicate that bike one day, as it has special memories :)

LOL I was sponsored by Eagle in the early 90's and had the first "Boss" in the country :) Got some National champs medals on that bike. In 1993 I was sponsored by Caloi, and thats the Bike I road in the 1993 World Champs as a Junior. Caloi were imported by a shop in Wolverhamptom, as as...

Wonder what size box my gear cables I've just ordered will come in?

I've an STX-RC front mech and shifter thats looking to be too big for my Sintesi @ 34mm

Yeah, the frame seems light, but I'm mainly aiming for something reliable and able to take a little more abuse than what I have. Need to move this project to be finished in the next month, ready for the clatterer challenge I've entered. I'm not bothered about the period of the parts, I'd...

Looks like im out :-(

Well no not sorted, didnt happen . Will try in morn

I'll either be on a Modern Giant or a early 90's Trek :) As ridden by my mates who came up to Whinlatter on the Retrobike ride last year

forgot pic of HOPE brakes, with missing bit!

Might have to borrow a modern bike as I don't have a working one at all! Anybody got a Kona Type B dropout / mech hanger ?

Well it seems I've acquired FOC from my mate Jed, this frame he also had given. 1997 Hale Bopp came with XT-RC as OE equipment from what I gather, and thats about it. Frame seems quite light, I needed to build something a little more capable as I want to do some longer races like the IoM...