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cheers for the info - sounds like a hassle if you don't have a convenient mate to do it :)

I am also refurbing some pedals at the moment - interested in the cerakote option for the cages - is this something you do yourself or is there somewhere that does this? (costs?)

there are older GT cromo stems that come close - but have yet to see any under 120mm

will give it some thought for sure - what I really want is a 1 1/8 cromo quill stem with about 100mm reach and a removable face plate - Nitto/sim works have some nice ones but pretty much as pricey as a custom job and I think they are all also only 1 inch :(

awesome build! your battles with getting the cockpit right chime with my own :) a custom stem is something I've been considering too - i agree that in many ways Ahead setups are just way more awkward for tweaking height than the old quill style - big stacks of spacers just always look really...

looks like it

this is the very reason most MTB specific cranksets have that kink in the cranks arms to clear the wider spacing in the chain stays dunno if you can find additional spacers? (and if you have enough width in the axle to fit them!) otherwise I think these cranks won't work with your frame I'm...

it was indeed the Kelvin - given the amount of rain recently its pretty much in full spate :)

thanks for the continuing offers, but am now sorted have changed the thread title!

I dunno - it does have a certain ratbike je ne sais quoi ;)

think this belongs here :)

Stridsland mode in full effect Part of me is aesthetically horrified I will admit, but another part is kinda warming to it…I have suddenly developed a strange compulsion to attach a front pizza rack and post arty photos on instagram ;) Obviously given I live in Glasgow, it was grim...

the modern fad for what seem to me, to be extremely low spoke counts, I just don't get at all. fair enough on some high end weight weeny race wheel, but even budget shimano's have like 16 spokes these days

does anyone know where to get those little screw in thingies? I have a set of these but they have always been missing those bits

I kinda agree re the brakes but thats also cos a lot of the brakes used back then were just shit in general :) first thing I did when I got the pug was to remove the flexy weinmann 500 calipers/bad non-aero levers and replace with shimano BR600s (which are still long drop compared to modern...

100% agree on the boosters - looks so much cleaner without them :)

tyre clearance is pretty much a fashion thing I think many older bikes had pretty good clearance (maybe not modern 'gravel' widths) then in the 90s everything got tighter and you couldn't get more than a 25c through the brakes on most road bikes my 1984 peugeot (supposedly a racer) can do 32c...

These's also something called "canodizing" I was reading about on a BMX forum where people use some sort of translucent overcoat paint on polished alloy to achieve something that looks like anodizing. Again (as with all finishing techniques) I assume meticulous prep and skilled application would...

looks a little short to my eye :) I guess I don't like the RD to be that stretched out :) but presumably this is on a 1x drive train right?

19 inch :) stem is set dangerously high...