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31.8mm for the Alu frames.

I have a tidy Centaur triple 170mm which I'm happy to pass on cheaply if you are interested, with or without TA rings.

Ferreted around in the garage and found a genuine P2 offcut, approx 50mm long. You can have it for postage. PM me.

Also worth remembering that for many years the Lava Dome and Cinder Cone shared frames, yet the Cinder Cone often still sells for more. Lava Dome for the win! Certainly the 94 Lava Dome in green is my favourite.

Have you checked in completed sales?

I've a 31.8mm band to braze adaptor you can have for postage.

I think £35-50, but have a look at sold items on eBay.

I think the ISIS BB ones now go for low money because everyone knows that the bottom brackets don't last well. It's a bit of a concern how much longer such BBs may continue to be available.

...and they are Shimano SPD design. I'm pretty sure your Ritchey pedals were made by VP.

Sold me a set of pedals - even better than describes, beautifully packed, quick. Top chap.

I managed to avoid comment on the people shredding up trails using hopped up e-bikes as some kind of motorbike substitute.

All EV battery manufacture now has dismantling / reprocessing built in to the factory design, not least because old batteries are already factored as the cheapest raw material feedstock. However EVs don't solve congestion, hollowing-out of city centres or our population's sedentary lifestyles...

One last question is the levers? Shimano have had a good old fiddle with the design in recent years with NSSLR, which has a longer cable pull. As a result it's not compatible with older DP calipers and also (by inference) cantis.

A very nice tidy up, looks a fun ride! Interesting to see the ProBike sticker. I remember their shop in Barcelona in the late 1990s. I still have a jersey of theirs!

The key thing is that the bar tape wraps from the rear forwards over the top of the bars. That way your hands tighten the tape a little when riding and it will never loosen. If you start with it anticlockwise on the left and clockwise on the right you will be fine - also it will look a V-shape /...

Easiest is to go to a decent bike shop, they will have a conical seatpost gauge. Alternatively buy yourself a cheap vernier and measure it. £14 from Screwfix or a plastic one will do the job for £3 on eBay...

Yes please! PM sent.

Yes, the Treks are a bit of a steal, they always seemed to be a bit more nicely finished than other brands. Nowadays they don't seem to have the same enthusiast appeal so are great value.

Have fun with this, I'm going to step out. Worrying about bladed spokes but ignoring the much larger aerodynamic effect of a decent low riding position cracks me up. It's like trying to make a Range Rover go fast round corners. An MTB is the wrong starting point. Get a road bike. Have fun...

Generally no more expensive than buying the spares either!