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Thanks. Just a lot of other stuff going on, while the weather up here is so sh.te that I don't get out much. No rush with getting Frannie rolling until March really.

What's the second saddle for? To rest one's over-sized cojones?

Bonjour fellers. Happy New Year to all. I'm still alive and still cycling when the weather allows, albeit still snowed under with work. Only had time to sort out a new Kona for one of the weans. Frannie just needs the breaks done now - more fannying for me trying to make the froggos work.

Even better to ride them pal.

I'm still absolutely loving mine. Best bike I ever had the pleasure of resting my butt on. ...But there's a good chance it might be replaced with either a retro steel Columbus TSX frameset at the end of the next season if the build goes well, or the Flying Scot if I ever manage to get it...

Haedset sorted. Had another wee test ride sans brakes today. The gift, however, keeps giving. I've fed the rear gear cable through the outers just to find out that the cable was about 3cm too short. Strange. Tried a few more - same problem. Ended up wasting over half an hour trying to find a...

Thank you very much. Most certainly, a lot more pain than would be tolerable by a regular retromasochist, but I'm having fun. Assuming the new headset fix works, I should be able to test ride soon. The wee test I had without the brakes was quite pleasant - the position on the bike feels almost...

There's a sweet spot where you can use short reach brakes + guards + 23mm tyres (perhaps even 25mm if they are slightly undersized). The first line of Kineses Grand Fondos were built to this spec. Perhaps, you can have the best of all worlds - short wheelbase, 25mm tyres, the power of short...

Tapping stailess steel was not as hard as I feared. Some WD40 squirted onto the tap for a good measure and I've done 4 washers. Getting the tap to start straight was a challenge, but only one of the washers was completely messed up, one OK and the other 2 are quite good. The cheapo Chinese 25x1...