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Bought a lovely xtr mech from Jon. Everything great. Thanks

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Very nice indeed. A well sorted super clean original bike, nicely updated. Top work! What's the front rack?

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Another thought, if you're thinking of replacing suspension with rigid, is considering the axle to crown length as big differences will affect the geometry and handling. Not something I've done so I can't comment on what it means in practice. Nice photo - the Tyne?

Yes, nice bike and good project. In case you've not seen it yet, there's a long Tushingham thread here which might have some useful / interesting info - https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/tushingham-resource-pool.203977/

I could be interested in the Tufftrax frameset. Is the paint in reasonable condition? I've a Mountain LX groupset that would fit on it nicely.

Although (as I found to my cost some years ago) not all 1" headsets are the same. Any replacement headset will need a crown race diameter that matches your forks: generally 26.4mm (ISO) or 27mm (JIS). Well worth checking! https://sheldonbrown.com/cribsheet-headsets.html

It will depend on the headset. If you can find one that has a stack height of 5mm less than the one on the frame with the 125mm head tube all should be well "Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Glossary St - Sz" https://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_st-z.html

This is an epic thread. Far too many amazing machines to pick out favourites. I've worked through from page 1 to now and... wow. Thanks for putting it together.

As with many things, Sheldon has a useful view on this: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/headsets.html#mix

Thanks, I will try that out on a longer ride. I'll be riding around with a couple of Allen keys for fine-tuning.

A short ride out today to test and make sure it all works and now saddle and bars and grips are all adjusted to fit. It's very comfortable. A few jobs left to complete, not least the front rack. At least the mudguard stays are all cut to the right length now - that was a fiddly job.

Wonderful looking machine. Lovely job. (And +1 on the Dremel for cable outers. I use that too, then reform the melted plastic liner with a steel point.)

Superb. Great quality bike (I have a 1986 frameset). If you want to test your translation skills, here's the Dutch catalogue. At a quick glance, the specs look very similar if not the same: "All previous brochures from KOGA" https://www.koga.com/en/service/brochures/older-(2000-1976).htm

Bits and bobs of progress over the last few weeks: 26.8 mm Shimano seatpost from SJSC plus a Brooks saddle that I've had a while. Some wide black steel handlebars with a nice pull back and rise, making for a comfy upright ride. A Strong stem, currently white but likely to be either stripped...