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https://bikepacking.com/news/house-of-looptail-snake-belly/ A new company re-making old tyres (amongst other things). Their site also mentions a planned reissue of the Ritchey Megabite Z-Max which will likely be of interest around these parts.

It is true that the slightly higher bottom bracket results in a more ‘commanding’ position. Given the right stem proportion I think pretty much any bar can be made to work and the ride quality will shine through though.

I considered the dirt-drop approach when building mine up, but opted for an ‘alt-bar’ set up with a Nitto Albatross in the end. I don’t regret the decision. The Pioneer does have a decent height headtube but to get a satisfactory fit with drops I think the key factor is always going to be...

Any thoughts on the value of this NOS 8 speed Campag cassette appreciated. Closest equivalents on Evilbay are ~£100 BIN which seems a lot and may explain why they aren't shifting, but I'm no Campag expert. I'm also slightly confused by conflicting statements on the web about Ultra-Drive vs...

Some bikes spotted on a recent trip to Montreal

Nothing out there at all? Washers, bolts, hardware and doodads all welcome.

Very pleased with them so far - they aren’t as wide as I’d imagined them, which is a good thing for riding woodland singletrack. I had also expected the backsweep might cause an issue with the barend shifters getting in the way, but that’s not been the case as yet. The position is upright but...

If someone buys this I’d happily give them £20 for the Sim Works bottle cage.

Looking for any parts to help complete this - anything compatible considered.

I may be wrong but I had thought the only difference between 1 inch ISO and JIS was the crownrace internal diameter? Hence the Madison Elite headsets I’ve been using to replace the original JIS one on my ‘88 Cinder Cone coming with both races...

Yes, the paint confuses the hell out of the iPhone camera, makes it way more red than it is in the flesh. The paint seems to have a lot of pigment depth as it appears very different colours under certain light. I’ll have to have a go at capturing it with a proper SLR.

Still to source; chainstay protector ( XT sharkfin? ), Crud Catcher ( yellow? ), matching bottle cages ( yellow? ).

Close - I went Nitto Albatross, reasoning being I have a straight bar’d xc bike in my Equipe, an alt bar’d bikepacking bike in my Lava Dome, a bullmoose bar’d utility bike in my Cinder Cone. This will be my slightly orthopaedic bar’d offroad tourer / randonneur thing.