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Honestly it’s not noticeable.

Frankly I never noticed a difference. It’s less than the difference between a clean or dirty chain, or tyre pressure.

And that's the point - with so much variation in frame design, canti boss spacing etc, most people have no idea what length they need and the odds are they will get it wrong. The type with a button and a section of outer (whose length can be trimmed) are much better and they avoid the flaw of...

I've run them for more than a decade. I need to do an update on my setup in another thread. Personally when touring I always take lights - I've had several occasions when transport delays and other problems have led me to be riding in the dark unplanned. Generally this is a dynamo. The problem...

I'd go M730/735 XT, simply because long cage is easily available and you will probably need one for a triple.

Some is good, more is better, too much is about right. Enjoy, but just make sure it's not everything. The 'ano puked all over it' look isn't great - in the same way that the modern 'everything black' trend looks dreadful too.

Marin was doing purple on its bikes in 1995. So it's totally contemporary.

Have a look at the catalogues in the Archive section: drop-down tab at the top.

Typically it's 113 for a square taper Middleburn RS7. I sometimes got trouble with some front mechs - typically the Shimano low-band type - which can need a longer BB for the mech to reach the inner chainring reliably.

I can't believe nobody has yet said A Sunday in Hell...

Bear Valley SE and Eldridge had the same frame, the plain BV shared it with Palisades. Around 1992-95 the Pine Mountain shared a common frame with Eldridge and BVSE. Later Pine Mountains had nicer tubesets, but by then the lesser ones had generally gone to aluminium.

In the same circumstances I have bought Torx bits, taken a file to the ridges and tapered the ends a little. Then hammer into the Allen head and remove with a socket spanner with the correct drive adaptor or a locked electric drill. You need to keep pushing the bit in as you turn. Obviously...

Matt black bikes are just so UGLY. Painting a bike black immediately makes it look 2kgs heavier. 🤮

Definitely a Sugino as it has the concealed 5th bolt, Shimano never did that.

Looks like a perfect pub / station / commuter bike that will get chained up unattended.

A bit of riding and the rivets will be nicely buffed up. Generally it's better to use Brooks Proofide for the saddle - dubbin softens the leather and it can stretch too much. Also put Proofide on the BACK, which then seals the leather nicely.

I use KitKat stuck down with peanut butter. A blob of nutella also works. The key thing is to have the trap close to a trail or run, if you can find one.

ISO fit is Campag. Shimano and (almost) everyone else is JIS taper.

Got a Karrimor you can have for postage.

Not sure I agree - I remember hideous pile-ups in 90s tour sprints, plus fatalities in pro races in the 90s too.