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I had a similar problem. Eventually worked with allen key and the small special spannery-thing via a combination of: - spraying loads of wd 40 - lots of tapping of allen key in bolt with small hammer - heat using a a jet cigarette lighter to focus the heat on the bolt - putting the whole chainset in...

Thanks for the various reports. I will make sure I have a copy of the web site bike carriage details with me.

RE: leather saddle & rain ..spare plastic bag is what I use.... Just tuck into rails....one less for the shopping though! I'm too far from the shops, but understand the concern on keeping the bike safe in town . ( touring/leisure cycling we rarely leave them for long un-watched, so our locks are...

My school of touring (all) cycling is based on what I thought was a well established fact that bike maintenance leads to/creates your Karma. (My position in a future life will depend on how many bikes I have fixed). I have difficulty understanding why many cyclists don't maintain their own bike ( li...

Personally I think the Luddite suffered from bad press. I've been searching, but can find no mention of what brake type they preferred.

Charming !!

Some of the discs I've looked at recently or fixed for friends had pretty thin looking easy to bend/already bent rotors that I doubt would be much fun touring. Would seem vulnerable to stowing/transport on planes, trains, buses, etc. (Mind you I like my old Hope's on my MTB. On rim thickness/rim wea...

80cm scanner would mean we'd both need to remove front wheels (& my front rack to avoid shredding the bike bag). But better than both wheels off. ( is making box out, bag back seem a safer option) Do the bikes have to go through scanners at all airports now .....or just some? More importantly ha...

Do Easyjet accept bikes with both wheels on in CTC poly bike bags ? Any one been refused ? (Am thinking of flying Bristol to Toulouse to get to central Pyranees) On their website RE bikes they just say: Bicycles are permitted for carriage provided that specific criteria is met: - The bicycle must be...

Nice one Trev. Now your old Galaxy will be your new super Galaxy. I banned myself from buying new bikes 20 years ago in an attempt to help the planet a bit. I can confirm that it's just as much fun refurbishing the bikes that I had and the 2nd hand ones I've subsequently acquired for me or my misssu...

Good Luck (just for info. I previously managed to polish out pitting in a front xt hub & cones just by using grinding paste, a couple of sacrificial sets of ball bearings and a drill with a rawl plug in the chuck. Assemble axle, bearings and cone in the hub, with grinding paste instead of grease...

chainline to seat tube = 46.5mm ( my best estimate by eye) with the 2 mm spacer in. I swapped the granny chainrings & removed the spacer . Also wedge the mech out a bit and removed the slack, on the presumption the sti's indexes would then push it out further .......but not as helpful as I thoug...

How does the chainline measure from the seat tube? how do I measure this ? centre of middle chainring to centre of seat tube ? I'll do that as best I can with a steel rule for my report back...( if this is wrong ..say how?) ( not sure I have a long enough suitable edge to do the chain line ....will...

Many thanks all. I took photos but they're pants so I'll have to do again after I've tinkered a bit more tonight: The inner 28T chainring is on the right way round (which is either way - as it is not an original and doesn't have recesses for the bolt head). The Chainset came with the Revell with 28T...

Background - should it be relevant I'm transferring over parts from a 1983 Revell mixte road bike (that had a bent frame) to a late 70's Bob Jackson mixte frame. The Revell had a seemingly original Stronglite triple chainset. It was running with a 7 speed freewheel ( so rear stays must have been sp...