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The 'UD coating' you speak of … you mean paint?

Well it's just probably the paintwork that is marked, like you get with the fitting of lots of FD clamps.

The 'trend' is towards shorter crank lengh in order to open the hip angle a little.

But the best way is trial and eror and see which you prefer.

It is far too large for you.

I would be far too kind to sell anyone a bike that is too big for them.

Hearing the truth is sometimes not very nice.

One would think an Alivio RD could easily cope with a max 32, so maybe the adjustment is out a little.

Beware puncturing your fancy latex inner tubes if the fit of your new tyres is really tight. For this reason I stick to quick thick conventional inner tubes.

Using spacers to widen the gap between the two chainrings is not the way to sort this. That be a botch. Forget calculations and measurements. If you are getting the chainrub as you explain, your bike is telling you to increase chainline a little. One or two mm should do it - work on the basis of tri...

Now you know why it ended up in the skip.

Next up .. How to Fix a Beta Max Video Player.

Just because someone has the know-how to refurbish a saddle, doesn't mean that there is any logic to doing it. And there's the cost.

Jesus … this post is so CTC.

There's plenty of these saddles on eBay.

Can you pull out the 15mm ends? Is so, others will fit in their place allowing use of a QR skewer. eg: https://www.bike24.com/p2201497.html?q=dt fw thru-axle If it is an unbranded Novatec hub search for 'Dt hub adapters', because DT hubs are in fact Novatec hubs. If the 15mm ends do not pull out, an...

Had you have bought a Selle Italia Flite 'Full Kevlar Seat' (FKS) ... it would never have worn out. My point being ... you maybe easily get one off eBay. the Kevlar covered ones last almost indefinitely. But really, refurbishing an old Flite is not very clever. Do your homework and move on to someth...

pete75 wrote:Campag and Shimano say it's bad but Sram say nothing wrong with it.

The be because SRAM do not make triples, either for road or MTB.

Yawn. Yawn. Yawn.

I can't believe this thread has got to 12 posts.

What kind of bike owner doesn't go out and buy a set of hex keys?

You lean your rear wheel against whaterver so your bike doesn't move. It's not rocket science ...

It is wrong to be sentimental over material things like bike frames; not saying sentimentality is behind your thinking though. Switch to your new bike and be done with it.