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+1 on Pinarello. I short listed it initially for looks and because my family originate near Treviso, but I was sold after a test ride. Definitely psychologically worth a least two mph! I only ride it during good weather spells and I recently had it re-finished azzuro with Italian flag flashes of re...

would recommend any reflective tape being added to parts that move, especially pedals, shoes, overshoes etc. it's far more eye catching than on frames.

+1 on Pinarello. I short listed it initially for looks and because my family originate near Treviso, but I was sold after a test ride. Definitely psychologically worth a least two mph! I only ride it during good weather spells and I recently had it re-finished azzuro with Italian flag flashes of re...

always seems to me to be unlikely to do any harm by trying to add something oily into the frame as best as you can. so why not if you have the time and somewhere appropriate to leave the bike afterwards. my winter bike gets some oil down the seat tube (at the same time as re-greasing the seat post) ...

really made by jack taylor? or a flying gate frame resprayed with the decals added afterwards?

re. tyre wear what do people find about the old chestnut of 'maturing' tubs/tyres? when they were being cleared years ago i bought a small stack of 28c marathon HS308 tyres and stored them in a cupboard in a loft space. dry and dark. after a year or so one was put on the rear wheel of a fixed commut...

i tend to concentrate more on checking that both tyres are currently in good order than getting as much wear as possible out of each cover. i rarely fully wear out a tyre anyway before some other issue arises - cut side walls, deep nicks in the tread etc. over and above that on my daily use bikes i ...

i have never liked black chainsets, rings, rear mechs etc for the same reasons. a little 'patina' is okay but, as you say, cranks soon suffer very much with bad wear in these cases. i once had a spare track 48T ring that i used on a fixed commuter many years ago. i always thought that it made the bi...

do people tend to find that rims, generally, wear evenly? both side to side and around the rim? what sort of pressure would a road type brake block apply to a rim? i'm lucky in that fact that my rear wheels last longer in the winter as most of my miles are on fixed so i rarely use the back brake. i'...

this is exactly what i need for my commuter bike!

how much is it? is there a special, accompanying, 13 'speed' tyre to go with it?

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incredible discipline and skill.

many sheds out there akin to this one?

https://www.spacycles.co.uk/m20b0s165p1065/VELOX-Cloth-Rim-Tape which rim tape do people usually fit to a 15 internal width rim? 13 wide enough or prone to slipping around? 16 too wide and has a tendency to make tyre fitment awkward? i have never had a full set of these rims tapes in one place and ...

interesting theories. i wonder if the 2/1.6 measurement that 531colin mentions has, over time, been lost in translation and become mistakenly 2.16.

have finished the wheel it 'helped' build anyway. i'm happy with it.

i bought a relatively inexpensive spoke tension gauge earlier this month mostly to check the readings on an existing wheel for curiosity's sake more than anything else. as they do the tool comes with a thin metal disc into which slots are cut so spoke gauges can be measured. the one with this tool h...

i love a winter ride when i've got no real place to go and a bit of time to pedal and ponder. get togged up and go. ps. i don't like the low winter sun though. granted the aesthetic qualities but the combination of low sun, often wet roads plus dirty/misty car windscreens makes a dangerous combinati...