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Thanks again for everyone who contributed.

Thank you for the reply Brucey. Anyone actually using this lever with cantis?

Stolen from my garage overnight within the last month.

Marin Mill Valley Alp hybrid. Satin black, alloy frame, mudguards, rear rack, 700c wheels, Avid V-brakes & levers, Sora groupset, 24 speed. Straight handlebars with bar ends. Rode lovely too!

Doubt it will ever come back, though.

I'm trying to help out a fellow member who needs a 7-speed rapid fire gear/brake lever for cantis.

I have a spare Deore XT (ST-MO92) r/h lever. Does anyone successully use this lever with cantilver brakes?

Thank you in anticipation.

I rode it too. Hats off to the organisers for a superb weekend. Considering this was the first time the event has been run in the UK, it was remarkably well put together. A challenging route (I rode the 56 miler) and we were lucky with the weather as in rainy conditions it would have been a whole different ball game. Highly recommended, nonetheless.

My touring bike: frame custom built for me in 1995 by Tony Oliver when I was the CTC's Touring Officer. Reynolds 708 main tubes/Columbus SP forks and rear stays. 26" wheels. Built it up myself, although Chris Juden fitted the Stronglight headset for me (he had the tool, I didn't) and swapped me this custom steel rear rack for the alloy Blackburn rack I originally fitted. Rides like a dream unladen and just as well fully laden.



Still have my original order form plus the build sheet supplied by Tony, with measurements to five decimal places!

I have a period (pre-Bob Jackson) Merlin frame - complete with grease nipples in the head tube and bottom bracket. It was professionally re-sprayed by C & G Finishers in Liverpool some years ago. They did a lovely paint job and fitted with the proper period transfers. C & G may know where to obtain the correct transfers. Send me a PM with your e-mail address and I'll send you some photos of the frame if you'd like to see them.

C & G
274B Smithdown Road
L15 5AH Liverpool, Merseyside
Phone: 0151 734 3088

hope this helps.

Tony Oliver touring bike. Custom frame built for me by Tony in 1995. Love it to bits!

Frame is Reynolds 708 main tubes, Columbus SP rear stays and forks. Built for 26" wheels

Reynolds 708 frames?...... I think that it wasn't great and seamed to loose its 'springyness' as soon as you sat on it.

Absolute nonsense! I have a Tony Oliver custom built touring/expedition frame made with 708 tubing and it's a joy to ride all day, laden or unladen.