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One and only bump!

Steerer length? 1 1/8? I have a pair in top condition with 185mm steerer but maybe this is too short for a 56cm frame? Coppi. If ok I will send pics. £30.

Is a copy of a Pinarello. Probably made from the same molds, probably on the same production line, to exactly the same specifications. Almost every big 'bike assembler' will have a majority of their frames made in Taiwan or China. Who incidentally, are making some of the best engineered carbon fram...

How did I end up with so much stuff? Please let my wife know if you understand the condition...... XT rear mech, short/med cage, excellent working order and very clean £20 Sora 3300 front and rear mech, double, band on (28.6), excellent working order and very clean £20 Tiagra rear brake, (4500 I thi...

Yes.....or at least I think so. I will be using LX cantis which are the same as road pull ratio?

Top tube is the same length as my road bike....I checked that but thanks for the warning.

I am building a steel Orange MTB into a go-anywhere touring bike. I want to use drops and STI levers if possible, and have found a pair of 7 speed double elderly (but excellent!) shifters. The chainset is a Shimano SG 46/36/24. I am hoping to set it up to use just the inner two rings and an LX rear ...

Pm sent...I cannot resist it if available!

How can this still be for sale? A free bump for an outstanding bargain.....I just wish I could justify it but my (unridden) retro collection is already too big!

Your fork steerer is mainly in compression at front and tension at rear the spacers take the compression and the tension at the rear is nowhere at capacity with a small amount of torsion for steering, nothing imho to worry about. Btw where they tapered forks? If so I'd happily take them for my sill...

Thanks Chris but just to be clear the original forks were 225mm steerer while new ones are 300mm but I am cutting them down to 275mm. This will require around 75mm of spacers under the stem but obviously not including the stem itself. I assume your 5cm/50mm also excludes the stem? So my plan exceeds...

I have just bought a new pair of forks with longer steerer tube to lift the cockpit of my road bike. Forks are carbon and steerer is alloy. What is the conventional wisdom regarding how high above the top of the head tube you can have the stem? I seem to remember reading that it isn’t a massive heig...

Sadly, 1-inch threadless which I think are much rarer. But I’m sure that some of my other bikes will have lower trail anyway. Thanks again.

Thanks (as always!) Brucey. The concern I have is that my blood cancer has left me with brittle bones, amongst other things. I can’t afford any risk of coming off because of the damage I might do to myself.....selfish I know! And after 50 years in the saddle, getting used to a new technique might be...

I hope this is a sensible question....I have a really lovely titanium bike I bought recently which spends most of its life now as a turbo queen. The majority of my cycling outdoors is on ebikes due to health issues. But today I decided to ride the titanium bike and covered (a fairly slow) 35 miles. ...