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I need somebody to remind me what chain whips were used for, before the arrival of freehubs. Removing fixed wheel sprockets. Stripping sprockets from freewheels where one or more (possibly all) sprockets were screwed on. Days when we went into a bike shop and assembled multiple freewheels to our ow...

250W is the UK limit for road or public area use, but I guess you know that https://www.cyclinguk.org/cyclists-library/regulations/eapc-regulations , so you will have to transport it to private ground. Why all that weighty suspension, unless it is used for serious off road? Any suspension at a low p...

Late 60s/early 70s my local shop sold the lever and you added your own chain. Here it is with a piece of 1/8 chain that has been on there about 50 years. 1/8 is handy, even now, because it can be used with any width of sprocket.

Cheaper, and far easier to fit shorter cranks. Some find any amount of overlap a hazard and some cope just fine with considerable overlap, but if you find it a problem then experimenting at the easier solution may work for you.

These from Vau De are spacious so might suit. https://www.vaude.com/en-GB/Equipment/Eco-Fair/Green-Shape/Bike-Gaiter-long?number=012800100440

De Sisti wrote:

Bmblbzzz wrote:Oh. I thought you meant time trials.

That's the problem with people throwing abbreviations around, thinking everyone knows what they mean.

Nah. It means top tube.

Your current alignment of tools is wrong. Reverse the direction of the chain wrench and remember that the lockring has a conventional right hand thread.

added link https://www.tredz.co.uk/help-advice/pro ... a-cassette

It is at least 25 years old. I doubt that. 20 years, yes - see the 2002 spare parts that I showed earlier. 1995, yes there were freehubs, but the axles were smaller diameter (as hamster says), almost certainly steel ones which can be seen in the spares of that time. Also, this was a time when Centa...

Centaur was originally an MTB model in the early 1990s. The name was next used from the early 2000s to rename Daytona because of name ownership issues. The Campag spare parts list for 2002 (pages 50 and 51) shows part number HB-RE023 https://www.campagnolo.com/media/files/035_176_Catalogue_spare%20p...

About 10 years ago I bought a secondhand Trevor Jarvis Flying Gate, an early one of his, an ultra short time trial special (36" wheelbase). I kept it for a few years but wasn't using it so sold it on. At that time a touring Gate would have sold for about £800, but a limited use machine like min...

As thirdcrank says - it depends on what you are carrying. In my commuting days - 1970 to 2010 I did not need to carry a laptop (with modern remote access I don't see why I would); most places I worked had canteens so I did not carry food - except for those few places with no facilities. This meant t...

661-Pete wrote:It's just that there isn't enough to feed a growing child.

True, but remember it is intended to substitute for a school lunch, not a whole day, or so I believe. Spoken as a recipient of free school dinners in the late 1960's.

Only ever used a Carradice saddlebag, on a quick release of one sort or another so I could lift the bag off and take my tools and bag contents (clothes, grub) with me.

I am still pretty worried about what others think about the whole scenario about wanting to get rid of my car, but I do really believe that my partner (who does not drive and has never learned) and I can survive without it. My sister, now in her 60s, did not drive until in her 30s and gave up after...

Found these for example @ 100pounds (the lower range of what they have). Is that reasonable? https://www.spacycles.co.uk/m10b0s176p349/SPA-CYCLES-Handbuilt-Wheel-Rear-Deore-hub-Choice-of-rim A good price BUT ----They may not fit. Deore hubs are 135 OLN (width between your rear dropouts). You might ...