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quiksilver

I wear a pair of jogging tights under my shorts, keeps your ankles/legs warm and has the advantage of stirrups to go round your feet, cost a tenner from my local sports shop.

quiksilver

For the sake of 2.5mm either side I wouldn't bother with cold setting, a good steel frame will easily cope with that IMO.

quiksilver

Sorry but you should have made sure what size bike fitted you before ordering, it would have made everything much easier. Also how did you know the bike was too small when it arrived if you returned it unopened?

quiksilver

Don't use mudguards?

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Montane Featherlight

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Don't wear sandals?

quiksilver

Personally I try never to use levers whether metal or plastic. But I know occassionally you need to. I have found the blue Park Tools ones to be good. I usually carry a spare tube with me so use this rather than repair the flat at the side of the road. Puncture proof tyres help too, and I also carry an Airchuck but also an Airbone micro pump.

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When I fitted 700 wheels to my old viscount I needed longer drop brakes, so purchased a set from my LBS. Made by ACOR at £10 a go. They are dual pivot and are shaped to accomodate mudguards even though I don't have any fitted to my bike, it improved the braking efficiency no end. Maybe I was fortunate and the new brakes had good quality pads on them as mine have worn down very slowly. But the newer technology of the dual pivot was like going from candles to L.E.D. lights.

quiksilver

Is the Cornwall chapter still active? Am making plans to move back to Cornwall after 5.5 years stuck in London working.

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Still running my original cup and cone BB axle, although mine is slightly different to the Aerospace models. I use new bearings every 6 months and repack with fresh grease. It rides like it was brand new, yet its 32 years old.

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rogrobin wrote:Hi

I was donated an old Viscount Sebring frame a couple of weeks ago and thought I would have a go a making a fixie.

I found this thread and learnt a lot about the history of these bikes.

It is still a work in progress but here are a couple of pics.

I salvaged what I could from the frame -it only had one crank on it so I couldnt salvage that, and the wheels were original but the back one was pretty buckled -Im sure someone with a lighter touch than me could get it true again but for my purposes steel rims diddnt really appeal so I replaced them.

Looking at the derailleur and the brake blocks I was amazed to find no signs of wear at all! -in fact I would say that at the most this bike had only been ridden a few miles.

One side of the frame is noticeably lighter than the other which would suggest that it has been stored in the sun. Also apparent is a ghost of a price tag label which my other half reckons means -along with the sun bleaching on one side- that the bike was sitting in a shop window for a long time. Whatever its story it had been banged around at some point as there are a number of scratches in the paintwork. The side of the axle with the missing crank was pretty rusty so I found a replacement axle on ebay. here http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170469934421&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp4712.m570.l1313%26_nkw%3D170469934421%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1 -I got a slightly different axle with a shorter length on the drive side to get my chainline perfect. I also bought some new bearings and it now runs beautiful and smooth. I also put new bearings in the headset.

One other thing: somewhere on this thread someone said that the seat post diameter for viscount frame was 26.8mm. I found that mine was 26.4. Doesnt sound like much difference but neither a 26.8mm or a 26.6mm would fit.

Also -is not everyday that you see the frame number K11111!!

-I know the red chain might not go down to well with the purists but Ive always wanted a coloured chain -sorry!

Cheers

Roger

Watch those coloured chains, I have run two so far on my fixed Viscount and both wore out very quickly. The last one let go in a disasterous way and caused me to take a tumble. I am running a 30 quid silver chain now and its much better quality. I also ran red tyres on my Viscount, Schwalbe Blizzard Sprots for 18 months with no problems, they are fantastic tyres but have now been update with a new model which are slightly different

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Thanks to everyone for thier suggestions.

quiksilver

+1 for Simpsons, a good LBS, and they are very friendly and helpful to deal with.

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Guy951 wrote:
quiksilver wrote:PCSOs?

What, like the one who was "reassigned" after Greyfriars nick was bombarded with complaints about him cycling on the footpath, in the dark, with no lights?

That was my pathetic attempt at humour.

quiksilver

Guy951 wrote:
quiksilver wrote:PCSOs?

What, like the one who was "reassigned" after Greyfriars nick was bombarded with complaints about him cycling on the footpath, in the dark, with no lights?

That was my pathetic attempt at humour.

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