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for winter riding leaf blower followed by chainsaw bar oil thinned with white spirit applied immediately after a wet ride. I tried thinning the bar oil with something more evaporative (is that a word?) - cellulose gun-wash I think - but it coagulated the oil.

Update: Stainless forks in KVA MS3 (similar PH S/S to Reynolds 931 but not identical) with canti mounts and uncut 320mm steerer; 850gm. where did you buy the fork from? Custom build by Richard Hallett as the offset was a bit larger than anything off the peg. Went for SS partly for novelty. thanks -...

RJC wrote:Update:
Stainless forks in KVA MS3 (similar PH S/S to Reynolds 931 but not identical) with canti mounts and uncut 320mm steerer; 850gm.

where did you buy the fork from?

also don't forget to swap the brake shoes from one side to the other.

there are quite a few bike docks along the sea front - it will be interesting to see how they stand up to the salt spray/air.

nice looking frame - any chance of posting individual weights for the frame and fork?
thanks

spa audax frame (56cm) 1920 gm, fork (carbon/alloy. uncut 300mm) 582 gm
claude butler dalesman frame (631 flavour, 58cm) 2380 gm, steel fork (cut to 250mm, 520 blades) 975 gm

aspin for me - fed up with declining B17 quality - 7500 miles so far and 2 moderate dimples. won't be going back to brooks... GB are a pleasure to deal with - my aspin arrived without the disc, an email to GB met with a quick response confirming one was in the post (although it's never been fitted a...

I can't fault the comfort of a B17, but that hasn't stopped me defecting to Berthoud - unfortunately, brooks quality can no longer be relied upon.

can't recommend readly enough - no contract, just cancel your subscription whenever you like...

a few squirts of engine oil into each tube once a year - I too like to see some creep on hot days.
robust enough to curtail the rot in the chassis of my old landrover which lives in a field....

Bez wrote: Might also be worth investigating some intermediate sized guards, too, eg Axiom Rainrunners come in 40mm.

that's useful info - thanks.
do you have any experience with these? are they a shallower profile than chromplastics?

531colin wrote:So, at the risk of repeating myself, is anybody else using cassettes that old?

best I can get is 5 chains per 9 speed cassette - c. 12500 miles - before a new chain skips on 5th and 6th out of the saddle.
sram pc971 chains replaced at .75% wear as per park cc-3 tool.

I've had kojaks that weighed 20% more than advertised.
I don't think there is much in the way of QC. otherwise, how could something so easily measurable and so far out of spec' leave the factory?

in the car, i just let them by, when safe. although It's not an issue around these parts, as long as you keep up with traffic flow and don't pull out in front of other drivers and continue at half their speed.
i'll stop riding my motorbike is I find myself going slow enough to be tailgated...