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I think you need to send off your pipe for a respray!

Well done with the extraction! - did you manage without heating anything up?

Couple more ideas - a Stillson wrench would probably be effective but would obviously dig into that central section - protect it with a slit length of pvc waste pipe?
U bolt/exhaust clamp on the centre & bolt a bar or ring spanner to it over the pvc.
Dismantle your car engine & borrow a connecting rod to clamp on the centre using the shells to protect the alloy.
When you put it back together use a good smear of this on it :
which should make life easier the next time.
Good luck & Happy Christmas!

How about heat in boiling water, use an oil filter chain wrench on the central section? Protect that surface with a wrap of beer can shim/sheet lead? You might get away with a good quality chain whip if there is enough wrap. Good luck anyway!

With other sorts of tape I've found that an hour on a radiator or sometimes 40s in a microwave helps with flexibility - might be worth a try.

If they put Campagnolo stickers on them could they charge even more?

Didn't realise bikeforums was plagued with adverts - I use adblock plus all the time & it tells me there are 13 ads on that page, but they don't pop up!

There are some interesting conversions - MTB to tourer - on this thread, must be a Dawes in there somewhere - https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vint ... sions.html

You have the N. of Wetherby crossing correct!
I never saw it in action..
It's all motorway now & I think there is a bridge for the milking trip.

I bought a second hand set of time trial wheels with Mavic sprint rims & they had the 700 hubs & they were lovely - can't believe I got away with 28 spokes!
When Ron Kitching stopped ( not sure why) there was a big sell off at the Harrogate warehouse. I think it must have been advertised in Cycling Weekly. I got there to find a big crowd of cyclists, some clutching catalogues, seeking a bargain or two. The operators opened up a door to the horror of many who had been queuing at the wrong door!
Anyway, once inside it was soon apparent that the few chaps who were there to take the money had no idea at all about anything to do with cycling, but tried their best if you could point at something & said `I'll have that please`.
Pricing was interesting, in that once you had your pile of trophies, it was a matter of 'what's it worth to you then?`
I got a big roll of rim tape. bar tape galore gloves & some other small stuff. I don't know what people would have paid for some of the frames & wheels etc. If you had the cash you could have bought a real stock of stuff for reselling.
I once had dinner with Ron but that's another story.

Spa cycles in Harrogate are pretty good with that sort of thing - may have a TA ring which will be of good quality to replace yours.
https://www.spacycles.co.uk/

If you decide to go for new balls I've found this company has a quick turnaround & the quality seems good to me, haven't put enough miles on to compare to anything else :
https://simplybearings.co.uk/shop/p3791 ... _info.html

I do understand the old quality v modern iffy debate - replacing some of the bits on my older bikes means a bidding war with someone in Japan who want to put that lovely new component in a glass case ....
Good luck with it & keep commuting!

An interesting read - I've got a couple as spares, which is probably a good thing as new examples with a decent range appear to go for up to £100 on Ebay!

7mm is a pretty common size on brake caliper pins - any motor factor or Halfords will have one. Hope it works!

I've recently found many pedestrians walking along minor roads are walking with the traffic instead of facing it. Maybe they are new to the walking experience.