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Hi, Thanks to both of you. It's what I suspected, that's what I used while it was on the Somec. I've sold that bike and have fitted the Avenir to a bike I've just built. I've spent a few months building it and thought that I'd try to get the computer reading accurately.... I never thought of a roll-...

This came on an Italian Somec bike that I bought in Spain about 7 years ago, I imagine the bike was from the 80's and the Avenir computer the same. It works fine and I used it as it came, when initally started after fitting a battery it shows 203.0 which I assume is the setting for the wheel diamete...

Cheers for that Mick F, I can imagine my freehub cracking what with the stress and the 2 holes I drilled.......! But it was great to have the bike finished on Monday. I started at the end of September building my Ebay Special. I bought most of the bits a piece at a time and it's worked out OK , well...

Well, what a ball breaker. I had a couple of hours to spare this afternoon so decided to remove bearings and circlip from freehub. I made a bent screwdriver tool as mentioned by Mick F (?) and also had to drill a small hole as mentioned. These two tips made all the difference, it was still a bit of ...

Thanks again for all the help, I do appreciate it. It is the inner bearing that is rough -pawl end . I feel confident to try to remove the bearings now, it sounds less daunting than trying to unscrew pawl body. I did try locking it in the vice and using a sprocket and chain whip, but really didn't p...

I've regreased the hub bearings, don't think they were the cause of the noise, roughness. But the freehub outer bearing feels like it needs a little more than grease. To get at this I assume that I'll have to take the pawl carrier off. If I've read all the posts correctly it looks as though I have t...

Thanks Brucey, I put everything back exactly as I took it out. Whether there was something missing before I bought the wheel - ebay - I wouldn't know. I'll try the Campag site for the pdf, cheers

I put this as a new post 'cos I'm sure my campag daytona hub has sealed bearings. I just want to see the procedure for assembling them. I took them apart a couple of months ago, and on assembly when tightening the cassette lockring there is a graunching sound... I slackened the lockring a tad and al...

Oooh 531 Colin, that really hurt; lucky I used my mobile minutes for once.....made me smile though, you're right. I decided to stop faffing and use what I've got so I can ride the bike. While I'm out and about I may be able to source what I want, when I sat and thought about it I remembered a bike i...

I have a bike with an old (80's?) shimano 600 groupset. The chainrings are 39/53, that's a 14 tooth difference, I want to fit a 7 speed block with about 13/27 teeth. that's another 14 teeth difference, so will my 600 rear mech take a 28 tooth range? Basically, being tight, I don't want to buy someth...

I have tried thinners but that wasn't too successful. I bought the bike at a Spanish Rastro - market/car boot, I just smoothed the cement down so I could glue a new pair on. I've only used it when in Spain so it hasn't done that many miles. I've ridden, carefully, over trails and very rough roads as...

I've decided to clean my sprints of glue and can't find anything that works efficiently, cheaply, easily....... I have heard petrol is good at removing the stuff but wondered if there was a simpler solution? Bear in mind that the tubs have been stuck on for 5 years and in Spain - which is ,er, warm ...

I don't fancy a butane charger, don't really know why! But has anyone used a solar panel charger for their mobile? I saw one in a charity shop but it was sold while I dithered. It seemed quite neat and you could cycle all day with it strapped to a saddlebag or whatever. Just a thought....

I bought an old (1980's?) steel Somec, Italian racing bike. I believe it's Columbus tubing and was chrome plated all over. The front forks, stays were polished but the rest was only there to help prevent rust (so I'm told) and painted over. The bottom bracket has a sealed bearing. All well and good,...