djoptix
Senior Retro Guru
Hello all. It's time for a serious clearout; I have made a deal with SWMBO, I get a Raleigh Randonneur and everything else goes. So here it is. I am open to offers and also (unusually for me) swaps - see the end of the post for what I'm after. Prices are posted, pickup from East Bristol very welcome, payment by PP gift or crisp green pennies. I have threads in MTB, >1998 and road, so please check them all out. So here it is…
>1998 specific stuff
Pair of Mavic Crossland wheels - cartridge bearings, UST capable (read on), including pair of Conti Vapor 2.1s. Fantastic wheels with buttery smooth bearings. Straight and true.
As you may know these wheels are UST capable because they use a plastic rim strip rather than rim tape. When I bought them I was having trouble getting these tyres to seat properly. I had a look at the rim strip and found a couple of deformations where the seller must have used a metal tyre lever. I assumed this was the problem, removed the UST strips, and did my usual ghetto fix of applying a couple of layers of LX tape.
The tyres still wouldn't seat. At this point I jumped on Google and found that Conti tyres are renowned for being tight, so I applied washing up liquid, pumped them up to 100psi and POP - they seated properly. So I don't know if there ever was a problem with the UST rim strips or not. They will be supplied with the wheels and you could re-fit them if you wished.
I'm after £75 for the wheels or £85 with tyres.
Roox FPS flat bar. Didn't think I'd ever sell this but needs must! Light, strong, black ano, I've never seen another one. £15.
SS spacers - a mix of Velosolo (I think) and DMR. More than enough to do 9spd, including lockring. £6.
Truvativ Isoflow square taper cranks, triple capable, used but still in good condition. £12
Truvativ Blaze heavy duty cranks, for double/single+bash duty. ISIS threads show signs of having been fitted but pedal threads are mint, so I'm certain they've never been ridden. £15
Cogs, sprockets, rings
Blackspire (I believe) 42t chainring, never used by me, almost like new, £7
Truvativ 32t bashring, £4
Black 32t ring with pins, lightweight, £8
Silver 32t ring, no pins, heavier duty, £8
Shimano SX-MF30 screw-on 16t freewheel, unused, £16 (£25 at CRC)
Dura-ace lockring (LH thread), £3, sold pp; silver unbranded lockring (LH thread), £2.
16t and two 18t track sprockets (screw-on, RH thread), £4 each.
16t (£4), 17t nice drilled (£5) and 20t (£4, sold pp) cassette-to-SS conversion cogs.
FSA 22t 5-bolt granny (not shown), £6.
On to the general interest stuff...
Cateye Kosmos computer. I remember properly lusting after one of these when I was little. Now I have one and I've never used it. I guess that sums up Retrobike really. £15 (to include the manual!!!)
Seatposts, all £8. Kalloy "long seatpost is long" 26.2, Kalloy 26.0, ITM rather nice fluted job in 26.2 flavour.
Cane Creek weird bar end things. Give you a couple of extra hand positions and they're actually quite a good idea. These ones are old and the rubber's going a bit sticky but hey, stick them on your hack or something. £3
Raleigh steel 700c forks with canti mounts, will include free headset! £12.
Bottle cages...
Plastic Specialized one, £3, sold pp
Alu unbranded job, weighs next to nothing, battered, £karma with anything else
Black steel "nimrod", super strong, put it on your expedition bike! £3
Blue ano "Elite", £3
So there you have it. Swaps wise I am looking for…
Bar-end shifters, preferably 3x9 but would consider 3x7.
One Schwalbe Marathon tyre (really), 700x32.
Lowrider front rack.
Saddle/bar bags and panniers.
Er, and I am up for non bike swaps, I need…
Good quality dual 31-band graphic EQ, must be 19" rackmount, preferably with parallel jack and XLR outputs
Decent stereo 3-way crossover
Or I will swap all the above gear for a Hill J Series sound desk. You never know...
>1998 specific stuff
Pair of Mavic Crossland wheels - cartridge bearings, UST capable (read on), including pair of Conti Vapor 2.1s. Fantastic wheels with buttery smooth bearings. Straight and true.
As you may know these wheels are UST capable because they use a plastic rim strip rather than rim tape. When I bought them I was having trouble getting these tyres to seat properly. I had a look at the rim strip and found a couple of deformations where the seller must have used a metal tyre lever. I assumed this was the problem, removed the UST strips, and did my usual ghetto fix of applying a couple of layers of LX tape.
The tyres still wouldn't seat. At this point I jumped on Google and found that Conti tyres are renowned for being tight, so I applied washing up liquid, pumped them up to 100psi and POP - they seated properly. So I don't know if there ever was a problem with the UST rim strips or not. They will be supplied with the wheels and you could re-fit them if you wished.
I'm after £75 for the wheels or £85 with tyres.
Roox FPS flat bar. Didn't think I'd ever sell this but needs must! Light, strong, black ano, I've never seen another one. £15.
SS spacers - a mix of Velosolo (I think) and DMR. More than enough to do 9spd, including lockring. £6.
Truvativ Isoflow square taper cranks, triple capable, used but still in good condition. £12
Truvativ Blaze heavy duty cranks, for double/single+bash duty. ISIS threads show signs of having been fitted but pedal threads are mint, so I'm certain they've never been ridden. £15
Cogs, sprockets, rings
Blackspire (I believe) 42t chainring, never used by me, almost like new, £7
Truvativ 32t bashring, £4
Black 32t ring with pins, lightweight, £8
Silver 32t ring, no pins, heavier duty, £8
Shimano SX-MF30 screw-on 16t freewheel, unused, £16 (£25 at CRC)
Dura-ace lockring (LH thread), £3, sold pp; silver unbranded lockring (LH thread), £2.
16t and two 18t track sprockets (screw-on, RH thread), £4 each.
16t (£4), 17t nice drilled (£5) and 20t (£4, sold pp) cassette-to-SS conversion cogs.
FSA 22t 5-bolt granny (not shown), £6.
On to the general interest stuff...
Cateye Kosmos computer. I remember properly lusting after one of these when I was little. Now I have one and I've never used it. I guess that sums up Retrobike really. £15 (to include the manual!!!)
Seatposts, all £8. Kalloy "long seatpost is long" 26.2, Kalloy 26.0, ITM rather nice fluted job in 26.2 flavour.
Cane Creek weird bar end things. Give you a couple of extra hand positions and they're actually quite a good idea. These ones are old and the rubber's going a bit sticky but hey, stick them on your hack or something. £3
Raleigh steel 700c forks with canti mounts, will include free headset! £12.
Bottle cages...
Plastic Specialized one, £3, sold pp
Alu unbranded job, weighs next to nothing, battered, £karma with anything else
Black steel "nimrod", super strong, put it on your expedition bike! £3
Blue ano "Elite", £3
So there you have it. Swaps wise I am looking for…
Bar-end shifters, preferably 3x9 but would consider 3x7.
One Schwalbe Marathon tyre (really), 700x32.
Lowrider front rack.
Saddle/bar bags and panniers.
Er, and I am up for non bike swaps, I need…
Good quality dual 31-band graphic EQ, must be 19" rackmount, preferably with parallel jack and XLR outputs
Decent stereo 3-way crossover
Or I will swap all the above gear for a Hill J Series sound desk. You never know...
