Recent content by Balb0wa

Re: Re: Thanks, had a look, not many square tapered brackets around, ive seen two shimano ones, very cheap though. ooouch, that's a hollowtech2 BB... the axle is with the cranks, the BB has the cups and bearings (campy even has the bearings in the cranks, and only has the cups in the BB..)...

Re: Hello, me agaon I put a 39T chain ring on, lot easier than changing the rear cog, its made it a bit easier up hills :) Now i want to change my bottom bracket, still on the same one from 1989, what do i go for? Is the old ultegra octalink? seems confusing. I thought about one of...

haha, i dont want to spend a great deal on it, i just want to see if i can get back into biking, ive started running and do 30-40 miles a month, just fancy a ride a few times a week. Some hills around here, rowsley bar, mam tor, and i used to struggle like mad to get up them with a 23 on the...

back in the day it was a brilliant groupset , i still think its good 24 years on :D

thanks, sounds a bit more than what i wanted to do really, gear levers have changed since i last had a bike (ie on the brakes now!) the thing with brake gears is your left with a space/hole where the old style gear levers went , its a tricky one, will have to think about it. i suppose i could...

Cheers, it looks like the star shaped one to me on the front

Hello, I had this new in 1989 or 1988 , it cost £540 at the time,i was 14 or 15 it might not look it, but i used it a lot for 2-3 years before i turned 17 and learnt to drive. Since then it's been in the garage, i want to get back into cycling, ive put new tyres and tubes on, all is good...