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Just a mere 5 years later... I assume this sold?

Some really great bikes in here, so hard to pick.

Quick lunchtime blast up t he moor and back. Stopped for a spot of modelling...

Still open for stock clearance on t'interweb

Laura @ Colnago.com may be able to help given the serial number.

They're different. Fractionally. IIRC, using them mismatched means it skips a sprocket going up and a different one coming down - ergo you can get all the gears, you just sometimes have to goup then down, or down then up. IIRC it's the 3rd from biggest going up and 2nd/3rd from smallest coming...

Nicest 10 speed levers are Record, without a doubt. Also reliable, robust and rebuildable. Won't work with ShimaNO though. I've tried running a J-Tek to convert a MTB setup to Ergo shifters for a gravel bike. It's ok, but you lose crispness in the shift and can be a faff to set up.

Early 9 speed freehubs were same pattern as 8 speed and are compatible with 8. Newer 9s is different to 8, but compatible to 9/10/11/12. There is very little old pattern 9 around. IIRC the giveaway is the locating flange - which instead of being a straight rectangular shape on the old 8/9, has...

What's the BB Centre to top of saddle height? Wondering if I can wrap my knackered old body around that immense drop to the handlebars....

I always go halfway as they provide the fine adj. Once set up you may want to tweak the cable a teenie bit one way or the other, if you're all the way in one direction, that may not be possible. I always install cables same way with adj at midpoint.

+1 for Velotech. He rebuilt a pile of ergos for me during lockdown. Been collecting them into a box for years, finally got around to sending them in. Lovely job.

They will work with Shimano adjusters, but the Campag ones are better and cheaper...

Re the shimmed seatpost - didn't someone (Thomson?) Make like a 25mm Ti poast with shims for every sized tube? You ordered your post and shim, so based on that, I assume a shimmed post is fine.

Ah. I see now, from a different post. Can you not edit original post to add it there? A bit confusing for a blind old sod like me.

A pic of the whole bike, rather than just the steerer extension might help...