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Chorus cranks (and you need to say what year) typically took a 102mm bottom bracket. You won't find a shorter one.

Got a Kalloy sort of thing 27.0 in the shed I think - very tidy. Say £18 posted?

C&G Finishes in Liverpool (via GA Cycles) did a lovely job on my Witcomb.

The bar-ends used to come with a sticker like that!

Interestingly it's only recently that scientists have been able to demonstrate that bubbles rising in ponds can charge up and produce micro-sparks, leading to ignition of marsh gas. This phenomenon has been widely reported for centuries as Will O' the Wisps, but at last has been fully explained.

30+ years ago, my sister's Metro (in Nottingham) only used to get stolen on rainy Saturday nights.

Which would imply that aliens are so bad at flying (or their ships are so dreadfully unreliable) that it's amazing they get here at all! Alternatively, if they have the same levels of accidents as civil aviation then there are millions of them. Neither stacks up really in my mind. However, UFO...

Definitely worth saving. Tidy it up and give it a ride. Otherwise someone will happily give you £100 or so for it.

Has to be Shimano? I've got other 110/74 otherwise in 170mm.

Ahead spacer / stackers can be used below the headset top nut if the steerer is too long.

Got a rear with a 36H Exage hub if useful to make a pair

Take it to a decent bike shop which should have a conical seatpost gauge.

I think the only real disadvantage with cantis is how the post mount ones are excellent at first until the pad wears and the mechanical advantage weakens. Post mount v-brake pad holders solves it. Much of the advantage to V-brakes is the re-thought pad design. It also saves all that faffy post...

Indeed, you are right. 9s post-2001 and 10s have exactly the same derailleur leverage.

Just to add, 531db was a very specific tube set from Reynolds. The forks were rather over-built, so in a front end crash the frame was almost invariably damaged. It was later replaced by 531ST and 531c.