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Had another go. Inside was /is clean as a whistle. This time I lifted the whole mechanism out of the plastic and removed the cable...

Disconect the cable at the rear mech and then pull on the cable as you activate the gear lever, you can vary how hard you pull and...

First ride on this since completing the build this morning.

For sometime I had fancied taking the train to Salisbury and doing some of the trails around the Plains and yesterday I got around to...

All my six GT's... One of these days I'll get some proper stands to display them more nicely 😁 Alas, I have already spent quite a bit...

Mavic technical manual here: http://www.cadre.org/bike_stuff/Mavic/Manuals/89-90/

That looks like the Rivington road :D, very beautiful area and not far from where I used to live over toward Preston. I used to love...

Time to fill the thread up... Same route I've done twice now but added a few more miles at the end. Found it tough going today right...

51 miles,weather turned out better than forecast so i was a little overdressed !Other pic's from the ride are in Bikes and Bridges and...

This, if the seat post wobbles in the frame or drops rapidly down without the clamp present then you can be pretty sure the post is too...

That’s good to hear, I’m collecting it this evening 😜

Good call and definitely the right decision as can't imagine this hanging around for long :)

There’s a 90’s Giant Cadex I’ve spotted. Fully Ultegra equipped, Mavic rims, with some paint damage on the wishbone section and a few...

I think £150 or so is pretty good as Ultegra 9 and decent rims & finishing kit. If the bike is going to be a rider for you and the spec...