Recent content by M_Chavez

I thought about highlighting the engravings, but I fear it will be as disastrous as trying to do the lug lining myself. The very interesting bit is the handling. I've read stories that TSX makes a frame that is way too stiff and unpleasant to ride. It might be the case if your weight is 50kg...

Hi All, Since I've completed my new summer bike build I need to clear some space in the bike shed. Selling my Spitfire Ti frameset. Had it for 4 (?) years. I lost track. Bought some time around covid. Hope bottom headset, ZTTO top headset, fsa steerer plug, noname chinese carbon fibre post...

That's the difference between a salesman (who doesn't need to know anything apart from how much commission he's getting from Widget A and widget B) and a technical subject matter expert. But why are salesmen fixing bikes in Evans?🤔

I've posted this a couple years ago. A conversation I had with a young sales guy in Evans outside my work: - Do you sell rim-brake 650B rims in 32 hole drilling? - Sorry, what? - 650B rims drilled for 32 spokes. - Just a moment, I'll ask our mechanic expert... Mechanic expert sticks his head out...

Thanks guys. I'm not a fan of decals, but I do wonder if there's anyone who can cut/etch a custom headbadge. Afaik Romani never had a headbadge, but I'm sure I can design one for them.

Have a custom built (one-off?) Huni 26er MTB rigid frameset with Oria tubing. It's toxic pink colour though.

The plan was simple: get the frame powdercoated, then take all the gear from my current road bike and put it on the Romani. I really like my PX Spitfire, in fact, until now, it's been the best road bike I've had. But it has one big problem: the frame is Ti and the fork is CF. When I'm riding a...

Since I only dig retromods, this one was getting a bunch of "modern" parts and a 9x1 drivetrain. The car strike damage was very handy - it moved the ds side dropout a few mm out, so it was perfectly placed to take a 130mm hub. The left side had to be adjusted with a floorboard, and oh boy, this...

Romani... A name that needs no introduction. I'm sure you all remember the TV ad: "If you have a little mani, Buy yourself a fast Romani." You all know the brand and you've all longed for it, but only a few of us are lucky enough to perch our bottoms on this pinnacle of Italian framebuilding...

But who do they refund? Seller or buyer?

Just been asked to prove that I am over 18 to buy a pack of 32tpi junior hacksaw blades on ebay. @#%ing nanny state.

Nah, if they have half a brain, they'll have a small script running the parcel description against the database of sale figures for these goods (they'll have a good db because all shipping goes through them). I reckon if the script flags a huge bargain, they open the parcel and pocket it if it's...

Google "Pitney Bowes is wrongly stealing purchased goods." :LOL: I really don't understand the point...Clearly they spot expensive items that were sold below market value, confiscate them and then resell them above market value, but surely this can be done just by buying directly from ebay...

Ok, cherry on the ebay cake. If you send internationally, the GSP contractor (Pitney Bowes) can confiscate your item without any good reasons. When you sign up for GSP, the T&Cs state that you agree to them doing it: that is, seller retains his cash, buyer gets a refund from ebay and Pitney...