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Medium quality aero road bike fork wanted in 1" steerer to fit either: 185mm+ steerer (threaded) or 200mm+ steerer (for ahead conversion) Its only for an old alloy winter road bike commuter I'm building, but a nice alloy or aero steel fork would be nice - any colour - I can repaint it. ...or I...

Re: Thanks -send me details of the lever extensions Metalpig , but bar ends are a bit out of my price bracket Raidien73 (hard to justify as I've zillions of other makes of bar ends i could use), but thanks for getting in touch on these appreciated

Re: Nice - it was a Roberts/Vaz built White Spider 19.5" full spec. of what you got was: My favourite Pace RC30 Reynolds 531 1 piece fork legs ....Other bits included: XT SG chainset Hope Ti BB Hope rear Tiglide hub on a worn Ritchey rim, and Hope skewer Tioga Prestige T-Bone Italmanbrui bars...

Re: Yes finish is not as polished as a mass production machine - but it reminds me of the early Manitou's and Cunninghams - a lot of those weren't much to look at close up, but as you say interesting machines & history - more from the evolution of the engineering and the small scale race car...

Re: Certainly NOT a cheap Taiwanese alloy frame! - The Heinz Fuchs is the Doug Bradbury of Europe - its Germany's version of the Manitou HT - being built around the same time too. Sadly Her Fuchs died in 2012, but Heinz made a handful of each: MTB / BMX / Hybrid when he retired from Porsche...

Re: thank thats handy advice appreciated :)

I'm planning on restoring an early '90s team frame - its MMC and I've heard there were problems getting paint to stick to Metal Matrix Composite in the early days (reflected in the condition of the frame I have). I usually powder-coat my steel frames in solid primary colours these days, but...

Re: Thanks and yes a pair of Breezers would be nice. However, would you consider selling me the little rear canti-hanger piece from yours if you are splitting it up, as i intend to fit Ritchey Logic Cantis to it and that would be a handy item. regards

Re: Typical! like busses.... I've wanted a Breezer for a while now, and 2 come up in the same month I paid £275 for the refurbed Breezer Storm on Ebay recently. I'm pleased with the condition but I would have preferred to have bought yours for £200, one week too late for me, darn...

Re: photo added of my Xiazang - let me know if anyone spots a GT Edge (Ti road bike frame) in future - cheers

Added to my "ti frames awaiting building" construction, found through a friend of a friend who had it in the loft for years unbuilt; GT ti in my size, have wanted one a while now. Photo to follow sporting a pair of Pace forks presently, and my other good find this year a ti Girvin flexstem in...

Re: shame about the dings - else I'd have bought that - I like the Kiki's - they were all great

Re: They are clearly sought after following something of a Muddy Fox retro revival in some of our other threads. I've still got my restored '88 Explorer and had to fit a yellow set a few years ago. Personally I prefer the black on yellow as opposed to the flo, yellow on black sold here...

Re: Yep it was a real model - factory tricked out Team Ti (basically the lightest of each component available at the time was added, I think the frames were special spec. too, but not sure about that) - I have the poster centre-fold from MTB Pro somewhere Nice and in my size too - but I've...

Re: Yes I spoke with the seller and can concur / confirm - headtube measures 105mm - he will not list a buy it now, its already running for twice what he thought he'd get for it - he can't confirm the soure of the fork or whether its a project2 (as I was after the fork & stem for my '91...