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    When you can't afford retro shoes...

    I suspected because I have browsed their shoes myself for the same purpose, and then decided I’m a 55 year old bloke, I have enough shoes. Bikes, on the other hand, I haven’t quite reached enough of yet.
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    When you can't afford retro shoes...

    Nice. Anyone wondering where to get shoes like this…. Look to Spo rts direct. Deliberately mistype as I hate the place, but…..
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    Cinelli Pinocchio stem issue

    Sorry just revisiting with a photo to illustrate because this was so incredibly annoying. I had two of these stems in the original packaging so I know Cinelli did not think to tell anyone that “although your new stem is made of the finest steel, what appears to be the bolt is in fact a dust...
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    When you can't afford retro shoes...

    Like most of my classic gear, I threw away my two pairs of old fashioned leather racing shoes back in those couple of decades when nobody wanted the stuff. Ah well…. As mentioned upthread, I can rec Exustar Stelvios. Done 4 Eroica Britannias in them. They don’t look like old racing shoes, but...
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    Eroica Britannia

    I live in the South East, Essex, and have spent a decade of my life living in Surrey. I’ve ridden the South Downs way a couple of times. Frankly I’d rather it was in the Peak District, for all sorts of reasons, but I’m not organising it. Shrugs.
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    Eroica Britannia

    I took my 15 year old daughter on the short route for the first Friden grange Eroica. She really couldn’t get the hang of old gear levers so she used an STI 3x7 setup. Nobody commented on her bike, but some guy, not one of the organisers, did make a remark to me about the 105 rear derailleur on...
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    Cinelli Pinocchio stem issue

    This really threw me with the Pinocchio stem too. That red cap is just a ‘dust cover’. Like you I totally trashed it trying to tighten the damn thing up before it came off revealing the real bolt just underneath. As Cinelli don’t seem to sell a replacement cap there must be loads of those stems...
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