Recent content by philk123

Re: Its all built up and is the best bike I have ever ridden. Every section on strava is a PB. It beats my Principia RCS6 (alu/carbon.Ultegra)!!! What a machine! I'll try and put some photos on flicker or whatever it is. One question - What on earth is the thread size for the mudguard/front...

Hi all. I have inherited a Bates from my kind uncle. He had it resprayed by Eddie Bates in the 80s and it's been sitting in the attic until last week. I plan to get her on the road with a fuxed/single freewheel. I have a used campagnolo super record chainset and various other bits already. The...

Re: I got the SPDs on with a bit of gentle persuasion after all! Will definately be doing this: http://www.eroicabritannia.co.uk/. Phil

Re: Thanks for the reply 1. After importing it from Holland where I FOUND it in a skip!!! and battling for a week with the seized seatpost (thank you Caustic Soda) I'd like to keep the bike for myself. The seat tube length is ok, but the bars are a bit of a stretch so I'm going to replace the...

The Maillards are French threads - 14 x 1.25mm. Standard threads are 9/16" (14.23 x 20 TPI (1.27mm) ((apparently)). The pedals will loosely fit in a normal crank, but normal pedals bind up within 1-2 threads going into these cranks. Once I re-thread them I can't go back to the original pedals...

I'm restoring a 1984 Batavus Criterium bike which has Shimano 105 (Golden Arrow?) groupset. It is fitted with Maillard cxc french threaded pedals. The problems I am facing are: 1. I don't have the clips for the pedals. I have seen some on French ebay for about 20 quid or so. But even with these...

Re: maillards pedals Hi. I got a pair of these pedals but I can't find the clips. Will you take a tenner for the clips and straps off one of the pairs of pedals? Thanks, Phil