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    pigman replied to the thread Weinmann brake levers.
    Not really. For one, the OP's don't look to have cutouts in the lever body to let the cable escape onto the top of the bars, and...
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    Please tell me your sponsorship influence didn't force them to ride a single 60T chainwheel and a 12-18 block
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    pigman replied to the thread Weinmann brake levers.
    Back in the day before hidden cables were invented, it was a thing for some time trialers to force the cable through the housing of a...
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    pigman replied to the thread Best LBS in Britain.
    Yeah. I'd forgotten about the canyon shop. I did go in earlier this year for a mooch around. Let's just say I wasn't there long. And I...
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    pigman replied to the thread Weinmann brake levers.
    I think to fit these levers, you're meant to drill the bars. A hole where the lever is to thread the cable into the bars and another...
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    pigman replied to the thread Best LBS in Britain.
    Bike shops are now moving towards how the motor industry is. Franchaised shops. So here in Sheffield we have a Giant/Liv shop, a Trek...
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    It's been built up by a raw amateur bodger. Interesting way of mounting the front mudguard in front of the caliper. And the downtube...
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    pigman replied to the thread Screw on freewheel question.
    Further to Jim's post, I was always afraid I would strip the thread on the biggest cog when climbing a meaty hill. The thread is only as...
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    pigman reacted to Midlife's post in the thread Screw on freewheel question with Like Like.
    Back in my day which is the 70’s the internals of each freewheel were unique to each manufacturer. If the slots for the remover were...
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    pigman replied to the thread Sorted QR spindle for Exage hub.
    Good to know. I've only ever had cheap nutted wheels 👍
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    pigman replied to the thread Sorted QR spindle for Exage hub.
    QR hollow axles are usually a larger diameter than steel nutted axles, so his existing cones won't thread onto the hollow axles. A...
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    Some flawed maths there
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    pigman replied to the thread Raleigh Randonneur 531.
    That version is the best colour
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    Recreating the days of the steam expresses passing close to the back garden
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    pigman reacted to Woz's post in the thread Thick as Thieves with Like Like.
    In short, not to necessarily scrap, but be more careful in these times where / when the public money goes. I'm like the next the man, I...
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