Recent content by pigman

I could never understand the obsession with avoiding toe overlap. The CTC make a big thing of it when reviewing bikes When one corners whilst cycling, one hardly steers, so toe overlap should be no problem. If it is you've taken the corner all wrong and are about to crash. The only time I had...

Is Cilo French? I'd always assumed they were Spanish

Never say never 😉

Anything here...

Just shave it and install a threadlesss BB. Ok, it's a bit butchery but it will sort it at a reasonable budget

It reminds me of when a ToB stage finished in Sheffield in 2006. I had a look round at some of the team bikes that had already been mounted onto roof racks. Some of the carbon forks had big chunks missing out of them, as if they'd been bashed with a hammer. And these weren't fresh damage caused...

Good to know. And it's probable that that great mechanics will be great with customers similar to himself, ie the hard core cyclist. The difficulty arises dealing with someone dissimilar to themselves. Different age, gender, cycling ambitions etc. That's not to say your guys weren't as good as...

Eh? Nothing wrong with 531. Maybe the rider preferred the 531's rigidity or strength. Crit racing doesn't necessarily mean a sub 8kg bike is best

So true. That's the AS for you. Gifted nerd who works best alone in the back room and enjoys being consulted to provide facts but doesn't do small-talk Versus The amiable chatterbox who gets the customer on side but doesn't like technical questions. In a perfect world, both are employed to...

First questions relate to threadings. Bottom bracket threads - English, Italian or French? Headset thread - same question?

i admire that. But these days I take the view that as I'm getting on a bit and don't always enjoy good health, time is a premium so I'm reluctant to spend a day laying under a car to save myself £100. If I can do that, I can go hiking or biking

I also heard that he's looked for scandal in just about every sport except golf. Why? Well his personal buddies are pro golfers. I've also been told he used Betsy. He asked her to spill the beans in confidence and then outed her

I just don't like schwalbes. My city slickers had sidewall splits on front and rear and seen a schwalbes race tyre sidewall blow out on a 40mph descent so don't touch them These are a good option for the townie/pubber. The problem I'm having is the bike is all ex-skip recycled with a view to...

As soon as garages deal with a German car owner, they see wealth, or at least someone who isn't scared to pump money into owning the 'right badge' and capitalise on it

You're probably/possibly right. BUT .... your French pro friend is no different to that office gossip where a woman gets promoted and everyone says she only got the job cos she slept with the boss. Maybe she'd did, but maybe she's just damn capable. But as an outsider the 'good authority '...