Recent content by seabirch

Hi I traded in my fixie for this Merlin that the local secondhand bike shop had in. Its a beautiful bike to ride and is extremely light but I have no idea of the year, The handlebars are titanium and it has a very interesting stem. Deore and XT drivetrain, scott liteflite carbon forks and a...

Got these instead. Should look nice. Now i have to work out how to install and set them up. Never put down tube shifters on before http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221100010111? ... 029wt_1348

I think that may be out of the question. Made a big boo boo with the allen bolt at the end if the shifter and it has sheared off.

What has happened is that i was told by the prvious owner that the cable was stretched and needed changing and thats why it didn't shift well. In fact, it would only do 3 shifts before no more shifting. It seems that the cable end has lodged in the mechanism and I cannot shift it round enough to...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230827974787? ... 857wt_1114 Would these work?

Thats what I thought may be under there. Does that mean I can use any 7 speed braze on shifter?

Hi The RH sti shifter (RSX) on my Giant has bust. Only shifts x3 and the cable is completely wedged in by the previous owner. can't afford to replace both shifters at the mo so wondering whether i could put downtube shifters on it J

Thanks for all the advice and support. I may well have measured wrongly but my torso is in fact long and is more or less equal in size to my legs. I am not that much of a beginner to road bikes but when i was more financially stable bought from a LBS. My last bike was a cannondale road bike...

Hi Thanks for all the advice. How important is stand over height? I have zero clearance on the bike and the cranks are 175 Just wondering if I could get away with an 80 mm stem?

Hi Thanks for the advice. Any idea on what price to sell it at. I have posted pics on this forum. Now the problem of finding a reasonably priced 52 cm bike. All the ones around seem to be in the 60's

Hi The measurements of the frame are C-T 60cm C-C 58cm TT - 56cm Inseam 77cm Torso 52cm Arms 56cm

Hi Bought a 1996 Giant Peleton beginning of the week. In good nick just needs new cables and front bearings greasing. However, when I bought it it was sold as correct size for someone 5ft11 (e.g.me), but when I got it home I found it is a 600mm frame. This is obviously too big for me. I have...

Hi Just picked up this off gumtree. Runs nicely with a bit of tlc. Wondering if anyone knows what year this was made. Its a Giant Peleton with exage groupset and RX sit shifters. Also wondering how to raise the stem height. Not had a quill stem before and not seen a headset like that before...

God I wish I could even think about doing 10 miles an hour at the moment. Started up again after 12 months off so hard going at the moment - but getting there.