Recent content by silverneedle

Thanks for reply, is £20 posted to Oxford UK any good?

Need a good/very good condition Octalink bottom bracket to work with my V2 type cranks.

BBes70 Hello, If the guy who asked about the octalink BB doesnt have it I woulld be interested in the 113x68 one you have.

Wanted Xt or similar hollowtech Octalink 165mm left crank arm with good threads. Last piece needed for my new build

Got the post out! Fitted a old bottom bracket. tied that to a tree. drilled hole through seatpost and put biggest old AF allen key (will never use as intended) through it. Pulled on that with a big ass lorry ratchet strap secured to a fence post, while at the same time freeze sprayed inside of...

Thank you very much all for the advice! I will get hold of that and give it a go. My plan is to secure the frame between two trees and use a ratchting tie down strap to pull on an bolt through the stuck post. It didnt work with mild heat ( aluminium expands twice as much as titanium.) The ice...

Any tips for me please? If I disolve a stuck aluminium alloy post in a titanium frame it will also dislove the bonded in collar at the top of the frame seat tube. Is it a simple matter of buying a seat post shim of the right size, with carefull measurements, to replace it or will that cause a...

Hi can you tell me what size seatpost yor merlin XLM frame takes please?

how about this instead? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255967721378?hash=item3b98dd77a2:g:QjkAAOSwn25j4n5H

Re: I had sucess with a very stuck seatpost recently. It was carbon that had stuck in titanium by expanding after someone sprayed oil in there to try to loosen it after it had already partialy stuck. I used two ratchet tie down straps. One around the seatpost the other around the frame. loop...

Price now £55 posted.

These have an a-c of about 38cm. Disk only. Standard QR type dropouts. Condition is used but not very much at all and are still in very good condition the picture doesnt do them justice. Let me know if you would like more and better photos sent to you by PM. Have star nut fitted. Brake adapter...

Hi, The steerer is about 25.5cm long (10"). Let me know if you would like some larger photos by email. Weighed them on my very crude kitchen scales and they are about 950g J

These are in really nice hardly used condition. For 26" wheel. A few small marks and light scratches / a small paint chip from storage though. Sold to me as the tripple butted ones but dont know how to check that. Steerer uncut fitted with a star nut. Any questions answered. £75 posted to UK...

Selling a medium sized cromo steel touring bike frame and forks only. It takes a JIS type 1" threaded headset, 26.8mm seat post, vbrake or cantilever brakes and 700c wheels. Plenty of clearance for mudguards and biggish tyres too. Has braze on for front and rear racks though one rear braze on...