Recent content by sjcprojects

Thanks. The Peaks is certainly great cycling country (speaking as a road cyclist but it seems safe to say that applies off road too). The scenery may not be as dramatic as somewhere like The Lakes, but I think it makes up for it by having a plethora of quiet roads where you can avoid traffic...

Now is the time of year when I'm getting in as many rides on the retro bikes as I can before winter kicks in and I go a bit less retro. Today was nice and mild, and with a lovely early evening sky. There was also a full moon which was good because half an hour after that photo was taken, it...

Jesus...if you saw the owner, you'd really have to have words about that stem, wouldn't you? I would think just braking hard would risk an immediate face-plant when it pops out of the frame 😬

Looking good - just two things: the shifters are mounted upside down, and also ideally the skewer QRs should be pointing upwards rather than forwards or backwards, though I appreciate it’s still a work in progress anyway…

Yeah, all founds very familiar! I'm pretty sure I've never built up a bike without at least one thing occurring that I'd never come across before with a bike. The last one that springs to mind is a brake cable that had become totally rusted stuck in a brake adjuster, which led to me melting a...

Don't forget in Sheffield we also now have Veloroo, which is a 'Canyon Experience Partner' 🤢. Naturally, they can't describe themselves as a 'bike shop', that would be far too mundane. I don't really see it lasting long, I think they've rather mistimed the opening given the general state of the...

I feel your pain. I've lost count of the number of times I've had issues with stem and bar combinations (there are at least 3 different common sizes, 25.8mm, 26mm and 26.2mm, and it's not uncommon for people to list the wrong size when selling). I've had to resort to shims for the bars on a few...

Yes, I can see from your photo that there's no cut-out part for the cable to exit through - you're right, most aero levers do have that. I can only guess that the cable is just meant to go out of the side, at a logical point - it looks like there are areas at the sides where it's just the rubber...

Isn't your 653 currently for sale on eBay? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/167733154221

Put them on the ends of the outer brake cable/housing and then you should be able to feed the outer cable into the inside of the lever where the inner cable threads through. So, it's the cable housing that keeps them in place. They should be a fairly snug fit on the end of the outer.

Have I gone too far with these wheels? :LOL: In my defence, I'm continuing the theme of a bike that looks...well, kind of odd. I've definitely upped the odd factor with these. They also follow the theme of looking one thing and being another, as although they may be partly carbon, they are in...

A well-used Longstaff tourer. Double-wrapped bar tape, which is kind of ugly, but considering the state of the bar tape on the other bikes in this thread, I'll not criticise...

I would guess the tubing is the butted version of Kromo, rather than the plain-gauge. Your decal probably read 'Butted Tubes Forks & Stays' or similar.

That's an Accles & Pollock 'Kromo' decal: There's a bit of info here on A&P: https://classicrendezvous.com/country-of-origin/the-british-isles/classic-british-components/accles-pollock/

Actually, yes, I should revise my earlier statement. There is not a hope in hell that it will sell at that price.