Recent content by Sjl

Yes, much better

Indeed, Wallacehill cc, Kilmarnock

Oops, missed one RE 28 spoked GP4’s and tub’s not particularly practical for 15st, unless you are au fait with tubulars i would advise against. When i bought my original road ace from Billy Bilsland in 1984 the tubs had barely been glued on, went to the club TT where Jimmy Train refused me...

Here are some pics of mine, this one isnt a fastback frame, (my first bike was and they were notorious for cracking), hopefully these pics show the cable routing and non standard braze ons for the 600ax groupset.

That cable guide on top of the chainstay is correct for an ax rear mech and the frame looks exactly like my 84 600ax model Transfers are available on ebay, nice examples are hard to find, saddles, hbars, bar end caps, bottle and cage will be tricky to source but main gset and wheels are easy...

Hmm, i have seen what happens when the head of a seatpost snaps off, dont think i will take a dremel to:) Can always swap it out for a rolls or turbo Meanwhile need to try it out on Regents pk loops

Thanks, yes, i think i saw your comments about kool stop pads, might take a look at the pads, have some old campy pads that might fit. To be fair the brakes are pretty good on the pianni rims, they have a black ceramic brake bed. (I did have a Vitus 979/Mavic build but foolishly sold it during...

Forgot to thank Dan Chambers for his help with the tool needed for fitting the Mavic bb

Finally finished a Mavic equipped Eddy Merckx Strada. Just found some lovely NOS Pete Matthews wheels to finish it off. Was previously running it with some more modern wheels and an 11 spd cassette which surprisingly worked really well with the mavic mech and simplex levers. I much prefer these...

Hello What condition are the rims in and what sprockets does the fwheel have pls? Many thanks Simon

Hello, are these wheels still for sale pls?

Hi Danson That is excellent news and very kind. Is it possible to DM you to discuss please? Thanks Simon

These were my two previous ssc’s Should have held on to them :-(

Hello Have lurked on this forum for many years without posting but thought i would say hello and ask for some ideas on a Mavic ssc build. I have actually built two Mavic bikes previously Vitus 797 with old ssc and a newer Peugeot slx with the 8 speed g/s. Many years spent collecting the tricky...