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They were chewy indeed. Never got that though. Didn't make any sense.

What an incredible beauty

Thanks, no, not yet. I’ve moved continents a few times in the past years and my home is a bit all over the place right now. Only just recently i’ve been able to have my gear and shop in one place. But most of my modern gear is in the French Alpes Maritimes where I love to go cycling and spend...

You inspired me to organise my tools as well.

I saw that earlier. What happened to the bottom bracket? And the paint on the tubes around it does not look healthy either. Crank seems cracked? It’s a 92 I believe.

The biggest flat head screwdriver you can find. As others said, fit the shim on the bar, slide it in until it gets stuck, wedge it, slide a bit further, loud foul language helps, then at some point wedge the other side.

Brute force. At least that is my experience. They are a pain to get aligned and installed. Wedging the stem works, but not ideal with 30 year old aluminium. But probably the only way to do.

Yes, he named Brodie in the interview. What I also found interesting is that he thinks the Element was the best bike he rode.

Oh and I would go for one with a relatively short top tube. Manufacturers in the nineties went crazy with long top tubes for that racier look. Not ideal for bike touring. Short too tube, short stem, together with a steerer that is curved and gives you different options to plant your hands on...

Bomb proof is 531 or even better 853. Or have a look at a True Temper frame. KHS Montana Pro would work and has all the rack mounts.

Same here. It is perfectly fine. Longer Syncros posts in 425 exist but they’re usually black. What happened to the second S letter on the last picture? Nice bike!

2012. There were fat bikes at that time. Amazing to see he chose this

There is one on display in the Dutch mountain bike museum. Pretty awesome thing in the flesh. https://mountainbikemuseum.nl/collectie?q=hanebrink

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