Recent content by Woz

👍 - what cage length? The M750 is practically identical. https://www.disraeligears.co.uk/site/shimano_deore_xt_derailleur_m751_sgs.html Drop me a message if you are struggling / desperate.

^ Lovely that. Cocottes usually refers to only the replaceable rubber hoods on drop-bar STIs / brake levers. It is peculiar. Suspect it may come from the side profile shape of a brake hood resembling a silhouette of a chicken? Oh la la.

:) Retro goodness. Who would have ever thought to copy Mafac and then cut off 1/4 of a brake shoe to have front and rear specific. All in it's time. 👍

A bit too tight with the mudguard IMHO. Not forgetting operating it and what that means. Cable operated was offered by both Simplex and Huret more-or-less at the same time of suicide lever shift. It took time to lift off.

Yup. Love the drillium too. Lay in on expensive items that have so-called already been optimised and do a good job in finishing. There's also something going on with those Mafac stradle cable yokes that I've not exactly figured out yet. That is what wine is for tonight. It will become apparent...

^ Nice read and very tidy build. 26" wheels too 👍 🤔 Not nit picking, of course would never dream of that, but if it was my build and I had those metal working skills I would have been inclined to have a cable operated custom FD and spend time on making a pair of custom unique downtube gear...

Voted. Swaged crank big ring interface for the win. :)

Feels easier to discard right now rather than pick the one according to the brief of this special month. Got it down to three. I'm actually amazed at how many survivors there are so very nice to see they are all cared for. 🥰

Binned with no remorse even. Found these on plenty of retro Decathlon Rockriders. A usual case of cutting costs out of view.

Have done very similar in the past. Pretty sure you would need either a 5 arm CD triple or 4 arm triple. The Incy spider sadly was never made to fit the RS7 cranks. The vacant outer chain ring position could be filled with a bash ring.

Consider to turn it all around. Get a more available good tourer / CX and slap some flat-bars on. [ there would potentially be other considerations to take in account, but all feasible ]

At one point in time if you went in a bike shop and didn't want a DH monster or road bike you got pulled aside to the unlit corner to eye over 3 sad pathetic Hybrids. All some generic AL crap and sporting the worst generic toss with low end gruppos. AFAIK, Bridgestone, Breezer, Marin, and Gary...

I've used locking mole grips on these before now. Since it's already trashed I wouldn't bother buying the specific tool for it. Normally it should not be seized. Just be careful with the paint work, put some tape around the BB shell prior if necessary. It's a derivative / copy of FAG. May be...

Explains why I had a late growth spurt.