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Concretely, from years of strip and flip, I'm at the point I wouldn't even bother buying a 75€ XT M739 equipped bike. By the time and cost of getting it in the man cave, inspecting it all, cleaning it all, presenting it all, dealing with dickheads, the pleasure and financial incentive is now...

Nailed it @fennec - if you buy today you've got to know and know it keeps value. Otherwise, today it's all for the pub bike, commuter, station bike because it will not sell. Bicycles are in the fashion industry. Fashion changes, prices of vintage goes up and down depending on what @Russell...

Don't get me wrong. Our hobby is cheap. In good times everyone enjoyed a strip and flip to help pay for the hobby. Today, strip and flip is - I think - a risky and time consuming affair. I personally have stopped because the velocity of moving things is lost. Remember, no business is always...

Even many rare and desirable bikes have had to have a massive price re-adjustment if the seller is genuinely serious to offload something. While there are still mountains of inventory of both new and used bikes I think things are going to be cheap and even cheaper for a good few years to come...

+ Tyre.

The only appealing thing those grips have, is the same nicotine finish like some obscure remote FR country bistro walls (including the kitchen) that are so off the beaten track that health inspectors don't even bother with the fuss just because it is folklore.

The grips man, the grips. What an age to trying out this new thing of plastics. Ruined trackmits or blisters must have been a very personal choice. Jesus H Christ - to renovate those will be a mammoth task. Tooth brush and Dettol and various specialist stuff. They look like a skunk that got...

Such a fantastic day today. Just before the sun went down had an urge to get my leg over. ;) So regret not riding this as much as planned and getting her out and about more. Still well and truly chuffed it won the RBotM back in July 2023 and people showed interest. It's suffered a little...

Yes. Any two dimensional image to begin with. Making a two dimensional look three dimensional is another craft, related more to perspective control. The "western" eye wants to read left to right, then down. Bright parts surrounded by darker areas grab attention, just like our innate lust and...

Diverse ramble Some know here that I am a little monochrome brain damaged. The reasons for that is fairly multiple and not something really to dwell on perhaps. I was however about 0.1" off making a career in black and white old school photographic printing, being a lover of this craft since...

Very tough. Can't decide at the moment :rolleyes:

Next step will be to service another pair of Crossmax, slap on a 12-26 cassette and source some more road orientated 26" x 1.7-ish road touring type tyres. No doubt I will get finicky and all bike tart on that.

Finally a nice day, managed to get a very quick / little shake-down / position check ride and do a quick local obligatory drive side shot. I'm locking this build now for the moment - at least till Spring and possibly beyond. Always think an industrial looking bike doesn't look quite right in a...

New pads in, and also decided to give a little splash of silver to break-up the slightly bottom heavy looking Crossmax.

Can't believe things take me so long. Finally had my deliveries, included some Alivio T4000 v-brake levers and the M70R2 Severe Weather pad inserts. The Alivio T4000 v-brake levers a bit of a disappointment for this build. Shimano have fiddled with things, presumably to take into account wider...

Depends on hubs too. Black rims, silver spokes, silver hub works. Black rims, black spokes, silver hub positively ugly, Black rims, silver spokes, black hub I also think is not quite unless you really do aesthetic homework with the rest of the bike. Silver rims, black spokes, black hubs...

Spain does have one of the best cycling cultures in Europe. No question about that.

Did that fail when out riding? I think a logical extension of this thread is to also talk about when things do fail what the consequences are. OK, I get that is FUBAR, but could you ride home? The rear wheel is still keeping at least one triangle together. EDIT: Mate had the same failure on a...

Will have some 420mm but not C-Type for sale over winter. Latest Pace iteration. However, while it's not for me to say really, the thread serves. Pretty sure there is one set of C-type 420mm left on the planet and have a rough idea where they are now. ;)

Pretty sure, at this point in the project, I won't be able to contribute. Out of my league now. The last snippet I have from BITD, from a very very reputable builder in the midlands, with early certification, but still did 753 chroming, and supplying to pro teams is: "It's a bitch. It can't be...