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Dropouts look like these and using PMW dropouts would make sense for Dean. If yours are lacking the cutout and drillings for a hanger then maybe they were custom made or hangerless was an option bitd. Long story short, it's going to be more than a few minutes of tinkering. You'd likely need...

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/hope-brakes-inc-adapter-to-fit-non-disc-frames.500834/ There's also this in the pre '98 section.

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/onza-disc-brake-converter.151430/ This one? I remembered it being sold by Rock and Roll bikes but I think it was also available under another brand name at one point.

The science says to have the gap in the clamp opposing the slot in the frame. Supposedly.

It’s a bit of a wheely wand being tipped back with the long fork. Once I’ve corrected the a2c and my weight isn’t quite as far over the rear I think it’ll be better. I might have posted the last version on here, it had much longer chainstays. I think shortening then will j have made it a lot...

I’m building myself a demontable/suitable and got it rideable enough to the other day. This fork is too long so will be tackling that soon.

Yeah I didn’t use it all that long. I think the original Cube lasted around 9 months then I built the replacement frame and had only for around the same time and then shifted it along. Fwiw I liked the belt, a lot. I think the reason I decided to go back to a chain was just the expense of...

These must have been from before I built a fork to go with it. The frame actually used the front triangle of a frame I'd built a couple years earlier. Originally it'd been a fixed wheel gravel bike so was 120mm spaced, no provision for a rear brake. I just chopped the rear end off a and built...

Yeah you could maybe get around the rubbing by using a guard that’s ’too big’ thus creating more room for it to flap about but aesthetically that wouldn’t do! I also thought about grafting the Style onto my guards but nope, no dice! It’s a shame about the misalignment in the frame. I had a...

Frame alignment - it’s steel, make it straight! Unless you think the coupler has added/subtracted length from the stay? Who did the work? Mudguard rubbing - I’m using a set of these big plastic SKS guards in a similar size and I think it’s inevitable they rub. Ive used the smaller sizes before...

They definitely missed a few steps, like crack the piston, piss fluid all over the floor…🤣

Cables and b tension would first ports of call. If the new cassette is smaller then the mech might be sitting too far away so babbling b tension screw out may help.

DMR Bolt too.

Nice! Seems like a lot of leverage on that single bolt stem though, does it do an alright job of holding onto the bars?

My opinion is that this is either snobbishness/wanting to feel superior if it's coming from users or just patter if it's coming from a salesperson rather than anything factual. I reckon about 90% of 'breaking in' a Brooks is just softening up the leather. It's handy that it's while that's...

Yeah, listing from the US under the threshold doesn’t about taxes etc but if I look at one for a couple hundred quid I get options to prepay the fees at checkout or defer.

Ah ok that makes sense. I should have worked that out myself as I’ve used Buyee to buy camera stuff from Japan. EBay likes to show me bike stuff from the US so I’ll need to look at one of those listings.

^That's a lot of text, too much for me, but I'll take it's a decent description of what to measure. My TLDR (too long didn't read) summary would be that you need about 3 measurements. Rim erd or the diameter of the rim at the nipple seat. The diameter of the circle of the holes in your hub...

So, I remember seeing eBay listings in the past that had two parts to the shipping costs which I think was shipping and then any fees. That seems to have disappeared and now when eBay shows me items from outwith the UK (as it seems to love doing) there's no mention of fees, vat etc. It's...

Is this the case though? I always thought there was likely to be fees (import fee, vat and handling fee) to be paid on top of the price you see on eBay?