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My retro commuter will be in need of a new transmission soon, just ordered a pile of £4 KMC Z8 chains from Wiggle. Already got an 8 speed rear wheel / cassette and I have some shifters somewhere - but I am hoping the current STX SE rear mech (*not* STX RC which would probably work fine) can cope...

One of my bug bears is cyclists who think really bright lights are actually a safety device not a menace on the roads - mostly the problem is more to do with beam shape than brightness per se, I must get dazzled by other cyclists half a dozen times a day now and don't wish to join them So I am...

I know this will have been asked before but I am still confused - possibly by my own LBS Got a new 8 speed wheel and need to pop the 7 speed cassette off my old wheel on to it. Google confused me so I went to my local shop and they sold me a 1.85mm flat spacer and said that was right. I thought...

Been on their website and all over google but can seem to find the answer, they do A1, A2, A4, C4 etc - what gives?

Since Wiggle bought out CRC I have to say I haven't really noticed anything bad happen - until recently. Quite a few items I have been after seem to go out of stock and stay out of stock. eg SMP saddles, Schwalbe tyres as well as service items / tools like grease guns As a business person...

I have picked up an old steel frame that is mostly in great condition - but - there's always a but, the metal band welded to the top of the seat tube has started to come away. It measures 28.6 OD so my plan is to "remove it" and use a standard external clamp I am a little unsure how to go about...

Been servicing the wheels on an old Archie Wilkinson I picked up recently. Rear single speed axle (10mm diam) cones were starting to pit so trotted off to LBS who sold me a whole 10mm x 175mm axle. Swapped over the cones and reused everything else but the cones look to be a different shape at...

I have a black M Trax 1500 from the 1990s which has always been a "spare bike" - living near the Peaks my mates used to visit from far and wide and it was great to have something they could use to get out riding. Its my occasional commuter these days Anyhow, its showing its age a bit and I...

No idea where to post this, so going for "Off Topic" My young kids ride cycle speedway (got hard kids me :D ) and we recently picked up an Archie Wilkinson single speed in need of a bit of love - the wheels seem pretty decent but tyres less so Standard wheel size is the wonderfully archaic 26...

Hi folks - hope its okay to do this . . . some of you may know I help out with a charity in South Yorks called Comac which fixes up donated bicycles for refugees who can barely afford even a bus fare. Our waiting list is now at 150 - that's a lot of people who have no transport! We can just...

I am part of Sheffield Cycle Kids Speedway club and we have just had our bike store done over - the perps have stolen most of our bikes 26" and 700C single speed bikes Archie Wilkinsons rarely come up for sale so if you see one please let me know

Anyone know the size of the hex on Sapim Brass hex nipples? Plan to use a bunch to build a tandem wheel and wanted to have the correct tool to hand when I get them Different sources are suggesting 5.25mm and 5.5mm The Zipp nipple tool is, I believe 5.2mm. Park equivalent wrench is 5.5mm

I have just unbuilt a NOS front wheel so I can swap the hub to a rear - amazingly (thankfully) the spoke length is the same for both hubs but a couple of nipples actually broke during pull down What came off where 12mm nipples and, if I have to buy new nipples I would like to go up to 14mm for...

This is a question about suspension seat posts but could equally apply to other elastomer based suspension items I guess Just replaced an old elastomer based suspension seat post with a new spring based one - main reason for the change is the elastomer has gone hard and crumbly, other than that...

On another thread I have been bemoaning transmission issues with a tandem running 8speed Shimano Revoshift One suggestion was to go to thumbies rather than STI - but I have never used them, dont know how they work - or even which ones would be worth getting s/h My early road bikes were all...

Been refurbishing a 10yo tandem, miles are pretty low but it hasn't been cared for. So far things had been going okay, even the disc brakes work really well now. - until I started on the transmission this evening . . . There is okay (but sluggish) shifting of the rear 8 speed, my suspicion is...

At the risk of a messy divorce I am so tempted to build something a bit like this Pashley Guvnor: Got some road bars & stem of approx shape but not sure what brake levers would work with V brakes (ok I am not that retro) as I understand road bars have different diameter, ie 23.8mm so my MTB...

Been looking for a Deore 36h M525 Rear hub to go with the fronts I have. The only ones I can find are M525-A which come without the dust seal Anyone know what the part number is for the seal - or point me to an exploded diagram as this models doesn't seem listed at Shimano any more thanks

My Bonded Ti Dynatech hanger looks to have given up (it was damaged (by me) and straightened (by local frame builder)) and wont hold a bolt properly - if I tighten properly I reckon it will strip Picked up a Framesaver bolt from SJS but I can't decide if it is the best way forwards - as it is a...

looking at getting my old Raleigh frame powder coated but need some new transfers - who do you get them from these days? Only need a couple of Raleigh and SPD ones but figure the 853 ones might be harder to get Can they go under the 2 pack laquer?