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just fitted a campag record 10 speed front mech to my steel frame bike. its the mech with an all steel cage not the one with a carbon front plate. i am running friction shifters if its relevant. i noticed the mech has two settings for spring tension - by rotating an allen headed spring...

i need a crown race for a stronglight A9 headset (the old one with taper roller bearings in plastic cages). i have a crown race, but its loose on my forks, 27mm i think, but my fork is vanilla ISO at 26.4. anyone have a race, or a damaged ir incomplete A9?

not very retro but considered a bit dated now so perhaps old enough. i want a pair for my 1999 vintage 853 road bike build. anyone have a pair at a fair price (ebay prices do not seem reasonable to me). -Steve

Hi, I am intrigued to find out more aboutmy ribble 853 frame. the frame number starts with WF98Exxxx. i am guessing the frame was made in May 1998 (98 = 1998, A=Jan… E=May) i think xxxx is a sequence number i suspect. the question is what does WF signify, other ribble frames have a prefix...

to replace my broken 9speed campag front derailleur. Any mount is ok as i can reuse the clamp on bracket from mine.

hi, i am after a campagnolo record or chorus 111mm (sold as the pisa/track part) bottom bracket. the one with triple bearings. the irony is i had one and sold it just before xmass… (sigh).

hi, i have a kenisis crosslight pro 4 which needs a cable guide under its bottom bracket. there are guides across the top tube for the rear mech. what is weird is the cable stop for the front mech is on the right hand down tube, so the missing cable guide needs to take the cable across the...

wtb: a set of velo orange toe adjustable cantilever brake shoes, as seen here: https://www.cxmagazine.com/new-product-spotlight-and-review-velo-orange-toe-in-adjustable-brake-shoes/velo-orange-brake-pads-img_9394-cantilever

i am after an aluminium cyclocross frame for 700c wherls, 54-58cm with cantilever brakes. i have just bought a complete bike from an old gent (cheap) but discovered cracks in the head tube so its scrap, and now have a bike’s worth of parts with nothing to attach them to. the perfect frame...

I need a non-drive side (left) crank for a stronglight 80, alternatively i am willing to buy a pair if you don't want to split a pair. i would rather not pay for chainrings as i have those. -Steve

hi, i have a pair of mavic race sl pedals, nicele made, titanium axels, in good condition. sadly the cleats for these - duracleats are no longer available. look keo cleats nearly fit, but not quite. anyone tried to fettle keo cleats to fit the pedals, or, fettle the pedals to fit the cleats...

wanted Dia compe agc300 brake calipers.

i am looking for a pair of Dia Compe Gran Compe aero brake calipers, PN: AGC300. these are ultra short reach calipers from the 1980s with rather weird brake shoes which are hard to find. on the other side i have an early 1990s frame which needs these short reach brakes. anyone?

Hi all, I am embarrassed to post this, however I too would like some help to identify an unknown frame I have bought. What I do know: its a 23 inch frame (BB centre to seat pinch bolt centre) It has no mudguard eyes, The steerer tube is stamped "reynolds 531 butted 16.13" It has a "divers...

Hi, I am building a retro bike and have some modolo flash brake levers, the older generation with alloy bodies rather than derlin. the levers have a 1 and a 2 moulded into their bodies under the clamp where levers handed - left and right? perhaps the lever pivot is drilled so the handles an...

in the late 1980s modolo produced three brakes: mach 1 mach 3 mach qt-exe what is ther difference, is it just the printing? i think the brake levers are different, maybe that triggered the rebranding? -steve

anyone have a memory of ayel bikes? it is a lightweight 531 racing frame - no mudguard eyes, campagnolo dropouts etc. i believe they where produced in the 1980s by a bike wholesaler of the same name, the company run by Alan Lloyd. They sponsored the 1980s ANC team (of Tour De France fame)...