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    Retro/Classic brakes for a tour.

    Please don't drill stems. There are 22.2mm cable stops that clamp around the stem and can be made to look as sexy as you want by polishing them Please also get rid of that chainset, it gives me ptsd from all those Raleigh Elans that used them, they are very flexy and heavy, that nice frame...
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    Mystery Karma pass the parcel.....

    Can I join in to add some stuff to the box?
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    "Isn't modern bicycle technology absolutely wonderful?"😍

    Who gives a flying fucketty **** about when exactly di2 was made available to the public. Was it available to all in 2001? No. So all you take from the thread is that, not the fact that so called technology is warmed over time and time again in order for someone to make their shareholders...
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    Mavic Crossland 135mm fitting problem

    yes, its aluminium. it needs a decent quality cassette
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    "Isn't modern bicycle technology absolutely wonderful?"😍

    Hydraulic disc brakes for the bicycle - 50+ years old SIS indexing - 40 years old SPD - 34 years old STI - 34 years old Di2 - 15 years old (blimey!) In the summer of 1995, I spent a shitload on Hope Hydraulics, they were great, thats gonna be 30 years ago next year. ...and I'm still...
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    Mavic Crossland 135mm fitting problem

    change that lock ring! its too thick! **and , far more importantly, you need an aluminium carrier cassette like an XT. Its an aluminium freehub body so its not designed for steel cassettes. The alu spider/ carrier sits slightly further back than a steel and will tighten up snuggly with no rattle**
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    State of the industry: a running thread

    The 'discs must be better because they're discs' thing is what sums up the whole industry and is something akin to the mid 1990's frenzy when boutique verses the big man happened - albeit on a smaller scale as the world population was nearly some 2 billion less. Less internet too and only a few...
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    A Shimano M730/32XT hubs question. 6spd or 7spd on a 130mm rear spacing?

    <patiently skip reads thread, thinks about the 8 speed freehub body on a 130mm (Deore uniglide with a later 9spd Deore freehub body) hub and the bike it's on, sips coffee, looks at time, gets ready for work> <then suddenly remembers there's also a 130mm road (600 uniglide converted to HG) hub...
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    New wireless thumbshifters - They're rubbish!

    They dont even pair up via an app! I've been pressing the selector button all day and not thing, just a godawful ringing noise Zero stars
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    Di2 issue

    If I remember rightly, both need connecting as the front mech 'trims' as you shift the rear
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    BNIB Pug Carbolite...with ridiculous price

    But... But... These peugeots were just awful! 'carbolite' - meaningless chuff to hide nasty low quality plain gauge steel 25mm steel seatpost Nasty Rigida Chromonix rims, rustless spokes, Weinmann brakes that never really worked as brakes, more of a statement piece to describe the act...
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    What are your retro bike plans for 2024.

    That's crazy talk!
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    What are your retro bike plans for 2024.

    Buy tat, sell tat, ride tat, get annoyed by tat, be deliriously happyfied by tat Same as it ever was
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    Sold Roland SH-201 Analogue Modelling Synthesizer

    You might want to adjust your asking price as it is a little strong when compared to the sold prices on that ebay
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    Sold Ti Raleigh 40th Anniversary Frameset

    Dammit! <looks to cancel British Eagle decals>
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    What freewheel tool do I need for this?

    I have 4 here! but those pins... they are very fragile!
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