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    Campagnolo Delta Brakes SOLD

    Re: Campagnolo Delta Brakes Deltas are fab if set up properly. I used mine on the Eroica Gaiole last year, for instance. The lever thing is patently nonsense; I did use the correct levers because I have that kind of OCD, but there's nothing special to them. You do need a Campag lever with the...
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    Eroica eligible bike with hill climbing gears

    C-Record (or Chorus/Croce d'Aune etc) with a 38 front and a 28 rear (14-28 freewheels are readily available in 7-speed). I ran C-Record with a 52/39 and 14-28 on my Alan for the Eroica Gaiole last year. You can't cross-chain big-big with those ratios, or readily use small-small, but then you...
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    Talk to me about fixed and single speed

    Depends what you want it for, I guess. I use 48x17 (74") for everything; it seems a good compromise. You can cruise at 30kph at a natural 85 cadence, spin out at about 50kph (around 140 cadence) and climb most things, albeit out of the saddle once it's above 10% (I did find the bridge ramps on...
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    How to remove old glue from tubular rims?

    Heat gun to soften it, use the handle of an old spoon to scrape off the bulk, then wipe off any residue with a cloth soaked in thinners. Not recommended for carbon rims, but fine on alloy.
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    Tubular Tyres. A Beginner's Poll.

    Sure. Here goes: 1. Tape, not glue. Unless you're racing track or cross, in which case, glue. 2. Jantex 14 or Tufo, because the covering strip is plastic. Jantex 76 has a paper strip which is *really* hard to remove without it tearing. I use a lot of 76, but it takes more practice. Always 14 on...
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    Tubular Tyres. A Beginner's Poll.

    +1 on Challenge being a bit hand-bodged. I have many pairs of Strada 25c tubs, and while I've done a lot of riding on them, and like them, they aren't the roundest things ever. They do settle a bit with use, and definitely don't like being kept folded up as spares under your saddle, but...
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    Eddy Merckx corsa extra

    IF they fit, then http://www.wiggle.co.uk/challenge-strad ... ular-tyre/ are a bargain at that price.
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    Eddy Merckx corsa extra

    I did it on Challenge Strada 25c. They were adequate, and didn't puncture. If you can get anything fatter into your frame, I would - I was using Deltas and had no more space. The strade bianche are brutal if it's dry - rutted to hell and back - and there's very little traction on the steep...
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    Temporarily removed

    Re: De Rosa Professional SLX | Campagnolo C-Record | Tecno 416 Sorry - that looks like Record 8-speed with ergos, not C-Record. Is that correct?
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    Modern stuff breaks !

    Modern chains are made of cheese. 2 x Red 22 have bent a link (second time, it pretty well wrecked the bike), and I've snapped a 7900 10-speed chain with nothing but the immense power of my twiglet legs. Compare to the heft and robustness of a half-decent 7-speed chain, never mind 1/2"...
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    Where can you get cleats for toe clips?

    Re: Re: But aren't those cleats effectively backwards? Surely the yellow taper needs to point towards the front of the pedal, which puts the slot ahead of the bolts, which surely means it won't be in the right place to engage with the back of the pedal?
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    Where can you get cleats for toe clips?

    Those Yellow Jersey cleats are the only ones I could find in current production. The Exustar and/or Keirin track cleats won't work well, I think, as they're not designed to slide in and out easily. The trouble with the Yellow Jersey ones is that they have no European distributor, and shipping...
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    Campagnolo 6 speed free wheel and free wheels remover

    Campag freewheels are fetished. This is a 14-26 Super Record 6-speed (but not the 50th anniversary edition, as that has "brevetti internazionali" written in full, I believe). I've seen them NOS for $200. This is in clean used condition. What it's worth is what someone will pay, but I'd have...
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    Help a Novice

    Plusgas and a breaker bar. Soak the taper in plusgas at the same time and make sure you use a decent crank puller, not an eBay one out of a cracker.
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    The official BONDED BICYCLE thread !

    My two: Alan Record Carbonio, full C-Record: Vitus 979, Record 8-speed, Shamals, modern chainset & seatpost:
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    Alan Record Carbonio [Updated]

    I gave up (for the time being) on looking for a NOS chainset, and polished up one of the scratched and heel-rubbed examples I have to hand. I think it looks OK:
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    Anodising (re-anodising) Campagnolo components

    Thanks. I've dropped him a note.
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    BB axle length experts please

    Re: You may also be running into issues with different tapers here. Campag used what is effectively a JIS taper until (I think) 1993, then switched to ISO. If you're using pre-93 cranks on a current-model BB, the cranks will travel further down the spindle, reducing your effective axle length...
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    Alan Record Carbonio [Updated]

    Re: So, some progress (and some riding). Now with Deltas, NOS C-Record pedals and a biodinamica bottle. Just need a chainset to complete, but struggling to find a 175 C-Record in mint or near-mint condition.
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    Anodising (re-anodising) Campagnolo components

    I'm trying to complete my C-Record Alan Carbonio. All is well, except for the chainset. I use a 175, so finding a mint C-Record unit has so far proven impossible, or nearly so. I have two perfectly good sets, but both have been polished by previous owners (one on both arms, the other only on the...
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