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Yeah, they're a bit annoying, but what do you gain by not complying? You're not one of those 'sovereign citizen' types are you? I just say 'bicycle parts', no oil or batteries (even if they're hydraulic brakes). Who cares?

And some photos of the fork and headset

Hi, this is my 1986 Carlton Kermesse frameset (post Raleigh merger). It's a 56cm seat tube, short head tube, Reynolds 501 frame and matching fork and headset. It uses a 26.8mm seat post. I had it powder coated as the basis of my retro-modern road bike. The 1986 frame and fork have recessed brake...

I imagine getting medieval on a stuck bottom bracket wouldn't go too well on this either...

Ah, it's a rear I need, I also have a front one. Cheers anyway though

I don't suppose the XT brake is still there and could be split from the rest? Is it a front or rear?

Is that first photo at Lee Quarry? I have a similar photo of my old Voodoo Canzo I took there.

I'll look into postage when I get a minute, but I don't see a problem with sending it across the pond.

I have dug out the badge I have. Just to confirm it's the more modern style as per my picture. They must have changed some time after 2008, as my Voodoo Wanga has the old style. I don't have a fresh sticky pad, but I'll leave the old pad on it to help you choose a thickness of double sided tape.

I probably do somewhere, I'll need to have a look.

I use a topeak waterproof ziplock bag style case. You can get handlebar or stem top cap mounts for them. The case is generic, so works with any phone, and you don't have to rely on a 3M sticky pad to hold the quadlock onto the back of your phone or your phone case.

I agree with this, and it may be unpopular. But why do we need to support 'bricks and mortar' shops? Not just bike shops, but any of them? Why is the onus on the consumer to pay more for the same part (for example)? I don't earn enough to overpay for something out of charity, to keep a local...

Hi everyone. I'm after a set of nice 165mm cranks. Has anyone experimented and changed their mind, or gone even shorter? I'd like to help you offload your 165mm ones. Ideally 24mm axle type to use with hollow tech BB, and I'm running a mostly XT groupset, but will consider any nice cranks...

To be fair there wasn't much butchering involved, more guesswork, as the hope tech brakes I'm using were obsolete before Shimano 11 SPD i-spec b was a thing. I decided to try an HBSP263 with the shifter, and you take off the top part of the i-spec shifter and it fits the HBSP263 with just a...

Perhaps controversially, I've butchered a hope adaptor to pair with an 11spd i-spec B XT shifter, as the length of the 2010ish Hope Tech levers put them right in the way of where I would locate a shifter band. If I put the shifter inside of the hope lever position, it's miles away from where I...

I don't think anyone on here is saying that modern bike-packing rigs are going to make traditional panniers redundant. As I mentioned before, I have a set of 4 Ortlieb bags that I use on my hybrid for maximum capacity on longer adventures. However, for shorter MTB bike-packing trips, I use a...

I know you're exploring other possible culprits for the discomfort now, but if you come back to handlebar position, it might be worth getting a higher rise bar if you find riser stems to look goofy. 50mm riser bars are easy enough to come by, but there are brands out there, like stooge who do...

I thought he maybe had an accident related to those snazzy handlebar extensions of his? Or maybe his 'genius' has teleported him onto a higher plane of existence than us mere mortals 😂

I'd gladly take you up on the Ribble ones, if they're going actually!

Which flared bars were they? I've been struggling to find the right ones for my retro-mod road bike. I tried Genetic Droves(IIRC) but they weren't as flared as I wanted, so then I tried the On One Midge bar, which had enough flare, but the bars didn't curl fully parallel to the ground, which I'm...