Big_Ted

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• Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / Dutch beach racing bikes - aka Just get an Arkose

  in Bikes & Bits • 5 days

  

  The Campag weren’t great to use and I always like to break the tyranny of the groupset, even better when it can be justified by superior function

• Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / Dutch beach racing bikes - aka Just get an Arkose

  in Bikes & Bits • 5 days, 1 hour

  

  Simplex Retrofriction were a common upgrade from Campag record in the early 70s due to smoother and lighter action (true as well, not a myth) although to keep sponsors happy in the pro ranks they often disguised it by using the rubber Campag covers

• Talbot Four Seasons

  in Current Projects • 6 days

  

  Seven is gorgeous, would love to see the colour in sunlight, but the proportion of fork looks a bit skinny (in contrast to a lot of forks being too chunky)

• Making the best of a shit situation

  in COVID-19 • 6 days

  

  The flooding in Hampton Bishop 5/6 weeks ago really bought the village together as a community (there’s really no obvious centre point so it’s not really happened in a meaningful way before) and we were determined to be as self-reliant and resilient as possible. This mobilised a large chunk of the village and we started to tap into considerable social capital that we didn’t even know existed.

  The expectation was that most things would be preventative but it’s now morphed into broader community resilience with a hub and spoke approach, the village zoned so it’s easier to communicate and look after each other (a large proportion of the village are over 70, a group I aspire to join), coordinate shopping and pharmacy collections and, I remain hopeful, tap into undiscovered cider resources.

  This has been really life affirming and I sincerely hope that once the current situation has passed it isn’t cynically milked by Big Society opportunists (note - one of the Herefordshire MPs authored the Big Society and is very visible when there’s something to celebrate, totally invisible otherwise)

• WTD - front mech band on clamp

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• 1990 ex-pro Panasonic PR-6000

  in Complete bikes and frame & forks • 6 days, 18 hours

  

  Nope, it’s still here

• 1990 ex-pro Panasonic PR-6000

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• Campag 11s shifter to use as a brake lever

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• WTD - front mech band on clamp

  in Wanted Adverts • 1 week

  

  I’m after a front mech band on clamp, the sort to use with a braze on front mech but no braze on the frame. Seatpost is 27.2 so assuming 29.8.

  Would prefer as plain as possible but what have you got?

• Campag 11s shifter to use as a brake lever

  in Components, clothing and miscellany • 1 week

  

  Carbon Campag Centaur 11s shifter with a knackered gear mechanism - might be fixable but otherwise would make a decent brake lever with the guys removed. Hood is in excellent condition.

  £10 posted