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• Modern groupset on old frame

  in Bikes & Bits • 18 hours, 46 minutes

  

  It's nicer like that with that stem and that seatpost. Those pedals though...

• BB86 advice please?

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 1 day, 13 hours

  

  The Shimano BB86 are actually not that great, I didn't get that much mileage out of them on my Volare (wet, gritty Danish weather conditions to be fair). I upgraded to a Token one and it was better sealed.

• Which bottom bracket?

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 3 days, 19 hours

  

  Token is a good option, better sealed than the Shimano ones, not too expensive.

• Mudguards

  in Bikes & Bits • 4 days, 23 hours

  

  He said decent...

• Cargo Bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 5 days, 17 hours

  

  Champagne corks are a good upgrade (get them free in a bar before anyone accuses you of spending your hard-earned cash on expensive bubbly).

• Hulsroy's Hustle

  in Current Projects • 6 days, 2 hours

  

  FC-7800 ❤

  Did you take the black anodise off the bars using oven cleaner?

• Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB / Not quite CX bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 6 days, 2 hours

  

  The majority of dynamo hubs are OEM-mounted Shimano Nexus and the like, not fancy German ones for custom wheelbuilds.

  Anyway:

  

• Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB / Not quite CX bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 6 days, 16 hours

  

  IG filter selector.

• At last, the 1948 show

  in Current Projects • 6 days, 16 hours

  

  

  A bit of grease and a pair of tubs and it's good to go, no?

• The best cover version

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week

  

  I'm just discovering him, he didn't get the recognition he deserved...