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There's a 25.4mm Marin Lite bar on ebay for £7 posted as a BIN, not mine however.
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No worries, just thought as they were original spec on Viscount bikes BITD you might want to give them a bash. Hope you get sorted
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Not what you asked for but I have some NOS Lambert branded centre pulls (front and rear just need pads and straddle cable) if you might be interested?
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Bang tidy!
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I'm in North Herts so maybe not feasible travel wise but I have this Trek made with True Temper OX double butted Cromoly steel. 7x3 400LX group, good Matrix/Exage QR wheels and great condition tyres, fully cleaned and serviced.
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Like these, BBB Alu/carbon bars?
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I've got a good condition up-angled stem in black, it's 90mm length but with the acute angle doesn't protude too far. Also have a set of good used unbranded V brakes and levers (one set of Vs will need pads) plus various used but very good condition grips.
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No, not used them and they are claimed to be a non expedition rim as stated but actual build/skill of builder will dictate how much of a safe load, I've ridden open pros with 32 spokes with over 180kg on board (excl bike weight)
Carbide rims are different to ceramic and my experience of a set of Matrix 700C was positive, I've no reason to think the Rigida ones would be much if any difference performance wise.Here's some chat about carbide rims https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5394.0 similar to one of the posters I've used std ceramic pads (WTB and kool stop) so you're not limited to the Swiss stop blue as SJS recommend but I know some people like to stick exactly to the letter/manufacturers spec.
I've always liked Rigida's anyway and never had a bad rim from them.
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Might these be any use to you? Rigid a Grizzly carbide £50 from SJS https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/rims-tape/rigida-grizzly-26-559-mtb-css-rim-black-32-hole/
Or https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hope-Ti-Glide-Retro-Silver-XC-Mavic-CD-CERAMIC-26-Bike-Wheelset-Wheels-Titanium/323572905983?hash=item4b5672b7ff:g:hPUAAOSwj81bqmBb
Spendy as but reflecting the fact 559 ceramic rims are rarer than 700C these days
Here's another carbide rim if it might work for you and built on to a nice Halo hub https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rigida-X-Cel-Pro-Carbide-like-Mavic-Ceramic-Rim-26-front-wheel-Halo-Hub-720g/202532767769?hash=item2f27e4c819:g:sq4AAOSwR5BbC9Z3Have you put a wanted ad on the MTB section of retrobikes?
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If you#re looking for really cheap then the Raleigh Pioneer hybrid was a solid steel framed bike that took 38mm tyres and some even had long drop calipers on them (as opposed to cantis/Vs). The modern versions usually came in alu, the Pioneer was originally in blue and white or red and white though the Pioneer Jaguar ( also steel) was dark green or pearlescent purple.
I also had one of the Muddy Fox ATB BITD but these come up spendy nowadays, they had the U shape calipers but they were really good stoppers.
There were also a few Reynolds 531 ATB bikes that used 26" wheels, you can pretty much convert anything to drops so options could be quite wide, problem with the 26ers is that the tyre choices are much less than they used to be since the 27.5/29er revolution, tyres like the conti travel contact might be ideal if you do go 26".
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