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• 56cm Concorde Frame + Look 1" Fork

  in Complete bikes and frame & forks • 9 hours, 37 minutes

  

  Interested if you have bits to make up a not too spendy (drop bar) build. whatcha got?

• Non-digital film photography and cameras

  in Photography • 2 days, 2 hours

  

  Anyone that needs black+white dev in London, a colleague is still working. Decent quantity only. Done to the highest standards. PM me.

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  stunning custom serotta cross frameset

  

• Avid Arch Rival V-brakes: screw stripped / sub-assembly sourcing?

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• Avid Arch Rival V-brakes: screw stripped / sub-assembly sourcing?

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 4 days, 3 hours

  

  Thanks, good tip.
  I think another screw will just spin in and out of the housing tho

• Avid Arch Rival V-brakes: screw stripped / sub-assembly sourcing?

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 4 days, 4 hours

  

  interesting, thanks.
  @TvH got any ideas?

• Avid Arch Rival V-brakes: screw stripped / sub-assembly sourcing?

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 4 days, 5 hours

  

  I tried this, there still isn't enough tension, due to the way the studs are on.
  maybe I could shove it one stud higher/lower, this might work, seems a bit of a bodge tho

• Avid Arch Rival V-brakes: screw stripped / sub-assembly sourcing?

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 4 days, 6 hours

  

  On one of my Arch Rival V-brakes, the thread of the centering screw is stripped.
  As a result, I can't screw in the screw against the spring, so there is no spring tension in one arm, rendering the brake mostly useless.

  Can one buy parts for this brake still anywhere?
  Is there a solution that doesn't involve buying a new brake? (or two, as nobody seems to sell these individually)
  Thanks!

• Any question answered...

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 6 days, 1 hour

  

  £1/mm

  same as @amey new kitchen

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  in Classifieds • 6 days, 6 hours

  

  Apparently for your F-Si