Sorted - thanks anyway to everyone who offered a brake!

Alright, cheers :)

Hey, how long are the Miche axles? Trying to figure out whether these would work for a Miche Xpress wheelset - they look like they should... also, the nuts on the axles, can they be removed easily, or are they stuck?

BUT you have helped me to make a decision regarding cycling. I won’t be taking this up as a hobby.

Oh no. How will we cope with that loss.

@AFourOSix: I'm really sorry, but essentially doing 'blackface' is something that immediately puts you close to racists and right-wingers, just like that. You might have done something similar in a 'good' spirit, but uh, that does not make the whole thing any less suspect.

Apart from that, the accusations of racism and general cuntitude are not due to one dressup picture.

Yeah I can't say whether this is worth it or not in principle, but I think it's rather unlikely you'll find a buyer on here. £3k is a LOT of money.

I've just put a spare front wheel into the new forks and measured the vertical distance (brake hole to middle of rim) - that's pretty much exactly 57mm. Brake pads could be mounted a tiny bit higher, so I'm fairly sure that brake calipers that promise 57mm reach / drop will be adequate.

@sacredhart cheers, as I said, I'll keep you in mind in case I fail to find something in black within a reasonable time frame! :)

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I have one of those, and it's honestly a really good saddle bag! GLWS.

Thanks, I'll keep you in mind! Just so I have an idea, how much would you want for them (collected? / posted?), and what condition are they in?

Hmm, that might be just a bit too short. Also, I'm a bit confused on how exactly the drop is measured - I've both read 'vertically down from the fork break hole to the middle of the rim' and 'distance from the fork break hole to the middle of the brake pad' (so, diagonally!). That won't be a big difference, but it will make a bit of a difference - also, is that with the break fully 'relaxed', or... ?

Do you know how the drop is measured on the brakes you have? I will put my replacement front wheel into my new (old) fork and try to figure out the exact measurement of what I need myself.

That must be one of the most expensive chainrings out there, no? Not taking into account super rare vintage stuff?

Honestly now, what's the advantage of this? I got a pretty decent Gebhardt chainring off someone in the forum for a tenner - it certainly doesn't look as bling, but... it works?

I mean, this looks like a great piece of kit if you want to spend the money for sure, but for me, the emphasis is on 'looks'.

That is a good question, sorry for not being more specific - as I see it, 57mm is what I need. It seems like 47-57mm is one of the 'standard' drops, so probably that? I'm honestly not entirely clued up on what options are out there...

As per title - I'm looking for a deep drop / long reach / whatever you want to call it front brake for a winter fork (mudguard clearance!).

Needs to be black, should be in good condition (doesn't need to be mint though), known brands preferred.

Can anyone help me out? :)

Ah I see - that's a bit too wide for me, but thanks anyway!

Hey, is the bar width measured ctc at the drops, or is it at the hoods and the flare then adds extra width?

Hey, what's the width of the Cinelli Vai drops? I can just about not make it out on the picture unfortunately.

Cool - are you planning on splitting stuff then? I'm still interested in the bullhorns, but it'd very much depend on what you want for them.

Yeah I'd love to use that voucher code, unfortunately it's not working in the cycle computer I want... bollocks! :/

What's the angle on the stems, do you know drop / reach numbers of the handlebar, and the Columbus Hiver fork - is that a 1-1/8" carbon fork with mudguard eyelets? If so, provisional dibs on that.

No doubt, no doubt. Cool cool cool.

According to the rules, it does not. However, I haven't yet seen anyone on the forum make an offer first.

Hard braking manoeuvre at a zebra crossing as there was a lady going across that had been hidden by a van - no issue, good brake test, bit of back tyre skidding though I do most of my braking with my front brake. Then I slip first time I want to clip in again, and at the same time a lorry going in the opposite direction starts beeping. I'm now clipped in and look up, and there's the driver leaning out of the window... cheering me on? Making fun of me? I think he was thumb-upsing me, but... why? Was it done ironically? Was he making fun of me slipping off the pedal? Was he congratulating me for stopping for a pedestrian? Was he mistaking me for some TV star?

The lorry was going past at a normal city speed, and I was accelerating too, so I only saw him for a split second. This is the type of thing that really is utterly meaningless, but I just want to know, goddammit!

Out of interest, what would your idea of a price split be, especially for the wheelset?

Oh Jesus I never realised that was supposed to by a cycling lane too... terrible design. I just use the roads around there, these days I pretty much refuse to use 'shared use' paths unless they are very wide and not crowded.

I wonder what goes through these people's heads when they do something like that?