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Dibs on the MW Rummy bag please - PM to follow.

I wouldn't mind the Pasmodel Maat 3 jersey. If I sell my bro-in-law's sad old panniers for a fiver after work today, I'd be v happy to pop round to SE22 for the jersey, either on my way home or at some point over the weekend.

By the way, that Polaris jacket fits me fine - thanks!

WITHDRAWN: I have found a home for them on another bike.

Following the untimely demise of my beautiful Pogliaghi, I have a brakeset that I bought for it only a couple of weeks back. It's only had about 100 miles of use and doesn't fit on the Concorde that is provisionally filling the gap left by the Pogliaghi.

It's the revered Ultegra-level Shimano R650 brakeset, with drop from 47mm to 57mm so suitable for bikes with mudguard clearance (like my daily commute bike, which has the slightly lesser R550 brakes on it). RRP is about £80 for both front and rear, although Ribble have them for £52.76 http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-track-bike/brakes-road-Shimano-R650-57mm-Brakes/SHIMBRAR360)

Ideally I'd swap them for a short-drop equivalent (Shimano, Campagnolo or SRAM) but if anyone wants to buy these, I'd accept £40 so that I can head off and find some short-drop callipers. I've tried offering these on an audax-oriented forum but that seems to have got me nowhere (not even at 14km/h).

I have them with me in Holborn but might be able to deliver within a reasonable distance.

I have an orrible feeling that I've no longer got the shim that would give you a 1 1/8" steerer, just 1". But I could probably include a 1" ahead stem if that helps (and if I can find it).

I have a Deda converter in matt silver if that's any use to you - a fiver? I could drop off in Peckhaaaam (ish) tomorrow as I commute up to town from SE23.

A pothole on the way to Whitstable delivered a blow which caused a crack in the downtube to surface through the glittering red paintwork. A sad day for Pogliophiles everywhere.

Here's the provisional weekend bike, built up on Sunday to replace the deceased Pogliaghi.

and here's the face (sorry)
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I have an unused pair of Deuter Uni panniers sitting in a cupboard at home - they're about £40 on Wiggle so how about £30?
Like this, but empty.

Hi. I'm interested in the DA front mech - how much would it be posted (London)?

That's a good price - and I'm interested. If I took a train down to Brighton to look at it, might you be able to bring it over from Hove? The brake levers are set up the way I'd expect for a "continental" bike and this is how I ran my now broken Pogliaghi.

Sorry, now sold.

Sorry, hadn't spotted the latest posts. yes, the SPDs are still available. I don't think I have a hanger for the weinmann, just the yoke for the straddle cable. It's a rear brake.

The link doesn't direct me to anything that seems to fit the bill, your URL calls it a track bike, and I'm not so keen on anything tank-like. But apart from that, could be interested...

My beloved Pogliaghi has reached the end of the road. After a rainy ride to Whitstable on Saturday morning I cleaned it up and discovered a crack round the top of the down tube, and I suspect there's internal rustage going on which will mean it's not going to be possible or economical to repair it.

So I'm looking for something similar as a replacement - probably steel, Italian, bosses for DT levers, in the range from 53 to 55cm (top tube and seat tube).

Budgetwise, I'm tempted by the Guerciotti framesets that Planet X are selling for £299 but if there's something lighter (or cheaper!) out there, I'd be interested to hear from you.

Oh blimey, here I am bemoaning the sad demise of my Pogliaghi frame (crack round the top of the down tube) and here's a Quinn just like the one I had between 1987 and 1995 when it was totalled by a West Wimbledon driver. I know it's a stupidly long shot, but if the three other dibsers don't buy, I'll have this!

itsbruce at various stages between midnight and 11 this morning, riding through the drizzle and then struggling to retain consciousness through a brace of breakfast pints on top of whatever had happened at the Roebuck.

Also Tanya, Dan, Clarion and Jurek on the same ride, and a guy on a Nelson Pista with a puncture on Faversham market square - on here?

Joni, let me run this one past Mrs Ludd. I've tried to tempt her with a Bongo in the past - someone on EDF was selling one recently - and she's been close to saying yes. We used a rather bigger machine when we were in NZ a couple of years back and it was a real eye-opener, all that freedom and comfort!

Tonight I shall accidentally include SW20 in my commute from WC2 to SE23 because tomorrow night I'll be using the most direct route, in readiness for the midnight departure from the south bank, riding to Whitstable with 100+ others. Mind you, the direct route can quite easily go straight past the Roebuck.

I won't be at the Arrivee for this Paul, as I've got rides lined up for the weekends either side of this one, and there's be strife if I did this one as well.

I used to go fishing when I was young. Sometimes I'd set out to catch eels, using big fat juicy lobworms as bait. I'd harvest these from the lawn late at night, quite a tricky job as they like to sit with their tails still in their burrows so that, on sensing danger, they are able to retreat with lightning speed and even if you get a good grip on the middle of the worm (using wool gloves) you've still got a struggle on your hands as the worm has little bristles with which it can grip the sides of its burrow, which often means that if you pull too hard, the worm snaps in half. Anyway, I once had a pot of lobworms that I left in the bottom of my fishing bag. They liquefied.

Your post reminded me of all this.

I wouldn't worry Balki - if you've been wearing the same ones since August 2010, there'll have been sufficient molecular interchange to ensure that the ones you're noew wearing actually bear no relation to the ones you put on nearly three years ago. But there will be parts of your anatomy that may have taken on the characteristics of synthetic chamois...

OK, how about a tenner collected?

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?9,891784
I just love the choice of brake blocks to match the, erm...

no rush - they aren't going anywhere right now!

Suddenly tempted by this ride, now that I'm out of the DD*. Will make sure I check the Ludd family calendar and decide before 5 June.

*dunwich dynamo, not ditchling devil