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Might use the rack.
Can probably only fit 28s so probably Paselas, or?
Might run it fixed but probably use the Sturmey Archer AM that's in there now.

It's a very light Super Vitus frame, short and tight, toeclip overlap a cert.

Looks like the seat tube has bent.
Seat stays joining there is daft.

Got my Florsheims re-healed.

Sorted.

Pronounced 'Arse'

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The purple Frame has a drilled and tapped rod fitted into brake bridge, guard is bolted directly to that, and bolted to chainstay bridge too, leather washers. I fitted that mudguard 5 years ago and it hasn't moved or rattled. I got the guards used as a trade with Edscoble and the flashy Herse/Singer reinforcing was to cover a hole he'd drilled for a similar mounting on a smaller frame.

I like bike bothering.

Coulda shoulda woulda

Another one I did.

It's a thick piece of aluminium sheet I bent in a vice with a hammer then used a file and sandpaper to sort out the shape. The Ali is really easy to work.
The face that meets the guard is curved so no fretting or rattles. Leather washer at brake bridge.

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I have the group in the middle but with 631/2.

Sounds like you need a new head for your TRV.
What brand is it?
Should be available as a spare.
But if you never use them you could just leave it off (permanently full on)

I was fitting a rear centre-pull earlier to a frame I'd riden fixed before.
The bracket I'd made to fit the guard was held on with a dome headed m5 bolt that interfered with getting the nut on the end of the brake bolt.
If only I had a short countersunk M5 bolt in my random bolts jam jar ...

The CPZ/RPZ has been spreading up the hill, it's up to Vicars hill now, people still parking up there to use the station though.
I used to live around here in the early 90s - was a bit different then.

This is what's happened in my ends (fam). New developments in Lewisham centre (bottom of my road) have no on street parking (there's a small underground).
when the single yellows or loading bays aren't in force they're slammed. Weekends are bonkers (leisure centre too) I wonder where these cars are kept other times, the rest of the area is res permit up to Hilly Fields, people drive in from the 'burbs and get the train and park up there.
I haven't had a car on the road since June (I needed one for work) not missing it at all, has made me hate motor vehicles even more.
I've got 3 immediate neighbours with no cars, so with me too my end of the street is empty. 😊

Cool. Thank you.

Shame he doesn't go into more detail of how the derailleurs performed. As I understand it Simplex's success was mostly due to rugged simplicity -so it was adopted by pro racers and advertising/sponsorship, rather than technical innovation or performance.

More context would be good - the French innovators (such as Nivex and Cyclo) who had less of a business/pro appeal & sponsorship approach or Huret who kept innovating,

The Japanese derailleur book is lush.

I like your style.

Did you also route the wire inside the fork?

Yeah, there's a reason it's been in a parts box for a decade.
Replaced it with a Campag or two.
I read that Sideways Cycles Up North can service them.

Nice.

You weren't worried about drilling through the DT with no reinforcement?

Did you open up the rolled edge of the GB 'guard and run the co-ax in there?

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Is there anywhere in London that replaces bearings in Phil bottom brackets?
Just found an old one I forgot I had.

This is exactly what I've been pondering today. I like my bikes looking neat and the integrated 'constructeur' thing appeals.
Did you drill into the head lug on the underside of the DT? What're the chances of the tube failing? I was wondering about a braze-on bottle cage mount which I've seen done but then ... repaint. How to stop a crack forming/spreading from the drilled holes in fork or DT?

What about internal routing in the front fork, anyone done this successfully? I'd like to keep the wiring as tidy as possible (inside fork to front, under front mudguard to lower head lug, coil, down down tube, maybe through BB shell, out the back, inside mudguard to rear light.

Simple. 😂

Is the Edelux coaxial too thick to conceal in the rolled edge of a VO ali mudguard? Id wondered about splitting a bell cable wire and having it concealed in both sides of the mudguard.

I have a Shimano Dynamo hubbed wheel, rim (MA2) looks almost unused.
Hub is super stiff and the connection looks a bit bolloxed but Skully had a look and thought it'd be fixable.
Where should I take it in London?

What's the scoop on 'Half a Century of Development in Simplex Derailleurs'?

Enquiring minds etc.

I've heard that The Dancing Chain has more errors in the later chapters. Mine is the 2nd edition and there is now a 4th - maybe it's got sorted. It's a pretty fucking niche area of study even now, when it was written it was proper arcane. It's a pretty amazing achievement and a fascinating book.
Anyway the Holdsworth Aids corroborates the dates from Berto - although I'd imagine the '52 edition was printed in '51 so the date I'd heard for the Juy 53 might be right.
Those Holdsworth Catalogues are a brilliant resource, thank you I didn't know they were free online now, they used to only be for VCC members.

I meant third marriage

Third time's the charm.