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They aren't skip tooth, they're inch pitch.

True

They arent star shaped they're round.

Actually the cranks aren't round, (they're tapered bars which are 'H' in section).
The chain ring is round.
But also star shaped.

Both are probably made by Magistroni.

Yes, Mecacyle frames usually have an internal expander seatpost.

Just did some googling and realised that the split seat-tube allows a modded conventional seatpost to be used cause you can tighten it from beneath.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/billyspaceman/Thomson10.jpg

I've always loved the look of them -but what a hassle, I passed up on a Peugeot which took one a couple of years ago because proper int exp post can be impossible to find and regret it now.

V nice.
Internal exp. seat post? (Crazy French(?)

What a fucking retard...sorry. Forgot to paste the link into the original post!

http://www.martinsjewellers.co.uk/

Cheers, and hey, go easy on yourself.

(youfuckingretard)

Or get tube (Victoria line) to Brixton, Train to Herne hill from Brixton Overground (just round the corner from tube.

Sanddancer, did you mention where you took your watch though?

Can anyone recommend a good place to get my 1965 (?) manual Omega Seamaster De Ville serviced? It was my dad's and he had a proper overhaul clean etc done a couple of years ago so it may just need adjusting.
I want a good but not expensive place (surprise surprise)

It looks like this but without the date;
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm105/OmegaSeamasterDeVille/OMEGAWATCH2.jpg

My old man was a bit of a classy fucker he bought it new in 64 or 65.

Try freecycle.
I have a couple old CRT's in the loft nothing that small though.

New Rene Herse Chainset

Use Candy 2. Much better than Eggbeaters.

I think they're also great on a road bike. You can use the same shoes and walk like a normal person and not like you've got piles. If you don't race - use MTB pedals. Or Speedplays.

I'm sure you're right.
My eggbeaters just keep on working though. They're not great for long rides though.

Cantiflex=Fat in the middle innit~?
Harden 'bacon slicer' hubs too.
I've got the drilled version of those hubs pure granny porn.

Thanks! I wish I had mavic ssc derailleurs but new success work fine on this one. Actually I finished the final set up yesterday evening:


And yeah Meconium is a shit name but it's cute because it's the newborn very first pooh

That looks 'king great.

I would still move the ergos round a bit then you could raise the stem - hopefully have the same reach, have more difference in hand positions. flatter tops to the levers and the ramp in the drops which is designed so you can reach the ergo levers would be in the right place.
Blah blah blah blah. might not work for you though - and you've taped the bars so I should shut up...

Nice stem! ( I have one on my Cougar) Is yours 110? I haven't seen a longer one, I could do with a 120 (maybe). I've been warned that they fail. I assume at the complex dovetail joint -stress risers and all that, but I haven't been able to find any online evidence/discussion of that happening. It's a great bonkers bit of Mavic over-engineering/design I wonder who made them for Mavic?

"And yeah Meconium is a shit name but it's cute because it's the newborn very first pooh".

That was my point .;-D

I've held my son's in my hand. Nice.

They're just like Modolos.

Ah, like the Mavic 440s?

http://www.cadre.org/bike_stuff/Mavic/Brakes/mine/440/

just finished putting another group together to finish something

I cleaned up the stem with, but hope i can polish up the seat post
dremel methinks

Nice parts.

I don't know how much polishing you've done so don't take my advice as patronising...

If you get a 90 mm ish wide x 200ish long strip of thick rubber, leather or even some flexible plastic (like a strip cut from a washing up liquid bottle and use that as a backing for wet and dry sand paper you should be able to clean up the seat post pretty quickly. The backing piece should stop the sandpaper rounding over the edges of the milled grooves. Start with something quite coarse like a 400 grit or coarser depending on how bad the damage is. Work your way through to 1500 then use a polishing/buffing wheel set, like this;
http://www.tilgear.info/products/6409/79305/zprom0002__polishing_mops_6in_x_1in_and_compounds__multibuy_pack/
That kit will last years + years of bike restoring.
Stick it in a drill (you'll need a mop arbor which has a conical reverse thread -cheap), use a vice or even clamp it to a table. It'll give you amazing -like new results.
I've polished up a lot of parts and usually the finish is too blinging but its good to get to that perfect finish then knock the shine back with some fine wire wool.
Put on some good music have a drink or whatever and zone out.

The initial stages of scratch removal with the coarse paper is where you need to be careful not to alter the shape of the part or make more scratches.

he

meconium, that's a shit name BTW.

Hey all,
here is my current project, built from scratch, fully functional but the current belleri handlebar will be replaced by a
sachs new success (copy of modolo X-tenos) and the vitus seatpost will be replaced by a chorus (more straight).

Veneto frame, columbus cromor
Italia saddle (model???)
Sachs New Success brakes, ergo levers, rear and front mech
Mavic 631 crankset, Mavic 640 pedals, Mavic open pro rims laced on ultegra 6400 hubs

I like that. A lot.
For me, aesthetically, I'd have the stem a bit higher and the ergos further round the bends with the bars rotated. But you're changing the bars you said so.....
Apparently you can use the Sachs ergo levers with the gorgeous Mavic rear dérailleur, cool mongrel drivetrain. I thought about trying it on my Cougar, I have that same second generation 631 chainset too. Sachs new success is pretty nice though, what are the brakes like?

Highpath Engineering?

Whoops -should read whole page before posting

I remember seeing a little CNC machining company (the father/son business where the father was a longstanding cancer sufferer) who make little 9/10 shimano/campag conversion kits.

Cant...remember... the name.

Were you thinking of Highpath?
http://www.highpath.net/highpath/cycles/spacers.html

I bought an 8sp shimano to campag converted cassette for a hope hub from them back when 8sp was the most you could get.....

Just get some Crank bros pedals with a platform, and you'll be fine. I currently own Eggbeaters, Candys, Quattros, and Mallets. I love the mechanism and versitility. Been riding fixed up and down big mountains using the Quattros for years. The platform stops you from being able to loosen the cleat by pressing down.

Are non-fixie-skidders finding a problem with egg-beaters releasing? I've been using a pair (stainless model) around London commuting in all weathers for 7-8 years fixed and I've only pulled out when the cleats have been really worn, but then I use my brake. Like Smallfurry I love the mechanism and the ease of use in traffic, they're a brilliant piece of industrial design.

^ How can both those set-ups fit the same rider?

Thanks for the SKF link. That's added to the wish list. Hopefully the 107 jis will work (chainline) with my Superbe Pro cranks
I went and checked out Compass bikes, haven't seen Jan Heine's offering for a while-since he was selling parts through the magazine/publishing company.
Saw this;
http://janheine.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/rhcrankrl.jpg
Chainset porn.
I didn't know it was being offered as a separate part.

^ Awesome
Fuck Von Dutch