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turbo matic is a great match colour-wise, but may not be such a great match bollock-wise, if you know what i mean. that was my experience anyway

Me and Amygdala are heading out for a ride on Saturday afternoon if anyone wants to join us? Matt?

How many times people, you don't need special tools for cup and cone BB's...

For the near side (in the photo) use one of these:

For the far side use these:

remember the drive side will be reverse threaded

great photo, especially if you recognise the background

on my fixed I currently have 47mm on the front, 32mm on the back, mainly because my back wheel has an epic buckle so anything wider wouldn't fit between the chainstays. In our current weather it's working well

i think your informant is right

Very nice, a good blend of old and new

I haven't, all I've got is one with a dropout fitting (or whatever its called), i.e. doesn't mount directly into the frame. There is maybe just enough room to fit a specially shaped washer in between the frame hanger and the derailleur so I will make something like this and see if it helps:

looking at this picture it seems mine definitely has a piece broken off the stop

it's a suntour VX. i might try making a replacement hanger. but welding a bit onto the frame wouldn't really damage it, you could always file it off at a later date

LBS had nothing to help with my derailleur issue. Suppose I'll look online for a solution, or take the frame down to the blacksmith and get him to weld a lump onto the frame...

yeah that's an idea, i'll try tomorrow

There's not really enough thread, and the thread pitch is very fine, so i don't have anything that will screw on. Worried that a longer screw would bent and snap off though

Can anyone enlighten me as to what the problem is I am having here:

I just fitted this derailleur onto my frame and it doesn't seem to match up with the hanger, meaning it is free to swing forward under chain tension. I think there may be a small piece broken off the derailleur, but the adjustment screw still seems to be too high to meet the stop of the frame. Woudl one of the below replacement hangers fix this, if I used the existing hanger on the frame to bolt it on?

^^ sick.

my vote is for Conti Race Kings - anything knobbly from Conti is grippy as fuck, plus the orange logo against the black will look boss

Didn't get the wheel built today unfortnately but was quite productive nonetheless.

The bars have a stripped thread in the steerer clamp (I knew this when I bought them) so I went to a local engineering firm this morning and left it with them to fit a helicoil. I then tried to build the rear wheel but found the spokes I have are too short. Pretty frustrating as I bought those spokes to replace the ones in an old wheel that I'm using for parts and was assured that 294mm was the correct size after the old spokes were taken out and measured by someone else. In fact it needs more like 301mm. Quite a difference!

So it currently looks like this:

Pedals and seat may have to be changed when it's more complete, they're just what I had to hand. Also on order are some Continental UltraSports - one of the few decent 27" tyre choices.

Planning to build up the back wheel tomorrow, pretty standard 36h 3-cross pattern. Going to follow Sheldon Brown's advice but I don't have a truing stand so I'll be using the frame as a stand and will need to make a tool to measure the dish. I'm thinking a piece of plywood with a cut away for the hub would work. I've done a lot of truing of mangled wheels before but never a full build so any tips appreciated!

stuf: is it possible I spotted you in Chapelfield Saturday with a female companion?

i'd say it's certain. she's been taking up valuable bike tinkering time!

Mark's freestyle beast locked up outside Chapelfield yesterday. crimbo shopping?

Problem is I need them pretty swift and shop seems best option. I don't mind paying about £15 as the rest of the wheel is costing me next to nothing. I need 294mm, and I don't hink those Halos come anywhere near that

What the going rate for a pack of 36 plain gauge spokes in a bike shop? About £10?

has he got a spoke cable-tied to his seat tube?

that's 'orrible

They look like people from Hunstanton.

Hahahaha, so true! I swear the guy on the right runs the tea van on the seafront