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Ah ok cool. I'm not familiar with much 11-12 speed kit.

I like the holes in the pulley wheel as a little nod to drillium.

This thread needs a map.

Y'know, so I can pop out on the bike, pick up a part from one of you lovely wankers, and then find a chippy on the way home.

Pro tips.

So so dope.

Good save! Will you be changing much or keeping mostly as-is? Looks like it should clean up nicely.

After talking to Winston Vaz about the chainstays the verdict is that they would need both replaced to be on the safe side, which is £140. Faced with that I thought "well in for a penny, in for a pound" and have instead opted to just buy an even fancier frame to proceed with this project.

So this 653 frameset is now just sat in my garage and surplus to requirements! Anyone is welcome to collect it for a forum donation.

It needs the chainstays done at £140. I'm reasonably confident that all other tubes are fine, but Winston can confirm. Forks are definitely sound, and quite lovely. I salvaged the 653 fork decals which I can include.
If you fancied painting it yourself can take my 2-pack primer, 2 pack clearcoat and 3M respirator for £35 (I paid double that). Just buy your own pearl/metallic/base can for £5-8ish, i.e. Montana. Or ask Mario to paint it, upstairs from Winston.

Keen on the piega bars, will PM you.

Would also be keen, 2nd in the long shot queue.

That is a handy tip. Are you talking about Greedy Fish & Chips, next to Black Boy Lane?

Are these shirts with only cog and locking, or with the hubs also? I'd be up for a hub shirt.

Excellent. Fingers crossed for seamless shifting (or at least functional shifting).

I'd suggest double checking the IG/HG thing though. I was only going off a 5 minute Google with incomplete info.

What brake levers are these?

Beautiful frame and that was a nice build also! Fair price also, I'd say.

Big size Bob Jackson tandem on eBay for £800 BIN (or make an offer). Tandems don't pop up very often in this size and this one seems in good condition. Just in case any of my fellow lanky people have tandem dreams!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Bob-Jackson-Tandem-Campagnolo-Shimano/143905341252?hash=item21816d3f44:g:S2gAAOSwrRVf70D0

The other option would be to just sell the 9s bar end shifters (plenty of demand for them) once you've bought some correct 7s shifters.

Well I can't see any reason for the bar end shifters not to work in friction mode.

As for indexing, have a look at Sheldon's cassette spacing crib sheet.

If Deore 7 speed is IG then you have a chance at fudging it. If it's HG then probably not.

A quick Google suggests your 100GS (1991/92?) rear mech is probably HG, as IG only appeared (briefly) from 1994/95 onwards.

So I'd say friction is your only option with that combination.

This is an inspiring project. Hats off. I wonder how you'll look back on this time... it'll probably afford you heaps of self-belief - "if I could get through 2021 then I can handle this / anything else".

Wow. This has actually been resolved.

Agreed. But I'm sure @doubleodavey has done his sums and generally knows how to use a seatpost.

Sold:

• Hope tandem hubs
  
• Centaur cassette
  
• Flite
  
• Kalloy post
  

Cool thanks. Can I please reserve the stem and piegas until tomorrow? Gonna do some thorough fit calcs and confirm.

I'm looking for anything with tubing lighter than 531/Chromor. i.e. 653, 753, SLX, EL, Neuron, Genius, MAX, Prestige, etc.

Seat tube probably 58-59m c-c.
Head tube not longer than 17cm.

I'll happily consider frames or full bikes. Paint can be in any condition as I don't mind sorting it.

I've had more reliable/consistent shifting from Campagnolo cassettes compared to Miche cassettes. But also had some Miche cassette work just fine so perhaps it's hit and miss. Perhaps it's just my spannering.

I also have a lightly used 12-25 Centaur cassette for sale here.

Simplex post sold and collected. Thanks @doubleodavey