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^ Planning to buy one this month - Can't quite see the point of paying £60+ for a saddle pack - that necessitates buying a drybag - when one can just buy this and have done.

Jesus. Not a good start to the year - RIP

In terms of Food carried on the bike - what are peoples preferences?

I suppose this relates more to camping than credit card touring: stopping off at restaurants etc.

Obviously, the food carried on a bike needs to sustain the rider's califorific demands, be easy to cook, nutritious and ideally lightweight / not too bulky.

What do people like to carry / cook when out on tour - and why?

Price??

As these:

Comes packaged in their little box

RRP is £24.99 - Yours for £15 inc. post

Needs racks & guards,but I think this qualifies..

Nice bike for 350 GLWS

I'd never seen these before!

http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/components/flint-catchers-comp.html

Bizarre little invention from BITD

I spotted these rims at Hubjub... They look like a 23mm version of open pros - a poor man's TB14 if you will.

Has anybody used these rims or heard much about them? I can't find much online, not sure if they're welded or pinned. I have heard of Kinlin before, someone told me they make Halo's rims - might not be true.

They are only 22 quid a pop at the mo - so for a pair of stout road wheels they could be just the ticket(?)

DM

Dibs for the CX frame please. Can I pick up after the weekend?

There's no way your current forks are 2.5kg unless they are hewn from solid lead.

The carbon fork is a definite "yes" - you'll save about 600g over the (I guess 1kg) steel fork

Otherwise, this is a bit of a daft endeavour - you have a basic basic with heavy components - and no amount of shaving down brake blocks or changing skewers is going to make any sort of tangible difference.

Just swap the fork & the wheels (when you can afford to) - ride and enjoy.

• The next things to look at are the chainset, cassette and saddle (but for that money you could put towards a better bike on ebay)
  

What is the length on the spokes? - Would you sell separately? Thanks

1-1/8" Should've said!

See here:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/columbus-1-18-black-drilled-track-fork/?lang=en&curr=GBP&dest=1&kpid=5360504685&sku=5360504685&ci_src=18615224&ci_sku=5360504685uk&utm_source=google&utm_term&utm_campaign=All+Products&utm_medium=base&utm_content=sSpVFd5kp_dc|pcrid||pkw||pmt||prd|5360504685uk

Wiggle calls it a 'Track Fork' - but with a 45mm rake mine ain't (Tarck Fork maybe)

Nice forks with straight steerer - Pic below from when they were on my bike:

Asking £75 - comes with carbon bung

Some better pics on my (now ended in accordance with forum rules) ebay auction - you will need to click the icckle link at the top to go to my original auction.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Columbus-Tusk-Straight-Full-Carbon-Fork-/331445361378

Columbus Tusk Straight Fork.

Lovely fork in matte UD carbon, used for about 6 months but immaculate.

Steerer length: cut to 203mm

Lower steerer reinforced with aluminium to avoid damage from the crown race.

Full carbon fork

45mm rake

Weight 407g uncut

My Campy ergos don't (powershift!)

Brakes sold, cassette and chain reduced to 30

Brakes still here, but I just noticed a small scratch under the rear brake arch - unseen when fitted (must be from some road debris) - reduced to £37 plus post

DT (friction) shifter for the front mech allows me to make tiny adjustments if need be - and is a little better protected from falls, less to go wrong too. I am using a RH STI though, cos ultimately is it a little more ergonomic (and 10sp DT shifters don't have a friction option)

There's room for guards, but I need the brake bridge raising and a BB bridge adding

I have a pair of Athena brakes for sale - Very nice nick - £Now 37

As this model:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/campagnolo-athena-11-speed-skeleton-brake-calipers/

Also got a 10 speed centaur cassette - only about 700 miles on it - Comes with the matching age chain.

12-25 £40 with high quality KMC chain

I had me a lovely 853/Columbus Spirit Road Frame built for me by Talbot Frameworks in September...

Specced up in a neo-classical style with some proper wheels and good old SQ chainset.

Nice as the bike is, I'm heading "Out West" on a coastal tour of the USA and figured a few modifications were in order to turn the bike into a proper all-weather mile muncher, cos those miles ain't gonna munch themselves!

Matt at Talbot Frameworks will be whipping out his torch and brazing up a storm..

1) Mudguard Eyelets - Nuff Said!

2) Rack Mounts on the back

3) DT shifter for the front mech

3) Nice steel custom fork

I'm still in two minds about rear panniers or loading up the front lowriders (Scoble Style?) I do need enough space for clothes / food / camping gear etc.

Thoughts?

Kit is all getting sold - so let me know if any of the campy turns you on. Going back to boring but practical shimano for now, need the deep drop calipers and I scored a nice R700 compact chainset.

Still gotta decide on panniers / dynamo hub etc etc etc!

Thanks for the tips Mr.Killer(!) I hadn't really thought about water purification, but I shall look into those filters.

No Rockys for me! - I only have 3 weeks to ride the whole 2000 miles, so it'll be a whistle stop tour of Portland, San Fran & whatever else interests me. I'd love to ride the Divide race along the Rocky's but that will have to wait a couple of years until I'm better tooled up.

now sold

I'm interested in the logo rack - are all original fixings included?

JANUARY SALE MADNESS!

£75 for nearly new £200 wheels!!!

Thanks for all the interest in these wheels BUT I have discovered a problem with the rear rim which I am going to have to replace. Dibbers will be contacted in order as soon as I have rebuilt the wheels - but it will be a week at least - depending on BLB stock levels! £57 per rim ouch

Zed: Earlier Campy freehub (the 'blue') freehub wasn't 11sp - but the newer gold campy freehub is.

The shimano freehub is NOT 11sp compatible - except with the newer version - the RS hub