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I need a 68mm GXP. Got one on the way from chain reaction, just a case of waiting for the postman...

IMG_2662 by Samuel Doman, on Flickr

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The paint is so much more vibrant in real life The photos make it look so flat.

New BB and brake cables are all I need to get it rolling now. Can't wait to get it out for a spin!

Fork repair finished. It's not pretty, but it's plenty strong, and it's getting painter:

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And gave them a lick of paint:

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Further price drop on the brakes.

So this is what 120 engagement points sounds like. I'm pretty sure it's louder than my old chris king.

https://youtu.be/NMJkNhHvSNQ

Can't remember if I've ever stuck my ratty bikes in here before. Quite possibly, so apologies if I'm self-reposting.

This is my most used/practical bike ever. It's done thousands of commuting miles, hauling tools etc, in all weathers. It's looking much rattier now, but still running sweet. I'll take an up-to-date photo when I next have my camera on me.

This was it freshly stripped:
Winter bike: after by Samuel Doman, on Flickr

After a few months of weathering:
Winter bike. Rust. by Samuel Doman, on Flickr

And that time I virtually lived out of my panniers for the whole summer:
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And this was my pub/hack bike in Melbourne. Fat tyres for tram tracks, resulting in pretty minimal clearances (It never really rubbed, but I did file the fork out a bit, just for peace of mind)

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My lack of willpower, when it comes to resisting shiny bike bits, is disgusting.

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Canon 5D

small world… IP13 represent!

I didn't take any photos during the repair, as I had epoxy coated gloves on! There's not a huge amount to it really. Maybe you an see slightly better in the below photo- I sanded a 'scoop' out of the carbon, so the point of the crack is almost down to nothing, then I built it up again with 5 layers of 200g carbon weave, which will be heavier than the surrounding fork leg, but I'd rather overdo a brake boss, than risk it breaking again in the future! I'll grab a photo of the finished repair, when I get a chance. It looks a bit neater now.

IMG_2533 by Samuel Doman, on Flickr

The saddle is sold pending payment, but @deadmongoose has 2nd dibs, and @MartinRHead has first call on the stem.

Ive not finished it yet, but it's looking like this, at the moment:

Hopefully I'll get it done tonight.

Why do you want a lower stack height? Fork steerer too short? The lowest total stack on a standard 1 1/8", as far as I'm aware, is a Crank Bros Iodine. It's about 20mm (compared to 31.4mm for a chris king, for example).

Back garden, Little Bealings. Why do you ask?

soon…

Hycote Fluoro. Not a super tough finish, but I'm looking at different options for a very hard-wearing clear coat. Considering an epoxy finish, which will be very scratch resistant.

It looks much more vibrant in real life. A digital photo never captures the fluorescence of this type of paint because it's reflected UV light, which makes it glow. Wait 'til you see what I'm doing with the forks...

It is oversized 31.8mm

All prices have been researched, and are cheaper than I can find them anywhere online. I'm in Suffolk, so will have to post, but the listed prices include postage. Payment by bank transfer or paypal gift.

First up is a brand new Selle Italia Nekkar Plus saddle. I meant to buy the one with the groove, but clicked the wrong one. Bargain at £18 posted sold, pending payment.

Brand new, and unused set of Tektro Mini V Brakes. £22 posted £20 £18, price reduction.
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Deda quattro stem 110mm x 10° Not immaculate, with a couple of scuffs £9 posted sold pending payment

This one is quite specific, and probably a long shot, but if anyone is after a 2x10 spider and rings for a GXP mtb crankset, this one's off an X9 crankset. Unused £40 posted

Finally a brand new Specialized skewer, suitable for 135mm oln rear mtb wheel. £5 posted

Thanks for all the kind comments. The track end mod was just freehand with an angle grinder, and cleaned up with a file. I obviously marked everything out, and checked symmetry etc first, but it's nothing extraordinary. I'm thinking about drilling and tapping an M5 hole into the dropout, to give the option of mudguards and rack in the future. I won't need it for now though, so I'll probably just leave it, and do it when it's necessary.

Wait for it…

I'm building a slightly-modified pompino as a sscx bike at the moment. Current project thread here: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/264797/#comment12172004

I decided to take the afternoon off boat-building duties to do some work on the bike…

When I bought the frame, it had a small(ish) dent in the downtube, which I didn't know about until I got it home and had a proper look at it. It's not enough to cause any structural concerns, just aesthetically annoying, so I decided to fill and fair it, and re-paint the frame. While I was at it; I thought I might as well remove the unwanted braze-ons, and modify the unnecessarily long, and rather inelegant track ends, so that's what I did.

(sellers original photo)

I also started work on the fork repair:

Some frame tweaking to do, and a few surprise 'details' to deal with, but this is the rolling chassis, as it stands now: