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I am slightly better with a hammer, or a spoke wrench, than I am with a 'puter, I promise!!
Cheers,
S.

Hi Folks,
our web site is down at the mo', we are very much still around (and flat out on in the workshop!) hoping to have either 1) our old site up by tomorrow or 2) our new and improved site up in a few days.

Thx for your patience, we are available as usual on 020 8998 7271.
Thx,
Scherrit.

Hey Ed,
I finally get my picture on the interweb and you post my best view???
Thanks so much for the good reviews, appreciate it!
Cheers,
Scherrit.

Roger M's book is ace, great advice on building solid wheels......
S.

Got the Pearl in the mail today from Hubjub, thx for advice- will support him in future! Bike is going to look very old skool!
Cheers,
S.

Stainless would be good if the main issue is corrosion, suspect it's just simple wear, so stick to steel sprockets and decent rings, change the chain often- the KMC stainless chain is not too dear, around 18 (not sure??- wife is in charge of stock and pricing!).
Good luck,
S.

Happy to try one, in my experience an alloy stem lasted about a season of track use (including starts) before it started creaking because of becoming slightly waisted where the top of the steerer hits it. But 1) I'm not as strong as I used to be and 2) that's not a fatal amount of dosh to drop on a season's racing- not compared to fuel to Newport and Manchester for example....
Thanks for the input.
S.

Hi,
I have resurrected my old steel track iron as it actually fits me better than my sexy newer Duratec. I need the bars a little higher than they were before but I toasted the quill stem in a crash, so am running with a nasty quill adaptor and ahead stem. The steep drop nitto will leave the bars too low, a Pearl or similar will work. OK to buy new, who is good in the UK? I have found it at HUBjub, just wondered if anyone else keeps Nitto?
Thx,
Scherrit.

Mack hubs are the way, the truth and the life.

Erm, and my buddy David sells them.......

Seriously, tho', I like them..... and I would always go for 36's but this is because I am fat and reckless with wheels. I have a lovely 40 spoker rear on Campag... from the 80's when I was even fatter and more reckless.
Cheers,
S.
Whispering on.......

A bit of a 2liter coke bottle is the way to go, diet coke bottle if you're a weight weenie ;-). I tend to glue it in place into the BB shell.
Good luck,
S.

I just sourced a TA loose ball french BB for a customer from Spa, who are very helpful, nice blokes to deal with....
Good luck,
Scherrit.
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DT R520 are pretty, same profile as the 1.1 I think? around 36 per rim? Mach 1 rims are cheaper and we've build some nice wheels with them- the CFX is a good looking rim, depends how you're gonna use them etc?
Cheers,
Scherrit.

Erm, Shimano do a fairly cheap and cheerful 57mm drop caliper, should be easy to source of of them?
Scherrit.

Dremel and burr out the easier cup, smash the BB axle and bearings out that side, carefully cut through most of the cup/cups with a hacksaw (cut the cups into 2 or 3 sections) and then chisel them out. Easy!
Scherrit.