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Well someone else mentioned that too, but it just seems too new to have been built in the DDR. Paint finish is too fresh even with the scratches. The hub adhesive looks fresh and doesn't show the typical dulling down that 30 year old adhesive would. It doesn't even look like it's ever had a tyre glued to it because there is literally no evidence of glue residue on it at all. It's very strange! I can only conclude that the damage must have been from it being dropped on the rim. Have you got a link to that other wheel? Would be interested to see it.

Or just bond some skins on and make it into a disc.

Yes, check the pics. Rim damage is a bash which has exposed some dry fibres. I think it just needs some resin here. Sidewall is split through but it'll just need grinding back a bit and a patch bonding on. Sand back and repaint or stickerbomb and it'll be as good as new. I just haven't got time to do it.

Don't really know. Bought it in the classifieds with some damage. Thought to maybe be a Brick Lane Bikes prototype. It's mounted backwards in the hub, so the 'aero' is backwards, lol. It's carbon and the hub is really nice. I was going to repair it as it just needs a couple of really basic repairs (and I'm a composites specialist), but I doubt I'll get time, so it's back up for sale for what I paid for it: £25.

Putting all the aero things up in the loft until my knee is fixed. Removing all temptations to try to go fast...

On this one, is the bottom bracket right-hand threaded on both sides like the XB3? Or is it left-hand threaded on the drive side like conventional?

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Cheers. They look WAY better quality than Pinhead ones.

^ are they security nuts? What make are they then?

03/11/18 - have closed this thread and consolidated it to here: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/324988/#comment14470490

115mm Deda Zero 2 stem. Fitted to my old Dolan but never actually used. Basically sits in my box unused and needs a new home (for some reason I thought this was 150mm but it clearly isn’t)

Cane Creek Crosstop levers are for oversize bars. Very little use and same story as the stem.

I'm out in the sticks and won't be in London for a while. Say £17.50 delivered for the levers and £15 delivered for the stem?

Sounds great! Looking forward to the journey finding all the bits!

How a freewheel works. From Ingenious Mechanisms for Designers and Inventors, 1930, by Franklin D. Jones, p61-62.

What brake levers are you folk using on your rizarZ and flatZ?

Orange lo pro heading south over Waterloo bridge about 7pm on Friday?

There are some pretty light Bob Jacksons knocking about. Plenty of them had track dropouts.

Vitus 979 track if you wanted to deviate into alloy.

Mmmmm, full aero carbon fibre monocoque cargo bike streamliner...

Saw the pics on Retrobike as well. This thing really does have all the right bits screwed to it. Lovely machine.

Have you been through all the builders on classic lightweights? It's going to be that signature notch in the seat cluster and partial wrapover stays that give it away.

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Thanks mate! I love it, it's such a fun ride. I've put probably 5000 miles on it since I put it on the road and did Dunwich on it year before last, but a couple of salty winters have really killed the paint.

Feeling a bit down. Put all the disc wheels on. Feel better.

I've been commuting on those in 20c size for the last couple of years. Can't really fault them if I'm honest. They're a traditional reasonably hard rubber so they don't tend to pick up many punctures, grip is quite good though, tan wall ages well. Great tyre for the price.

Yep, £50 delivered

£25 with Parcelforce Euro. It's a bit cheaper with DPD but I haven't got a printer to print out their label. Parcelforce are reliable in my experience.

Do it man!