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Pretty sure Steve has been sold to @user106113. just waiting on payment :)

Head tube end to end is 125mm and approx 70mm ctc.

Clearance is good at 25mm. Probably get a 28mm tyre in the rear but not in the fork.

EDIT: just realised how close the tyre is to the seattube! maybe 25mm is max

SRAM callipers sold!

Open to offers on the rest

Look sold to @user125444 :)

great stuff. will let you know how it pans out

Shimano brakes and chainring

Sram brakes and TRP levers

Spring clear out.

Sram Red rim brake callipers
Quite an early version I think (theyre not the newer aerolink version). Very good condition and very light. Nice classic looks, would suit a mogof build very well. £65 ono

Shimano CX77 mechanical disc brakes
Well used and abused but were working perfectly when removed. New pads in one and other needs replacing soon. Comes with 160mm rotors and post-mount to ISO adapotors. £25 ono

Shimano Zee 38t chainring
Brand new, never opened. Specs shown in pic. Not narrow wide. £15 ono

TRP RRL drop bar levers
Black hoods and silver levers. Levers quite scratched up but could be easily sanded smooth. Hoods in good condition. Very comfy levers. £25 ono

Postage included (or can deliver around Bristol for a discount)

ah no worries. good luck!

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Look KG166 lugged carbon road race frame. 54cm top tube ctc and 53cm seat tube ctc. £100 ono

Positives
First (?) lugged carbon frame made by Look. Quite a few superficial scratches to the paintwork and some bubbling over the aluminium lugs. Comes with a difficult to find 25mm USE seatpost (very light) and smooth Campagnolo Brevet headset (Record top nut only). Weighs only 1.9kgs for frame, fork and headset.

Negatives
Makes a slight creaking noise when really putting the power down but cant see any cracks or movement in the lugs at all. Bottom bracket threads could probably do with a chase.

Steve Goff Reynolds 653 lugged road frame. 54.5cm top tube ctc and 53cm seat tube ctc. £170 ono

Positives
Steve was obviously so proud of this frame he wrote his name on it 6 times. I believe this was built in 2007 and is very light frame for steel (~1.6kgs). Nice curly lugs, 1 inch headtube, shot-in seat stays, 27.2mm seatpost and 130mm rear spacing. Comes with a perfectly smooth Cane Creek 40 threadless headset and full carbon Hylix fork (also very light at ~330g).

Negatives
This is an ebay chinese carbon fork with all the baggage that brings but I've given it the high speed pothole test so you don't have to. Fit and finish looks great to me and I've done hundreds of miles with it. Use at your own risk! Columbus Minimal would also look great with this frame. There are some scratches/chips to the paint on the frame but no dings. Seatpost binder bolt has a bit of rust.

Based in Bristol but can post for £20.

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St Andrews is always hella expensive. I believe it has "good schools".

For an different perspective, I love having a shithole house that I'm completely rebuilding! Its given me a huge sense of satisfaction from learning all the skills as I go along and bringing the house back to life but exactly how I want it.

I had a smaller starting budget to this and my options were basically limited to

1. shithole terraced house in good location
   
2. good (ish) terraced house in shithole location
   
3. small flat in good location (and I hate living in flats)
   
   

IMO tired houses that just need a bit of updating take much longer to do up than shithole ones because theres nothing that cant wait till next week/month. As long as you dont have kids, theres no great hardship in "camping" inside a bedroom or 2 upstairs while you take a hammer to the rest (especially with summer coming up). Once you have a bedroom as a safe space and a bathroom to keep yourself clean, the rest is just decadent luxuries.

These old Bristol victorian terraces are simple beasts made of dirt and wood and covered in countless layers of gloss paint and woodchip wallpaper. Perfect first time project houses :)

edit: but i would avoid that house in shaftesbury av tho

Hey. hope you dont mind if I ask you a few questions as I really like the look of this!

Is that a high, medium and low exceptionel drawer youre using in each unit?
What base units have you fitted them to? Custom? or just the basic Metod base cabinet?

bamboo? Personally, I like the warm honey colour and am planning on using it throughout the ground floor in my rebuild. Its cheaper, more environmentally friendly and harder wearing than engineered oak (so I read anyway)

Check out Simply Bamboo or Bamboo Flooring Company. I've just received free samples from both and will probably go with the cheapest option from simply bamboo at £24sqm for a solid 10mm thick uniclic board.

Don't remember the name but just looked it up. Looks like the route must get very close. Pretty sure I stopped in Rawlins

I think about 6 or 7 litres for the Wyoming Great basin was the max

They're handy :)

I keep intending to get a braze on added on the top side of the seat stay 68mm from the dropout eyelet so I don't have to use a ziptie. It would also help angle the bottles upwards slightly more giving more heel clearance (currently just clears but is v close with wine)

I think the isen goat frames have mounts down there for bottles

Been interested in trying low trail geometry and I had the fork anyway so thought I'd try it.

Maybe I've read too many gushing articles on the internet/here to be objective but I do find the handling is quick/twitchy at low speed with no weight up front. Then when the speed gets above 15mph or so it becomes silky smooth and predictable. Happily rode down cheddar gorge no handed with front panniers (had to keep applying the brakes tho)!

The og fork is definitely better for off-roading tho

Funny you should say that.... I got fired from work last week (1yr 11 months in - blargh) so definitely itching for another big ride!

Since the divide I've ridden from Sofia to Istanbul and the Welsh section of the GB divide on this bike and commuted every day (prior to lockdown and firing).

Its just as happy with 30kgs of shopping as it is bikepacking or road touring. Love it!

For on road duties, I've put a thorn touring fork on that lowers the front end and lowers the trail to about 40mm. Handling is great with front panniers but toe overlap can be a problem.

Off road I put the original fork back on. At some point I'd like to add more cage mounts down the fork legs. Seems so silly it only came with the single one.

Frame is a medium. And Im currently running a 100mm 0deg stem. Fits me very well at 175cm tall.

For the Divide I started in late August and the weather was pretty much perfect. It was cold at night (below freezing multiple times in Montana and Colorado) but it warmed up quickly in the day without ever becoming too hot. It only rained seriously on the last day (tho I did sit out a substantial rain storm in a motel in Cuba)

I was following another British guy on Instagram who started a few weeks behind me and it got really really cold for him and he had to get a train further south so I think mid August is the latest time to start.

Think I did it in 40 days or so. Averaged about 60 miles a day.

Haha. Maybe a grandfather clock !?

90% of my day job is CAD. DIY is my break...