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are the screw holes on Duegi shoes compatible with mounting Look cleats:

If not, is it possible to modify them?

nice-looking 931 steel rikulau frame with S&S couplers - a bit dear at £900 BIN probably, maybe but cheaper than getting the couplers put in yourself if it is your size.

middle east? you mean afghanistan, surely?

Just listened to the finale... so anti-climactic :( !!

I never post on here since I am rarely central / sarf enough to be spotted, but had 3 Fly-bys of potential forumengers within about 10 min from 6:25 this evening. First brown wooly cycling cap in messenger mode gave me a little chapeau as he passed while I struggled to lug a cast iron sewer cover in one hand while cycling. Second a possible forumenger in commuter mode in full Systeme U / super U kit (I have the cap and have been looking for the Jersey!). thirdly a passing dude in flattop mode casually coasting on a Dolan - pre cursa or track champ (like mine), I couldn't tell.
Apologies to all for the crime against humanity that is my front red tyre! 😉

Thinking of doing a ride out from Amersham on the 30th - what routes were used when you were doing these? the link to the garmin plots above are dead now...

@mariofuckinghantous I have a similar frame in 631 that has damage near the lugs at the top of the downtube and top tube, which I am hoping to repair this weekend - PM me if you want to compare notes and or success/failure stories ;)

Sorry to disappoint on my promise to update over the weekend - still waiting on shipment of a few toxic chemicals (nitromors, etc) that will facilitate my mad scientist fantasy of reviving this bike. I won't leave my faithful, and expectant readers (#teamjdmitch where are you now?) completely empty-handed, however! Here are a few photos of parts I have accumulated to build the frame up "properly" (!?) once I have stripped the paint, and fortified the questionable "rear end" (which may or may not be ride-able, but has definitely been ridden!). I know some of these are not in the best of shape, but hopefully between your anecdotes of past mistakes and my stubbornness, we can figure out how to restore them to their potential glory:

LOOK! - it's an ergostem (eat your heart out @skrtluv - you can micro-adjust your bars for every day of the week/weather condition)

I am sure there has to be some reason why someone said I would never be trusted with one of these ;)

... so maybe a cinelli grammo titanium stem would suit me better (mmm, remember those kinesis forks...):

ergopower drops!?! wait a second, get that shit out of here...
for a bike with this kind of identity crisis, the bars should be from Moscow... err Italy:

ok, they're a bit scratched, but uncut 3ttt Moscow bars were made for a time-trial ... track... bike... chunk of metal like this.

you can start circling now, ye vultures of rare bike parts, because whatever doesn't go on the final build will have to be sold to pay for the rest of it! So if schadenfreude and hate-following weren't incentive enough to read before, the flurry for my ill-gotten parts could descend into a @tynan thread in the style of:
I am having @jdmitch's stem tonight:
stem

better to have this piece of art work cannibalised than resort to selling power crystals ;)

fangs? or fangs ?

recommended technique for stretching just for width? I have a pair of Meermins that become painful after more than a couple hours due to my fat feet :(
I have heard of using a hair dryer, but that sounds like it could be risky...

dibs minoura rollers to pick up, along with the 27" gatorskins and 27" trike wheels ;)
veloflex folding tyre and wellgo cage/strap if still available
I didn't see any measurements, but if any of those cranks are particularly short (ie<160) I would be interested.
will add this to other PM thread

I'll take the leader bars as well if that's not too cheeky, since I am coming tomorrow to pick up anyway.

dibs atax stem and UNO track bars, and Weinmann brakes

ok, but horrible in what way? twitchy steering? imbalanced loads? most MTBs are such upright geometry (for me who never gets to ride off-road) that they are not what I am looking for anyways, I only got this for the 853 frame tbh.

I have a 26er rock lobster (reynolds 853) with suspension forks - I am planning to put rigid forks on it, and I also feel like it could do with a bit more aggressive geo. is it a thing to put rigid forks that are not suspension corrected, or does that mess with the handling too much (given I haven't got massive rake on the 26er rigid forks I found from an old ridgeback).
if I should just go for 29er forks, I have two options, one would be carbon and the other steel (525) ... I am thinking of going with the carbon to keep it light, but perhaps the steel is a better match? any tips on switching to rigid with forks that were not specifically designed for suspension correction?

I was just thinking I need to get my act together, since the entertainment of @skrtluv's cockpit adjustments is starting to wear thin...If there is decent weather this week and weekend I promise some updates 😉👍

dibs seatposts and kryptonite bracket if you can send together...PM incoming

I'll take both pairs, PM coming...

2nd (or 3rd?) dibs DA 7700 rear mech

If anyone gets these or is organising a group buy, I'll take two!
I have a family member coming over in May, but don't think they would be able to make this fit in luggage :(

is that "GT Edge Aero remix" I hear coming?

edit: if you are selling, I would be interested, just to be able to compare with the monstrosity I have tried to create (don't worry... it's still coming!)

No chance of me dropping out, but I am worried someone gazzumped me by PM... ;)

since I'll be coming to collect, may as well get more from you - dibs the following:

1. (b) Christophe toe cages with nylon straps £5.
   
2. (a) 1 - unknown brand, 14t, 1 1/8, plenty of life - £4.
   
3. (b) 2 - 2 x No name, used but really though £2.
   
   

Don't want to be greedy on the freebies, but I could also use:

1. forks
   
2. RPM BB missing side cup
   
   

I know I don't deserve this beautiful frame, but I've gotta dibs it - amazing! will PM re collection, etc