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They just look at Lumens and Price on amazon.

And also pinched your wallet

You'll need to tweak your hoops before you get back in the cockpit dave

On the list I'll send you photos sat👍

"Lauf argues that the short travel and stiff-ish spring means that there’s little need for adjustment" Must be because: a) all Gravel riders weigh the same b) all terrain is equal

I've got some i'll look at Saturday, but they sit in the well used quill stem drawer, so likely to show signs of age. Could you clean it up?

I'm waiting for a customer to tell me he's ordering a pair of these Forks: Just so I can say "You're having a f%kin Lauf, mate?"

Trying out my airnimal to ride Rides like a real bike!😍 Let's see if I can sneak it on a bus🤣

I've now got a little backstory on the gitane The owner bought this bike new in paris around 45 years ago, then fell in love with a welshman from the valleys.😍 The bike has lived there until she was unable to ride it due to age... no mention of the sh1t brakes and limited gear range😉

And a comparatively uninspiring Peugeot, but with still working sachs index gears🤩 Another rare survivor.

One repair awaiting collection This style of bike is unusual on the road here. When new i imagine it came with a free packet of 20 filterless

You could get new calipers from 50, and probably same again to get them set up and bled, so a full repair would be £100. If they were our stock id fit new calipers - we've probably got some spare flatmounts, and there are quite a few bikes flatbar/,flatmounts but little stock to suit.

The Touring Bike was so connected with grey beards and sandals, the concept needed reinventing to catch the brown beards and... er... sandals🤣

If you want to mount the sprocket on the outside of the chainset you'll want a short bb axle, but the halo sprocket gives plenty of chainline adjustment, so if you have a 111 to hand, try it, it might work.

If you dismantle the caliper you can try to clean up the pistons then try for a match for the seals. Customers of ours claim to have succeeded, but we wouldn't try because of the time taken and the inability to offer a guarantee on the work. The trouble is that the pistons and bores may well...