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Attention seeker.😂 It's got the little knobby front mech post. Why? So the seat tube can be vertical! Why? So the saddle can fit on a gallows post. Why? So you can have a yard of toptube Why? So you can have a backwards looking fork. That's why😎

I suspect they are trying to force "with free delivery" as they area always trying to push it on me. This option allows you to estimate postage in the price - but I don't know if eBay then force you to fit a bicycle inside a large letter for postage? As a business seller, I can choose the...

Is it even worth £20? I doubt it😁 https://ebay.us/m/wC8f0D

It also depends on your front shifting system - some require cut down teeth and shifting pins, and the teeth of adjacent rings have to be correctly aligned, as well as close to ideal tooth count. Front Derailleur cage curve is designed to match a size range, and cage width and depth matches...

I'd run a suitable tight- fitting tube down the inside. The dents will pop out. Quite possibly invisible I wouldn't drill or fill. Just leave it alone would be better than aggressive intervention. The dents aren't anywhere stressed (now you've taken the frame bender off) and they aren't big...

There are loads of nice steel frames out there from this era. Let's concentrate on saving good ones. In this state, its only worth saving if it has emotional value. 👍 It's always worth spraying something oily in a steel frame if you have it apart. Nothing lasts forever, but there are...

There comes a point where weight saving reduces reliability... - but if its all about weight, drop a size on a Schwalbe Aerothan tpu i don't think you'll get lighter - and it seems to work fine. They feel nice too because there's less Friction between the tyre and the tube when rolling.

When we bought the shop in 95 there were several of these still in boxes in the basement - the importer must have knocked them out supercheap. I think we sold them at £400 - im struggling to remember the gear shifters

Crazy design - 73mm bb shell🙄

Yeah right Like they can actually grow tea in Lancashire 🤣

Sometimes on the smaller frames, around 1990, longer fork steerers were accommodated to allow for the higher handlebar for lady riders, whose longer leg/shorter torso demands less Drop from the saddle to the bar - and decent stems were mostly flat - a stem with an angle looked odd on a tourer yet.

I think they are the original fork, and were fitted with a tall stack headset, and maybe a half inch spacer under the locknut. The threads look long enough to work with the right headset.

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I find riding on ice with hard narrow tyres really difficult. But then im just using the sh*t peddled by shops, cost that's my bag. 😉

Smells of autumn, toadstools everywhere