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If you are running bar-end shifters then full size V's and Tektro V levers is a good way to go. There is a hidden nightmare in all this with Shimano's change in road lever cable pull in recent years to NSSLR, this may be why you don't get much from the Dia-Compes. Have you tried the Tektro...

Schwalbe Billy Bonkers and Conti Race King work well for me in very similar conditions.

Got an all gold one, however it's 300mm IIRC.

But 531ST is a much heavier tubeset being 1.0/0.7mm whereas 531c is 0.9/0.6mm

You mean a freewheel? Plenty available from all the usual bike outlets or your LBS.

TA spacers fit and can be sourced new. iIRC they are 5.5mm but can measure if you get stuck.

Got a Marzocchi Z2 Flylight with a crown off a Z3 and 1" threadless steerer if interested. I'll check steerer length.

PM sent, yes please!

Sorry, mine was 27.2 inner.

Need to check, I might have one bought in error and sitting in the bits box.

Also the extra weight is advantageous for larger frames (like yours) as it's a stiffer frame as a result.

My father in law worked exactly like that in a bike factory somewhere in West London in the mid 1950s. My first almost decent bike was a Halfords Olympic, bought secondhand on the Caledonian Road in 1984. It was gas pipe of course.

Size? Looks biggish...58cm?

I had exactly the same problem, used a strip of brass sheet as a shim. I have some spare.

...although nobody had ever won the TdF in a Shimano-equipped bike until Armstrong. Also a lot of Shimano's innovations are more marketing than real innovation. Hollow BBs were a case in point: a strong story at the expense of undersized bearings with a pitiful life. Similarly a lot of the hubs...