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Given the era of the frame, I wouldn't bet anything bigger than 25mm for the tyres. Anything bigger back then was sport bike or touring bike territory

Straight levers is shouting pre 80s to me

The shift levers alone might fetch £25 on a good day and if they're mint so that's a generous offer

Lovely for a buyer, less so for a seller. At the moment prices are rock bottom. But that follows a point 10 years ago when prices were at a high on the back of Eroica UK. Most sellers, unless it's a bereavement sale or a "clear the garage at any cost" sale are hanging onto what is surplus to...

It's probing time

Some gear levers on facebuk

A cross frame doesn't have downtube shifters, so doesn't have DT bosses. The shifter is on the bars, a cable runs into those bosses in your photo The bottom one is the outer cable stop, the top one is the outer cable guide to keep it in place

You mean the one about the actress and the donkey?

To be fair, even with new stuff, you can't really mess up as such. Yes, you might find yourself in some state of confusion and want to undo it and start again, but that's only 'wasted' time - the 'wasted' being in quotes as it's time put to education. The only parts you can bugger up are...

I taught myself as a teen using this book. It's more like a pamphlet than a book, but will tell you all you need to know. As for spoke length, there are a number of Excel spreadsheets out there where you plug in what hubs and rims you have and how many crosses.

Haven't even heard of much of what is being discussed on here. That shows where I am with things

He's sleeping with it Make sure Mrs Guinness doesn't find out

Well , that's fair enough. You've remeasured and also it was for an older chap, most of whom want a short n high position. I'll go back into my hole

A 52cm top tube combined with a 57 seat tube is a highly unusual design. I can see the measuring tape in both photos, but I'd be inclined to recheck. If there is a measuring discrepancy, it's probably with the top tube ..... Have you measured a 'short cut' somewhere? Also, if it's a sloping top...

Every time I read about your next stage of clearing out, I promise myself that I too will start shed emptying . And then I do nothing as it's all too much hassle

Keeps improving

Looking at the photo it's Genesis not genetic

I feel for you that it's not selling. But you're now getting into Gumtree pricing, so maybe give that a shot. Just filter out the idiots who'll offer £50 and expect you to deliver it

My bro had a 60 cm Somec in SPX and that had a Columbus sticker that just said "spx". The sticker was identical in every way to the typical SLX one. With the chrome, cast lugs and shell and everything, it was a heavy frame, but looked fab

I remember back in the day , I'd think nothing of having a frame resprayed. Almost as if I was replacing bar tape. It was about £20 then. Even with 40 years of inflation, I don't think that would be over £300 today Edit ... I never used Mercian, I tended to use the 2 frame builders in Sheffield