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.... or the paint absorbing moisture, and just having time to dry out by the next day?

Thank you, that's awesome Conversion will be the cheaper solution then for now, what sealant did you use?

@MongooseMan what was your outcome here? .... what did you choose? Did a ride with a friend this weekend who rides the Rook Scout and had the same WTB Byway tires. Punctured early in the ride on tar. I take it its difficult to convert these to tubeless with the nylon sidewalls? What did you end up getting?

😂😂 yes, that green saddle is really hectic, I should contact Gareth again at Velobrien to cover it for me in brown leather. He has done other saddles for me in the past, and they came out awesome. 🙂

Thank you, sent Brett a message ... this is the frame I'm busy with. A middle-of-the-range LeJeune, think it's from 74'. It doesn't have any water-bottle bolts either ... just gave it a quick sand-down, primer, and colour. Want to join my friends on their gravel rides .... ... and might use it for commuting too.

Hi, does anyone have one of these they want to sell? "Double cable stop" for converting vintage steel frames to handlebar-shifters without shifter-mounts on the down tube? or a DIY hack I can do in the meantime? thx

Thx, I did. I replaced it with an Energizer, and seems fine for now. If it falls below the required minimum voltage (2.8V) within the year, I'll try a Renata battery next. Renata and Maxell seems to be the default battery used by most watchmakers? I had the Energizer battery on hand though, and just went with it for now.

See Lanoy sell "Orange Sealant" in a 473ml bottle for R350 https://lanoysports.co.za/collections/orange-seal And Olympic sells "Stan's Race" 950ml for R690 https://www.olympiccycles.co.za/product/stans-sealant-race-32oz-946ml/ So no noticable price difference between them ... think I'm going to give Orange a try, been using Stan's Race on the road bike for years with some good results, but every now-and-again it doesn't quite seal.

Not so sure about this seatpost damper design, does it influence the distance between the BB and the seat ... so your knees are going to take some strain? MTB dual sus the distance between the BB and seat is always constant.

Were looking for 6902's a while back as well, ended up buying some 61902's from Midas at a fraction of the price.... Haven't had any issues yet. Thought if these bearings are good enough for automotive use they should be more than adequate for MTB load? 🙂

Bike fitting might seem like a "grudge payment", but from personal experience I would also recommend it. I have long limbs and a short torso, and bike fitting never use to be an issue until compact frames with their non-standard geometry and specs came around. Luckily, according to the bike-fitter, I'm somewhat flexible and with the addition of a setback seatpost and slightly shorter stem could make me fit comfortably on that purchase. (a decade ago) I have all the measurements saved ie. angle and distance from BB to seat, and distance from seat to handlebar, reach, height/drops etc. for whenever I build up new (old) bikes. At 1.79 my perfect framesize seem to be a 55cm old school steel frame, with a longer seatpost 😁

At 57.5cm "top tube" the bike is close to XL? How tall is your friend, and what is his inseam measurement? I see there is still space to lift the handlebars a bit. Also check with seller whether the seatpost had been cut? It's a unique seatpost, so not easy to replace. Well done for assisting your buddy.

Even though the news paper tried to keep the narrative going that Van der Poel was entirely at fault here, and probably deleted any comments that would suggest differently, one can see by the ratings on the individual “comments” that less than 10% of the readers agrees with the comments made. Nothing to see here …

I'm about to force a stuck vintage BB shell off a 70's Le Jeune. Sprayed some anti-corrosion potion in/on there last night, and ready to try again. Axle/shaft is out, drive side is not budging. Just want to confirm - does all Le Jeune's have English threaded BB's? Don't want to be rotating it the wrong way 😑

I'll wait until a few weeks before the event to see if someone is selling their entry ... Don't want to have anyone poking me with a swab to take part in a race or anything else ... never know, they might make monkeypox a "thing" ... 😉 ... and make testing or "something" else a prerequisite .. 😁

Just arrived .... Some Tektro R559's - Long reach 53-73mm dual pivot brakes. For the really old road bikes where you can just-about fit a fist between the seat-tube and rear tyre . Allows space for some nice wide gravel tyres.

Also found there was some tyres not available in 27.5 anymore .... wanted a 27.5 hardpack tyre ... couldn't find what I was looking for. Wonder if 27.5 will become obsolete in a couple of years, .. is 29" DH the new std? ....

Anyone know what is the best brand battery to get for a Citizen Promaster diver's watch? Or what brand the manufacturer used as initial battery? CITIZEN PROMASTER AQUALAND WR 200MT JP1010-51E It takes a 3V CR2016, but the watch is very sensitive to voltage drop. Moment it goes below 2.8V the watch low battery indicator starts - (second hand moves 2s every 2s instead 1 x 1) Think I replaced it with Panasonic the last time. It lasted only a year. Energiser seems to be a good choice, but would prefer to use the manufacturers default brand?

https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/item/vintage-bikes/564290/vintage-bridgestone-mb-5-mtb This looks like an awesome bike. And once the rear derailleur fails convert it to a single. But dont remove front derialleur else you will need N/W chainring too?

Hi Nick, these are awesome. Do you have a local supplier for your spokes? or do you have to import all your spokes. I used to get from a company in Somerset West but they have closed down? I'll be sh!t scared of pulling a nipple through a carbon rim that doesn't belong to me .... what is the max tension you do on the spokes when you do carbon rims?

Great, I will pm you.

Apologies, you are right ..... don't know what I did 🙃

Thankyou for this. I've also used aramex in my last few imports, they are pretty reliable. The SJS Cycles seat post looks like a really good option edit: just saw the 26mm option not available

Thanks, was hoping not to have to go there, but at least there is some 26mm's on ebay. Will see if there is any response to my bikehub advert over the next few days and if not buy from there. 🙃

Hi, anyone have a 26.0mm seat post I can buy off them, really desperate ..... Need about 220mm length or anything longer Thanks https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/item/seat-posts/577042/wanted-seatpost-260mm-diameter-220mm-length