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  1. Betsy

    Bikes and Trees

    Pull your finger out @shedobits .. are there no orange trees in Almeria? If you want one of these 😍 you'll have to ride up to Valencia this weekend or maybe over to Seville.. I don't give them away willy-nilly y'know.. you only got one on the first post for the black cat 😁
  2. Betsy

    Pace RC200 Gravel / Adventure Conversion.. A little Help Here?

    It's an early Victorian house with a deep cellar but no dampcourse.. the water comes up through the floor.. wet / dry season has no bearing, the floor can be dry in the winter or wet in the summer, it's the water table moving up/down, we have underground streams making their way to the Porter...
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    Pace RC200 Gravel / Adventure Conversion.. A little Help Here?

    I can borrow one from the neighbours @Splatter Paint .. or take a demo Sonder out from Alpkit.. I'm running a Fouriers narrow wide on my 26" 10sp work bike You might be right but i'm still going to buy a Pace doner frame, that was the catalyst behind this after all and if it doesn't work...
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    Pace RC200 Gravel / Adventure Conversion.. A little Help Here?

    Thanks @nodding dog .. that makes me feel heckuva lot better.. These are 26 x 2.2 in an 18" frame, there is plenty of room up top with a 12mm gap but down below, the gap is only 6mm which had me concerned! Thanks @highlandsflyer .. if this all sounds feasible?.. i'm probably keep bumping...
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    Pace RC200 Gravel / Adventure Conversion.. A little Help Here?

    @nodding dog can I see a photo of the clearance between the tyre and the inside of the stays please?
  6. Betsy

    Pace RC200 Gravel / Adventure Conversion.. A little Help Here?

    9sp 49/36/27 edit- of course when i say 'i can't keep up with the 'gravel bikes' on the roads.. these could easily just be road bikes with fatter tyres!?, which would explain why i can't keep up.. i'd have a closer look but they're way off in the distance 😁 ..but this is what i'm aiming to...
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    Pace RC200 Gravel / Adventure Conversion.. A little Help Here?

    This is all gold gents.. thank you! For the sake of clarity, i'm keeping the current RC200 as is I'm considering buying a second.. let's say doner frame, then should the worst happen, i can just flip the components over onto a second frame while i get the other one repaired.. never mention...
  8. Betsy

    Pace RC200 Gravel / Adventure Conversion.. A little Help Here?

    Morning everyone.. I'm considering building a RC200 gravel / adventure bike.. but before i get too bogged down with the details, i'd just like to ask y'all a few questions.. Most weekends, i'll hit the Peak District on my RC200 (as you've probably seen in Today's Ride thread) i'll often loop...
  9. Betsy

    The Unofficial Official Photography Thread...

    ‘Red Sky At Night, Ski Village Alight’ Ye Olde Sheffield adage..
  10. Betsy

    The Unofficial Official Photography Thread...

    They’ve chosen a new Pope at Sheffield Ski Village..
  11. Betsy

    Wanted Really luridly patterned good to excellent condition bibshorts in M/L (34" waist) please

    Looks more like project 'Derrick Evans Redux' to me.. 😁
  12. Betsy

    7005 Head Tubes Cracking

    That’s one school of thought.. I’m more inclined to believe.. Tutankhamun bought 4 ornamental chariots during a plague of locusts when they all had to stay indoors for 12mths.. hung them on his pyramid wall, never rode any of them.. then on his passing folks buried them rather than having to...
  13. Betsy

    7005 Head Tubes Cracking

    Absolutely, if I don’t get the fun out of this bike, then who will? In 10yrs time it could potentially be worth fk all.. no point passing it down to my kid, he’s not going to feel nostalgic for something that happened 20yrs before he was born..
  14. Betsy

    7005 Head Tubes Cracking

    Ikr^ it's like the 3 bad restaurant reviews.. 1000s of people we don't hear from have a perfectly good experience but i still wont go because a couple of ppl had cold soup back in 2021 😁 Tools!? Pfft.. i don't buy tools.. i have a workshop here.. there is nothing i can't make out out of a...
  15. Betsy

    7005 Head Tubes Cracking

    I recently swapped over a CK in my RC200 for a Ringle Slamma, the CK had been in there from new with no visible signs of detriment.. I swapped it for no other reason beyond the paranoia you fk’ers caused me! The Ringle pressed in easily but I can’t help but wonder if the stresses I put on the...
  16. Betsy

    Cook Bros ...ect. Japan Buying Advice, Yahoo Auctions, Proxy Services

    EMS are cheaper because they don't charter their own flights like the big carriers, FedEx, DHL, UPS et al.. they buy space in the cargo hold of commercial airlines making your delivery cheaper and offsetting the cost of your foreign holiday..
  17. Betsy

    Cook Bros ...ect. Japan Buying Advice, Yahoo Auctions, Proxy Services

    I'm back home @Once A Hero Here are my last two Japanese purchases from March.. I pre-paid the border charges on this first example, the value of the items was £130gbp.. the cost of the shipping was £20 (over the £135 limit) so when it hits the UK border, it's been declared as 'VAT Paid' with...
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    Cook Bros ...ect. Japan Buying Advice, Yahoo Auctions, Proxy Services

    Hi, @Once A Hero I’m out and about at the mo.. so from memory.. Don’t forget to account for Japanese consumption tax added onto the cost of new items, also domestic shipping costs from the seller to the Zenmarket warehouse, the additional charges will all be apparent on the listing. When...
  19. Betsy

    Today's Ride

    ..^^i was riding down the trail around the perimeter of the Burbage valley, just about to take a right before heading over the bridge and up to Carl Wark when my laces got snagged up between the chain and chainrings but because i was peddaling, it all got tangled / torn up, i stopped at that...
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