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  1. Original post
    ~ Q ~
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    I got my bike back from some serious upgrading yesterday. The Claud
    Butler 531 frame is now 30yrs old & originally had 126mm dropouts. It's
    been re-sprayed twice, had a new bottom bracket shell, cantilever & rear
    carrier bosses brazed on & now a 135mm XT rear hub - up from my
    irreplaceable 130mm screw-on 7sp Sachs sprocket.

    The old Ultegra 38/50 chainset has been replaced by a splined 30/42/52
    Ultegra with a 9sp 11-21 block & new Ultegra front mech. The new rotary
    shifters seem to work perfectly (the drops went long ago - not
    neck-friendly after 30yrs). The chainline is spot on (even if there's
    only a 0.8mm gap between inner & chainstay, the Q factor is the same as
    the double was. When the Shimano chain wears out - back to Sachs!

    This little project cost me ~£360, including new rear wheel. I hummed &
    ha'd over spending so much on such an old bike due to potential
    compatibility issues but am pleased everything works so well & was worth
    it. Thank you Freewheel in Reading 🙂 Had Scram continued with the Sachs
    screw-on blocks, the damage would have been for that, a new chain &
    rings - ouch! A triple & close ratio block works rather nicely. Now for
    my MTB; new wheels, new headset, new XT chainset/BB combo, new...
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  2. Just zis Guy, you know?
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    On Wed, 26 May 2004 22:17:54 +0100, "~ Q ~" <[email hidden]> wrote in
    message <[email hidden]>:

    Quoted message said:

    This little project cost me ~£360, including new rear wheel. I hummed &
    ha'd over spending so much on such an old bike due to potential
    compatibility issues but am pleased everything works so well & was worth
    it. Thank you Freewheel in Reading 🙂

    I bet Bob Bristow would have done it for less ;-)

    Guy
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  3. Andy Hewitt
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    Just zis Guy said:

    On Wed, 26 May 2004 22:17:54 +0100, "~ Q ~" <[email hidden]> wrote in
    message <[email hidden]>:

    Quoted message said:

    This little project cost me ~£360, including new rear wheel. I hummed &
    ha'd over spending so much on such an old bike due to potential
    compatibility issues but am pleased everything works so well & was worth
    it. Thank you Freewheel in Reading 🙂

    I bet Bob Bristow would have done it for less ;-)

    Actually, his bike sounds more like your dad's old hammer, you know the
    one I mean? :-)

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    Andy Hewitt ** FAF#1, (Ex-OSOS#5) - FJ1200 ABS
    Honda Concerto 16v: Windows free zone (Mac G5 Dual Processor)
    http://www.thehewitts.plus.com - now online

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  4. Doki
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    Andy Hewitt said:
    Just zis Guy said:

    On Wed, 26 May 2004 22:17:54 +0100, "~ Q ~" <[email hidden]> wrote in
    message <[email hidden]>:

    Quoted message said:

    This little project cost me ~£360, including new rear wheel. I
    hummed & ha'd over spending so much on such an old bike due to
    potential compatibility issues but am pleased everything works so
    well & was worth it. Thank you Freewheel in Reading 🙂

    I bet Bob Bristow would have done it for less ;-)

    Actually, his bike sounds more like your dad's old hammer, you know
    the one I mean? :-)

    Along the same lines as Trig's brush on Only Fools and Horses?

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  5. Andy Hewitt
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    Doki said:
    Andy Hewitt said:
    Just zis Guy said:

    On Wed, 26 May 2004 22:17:54 +0100, "~ Q ~" <[email hidden]> wrote in
    message <[email hidden]>:

    > This little project cost me ~£360, including new rear wheel. I
    > hummed & ha'd over spending so much on such an old bike due to
    > potential compatibility issues but am pleased everything works so
    > well & was worth it. Thank you Freewheel in Reading 🙂

    I bet Bob Bristow would have done it for less ;-)

    Actually, his bike sounds more like your dad's old hammer, you know
    the one I mean? :-)

    Along the same lines as Trig's brush on Only Fools and Horses?

    Yup.

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    Andy Hewitt ** FAF#1, (Ex-OSOS#5) - FJ1200 ABS
    Honda Concerto 16v: Windows free zone (Mac G5 Dual Processor)
    http://www.thehewitts.plus.com - now online

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  6. ~ Q ~
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    Just zis Guy, you know? - typed:

    Quoted message said:

    On Wed, 26 May 2004 22:17:54 +0100, "~ Q ~" <[email hidden]> wrote in
    message <[email hidden]>:

    Quoted message said:

    This little project cost me ~£360, including new rear wheel. I
    hummed & ha'd over spending so much on such an old bike due to
    potential compatibility issues but am pleased everything works so
    well & was worth it. Thank you Freewheel in Reading 🙂

    I bet Bob Bristow would have done it for less ;-)

    Guy

    Bob's built wheels for me on a couple of occasions - both when working
    for UB Cycles & afterwards.

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  7. Soup
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    Soup popped his head over the parapet,saw what was going on and said

    Quoted message said:
    Andy Hewitt said:
    Just zis Guy said:

    On Wed, 26 May 2004 22:17:54 +0100, "~ Q ~" <[email hidden]> wrote
    in message <[email hidden]>:

    > This little project cost me ~£360, including new rear wheel. I
    > hummed & ha'd over spending so much on such an old bike due to
    > potential compatibility issues but am pleased everything works so
    > well & was worth it. Thank you Freewheel in Reading 🙂

    I bet Bob Bristow would have done it for less ;-)

    Actually, his bike sounds more like your dad's old hammer, you know
    the one I mean? :-)

    Along the same lines as Trig's brush on Only Fools and Horses?

    Heard that as Queen Mary's axe.
    Two new heads three new handles but it's the same axe.

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