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'You've made my day'
A great quote from Neal when he got this back today. Along with 'its never looked this good before'. A real 90s/00s Tour De France...
Paul Swabey
Jul 13, 20171 min read
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Campagnolo Brakes - getting the wheel out
I expect all you Campy owners know this but I'd often wondered why the brake calipers don't have the levers Shimano have to loosen the...
Paul Swabey
Jul 3, 20171 min read
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WiFi WiFli
Another bike gets the SRAM eTAP treatment - this time with WiFli - you would think that's to do with the wirelessnessness - but NO!...
Paul Swabey
Jun 20, 20171 min read
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A Look that's going up in the world
Fast bike goes climbing. Just converted this Look 695 to have a large 32T cassette which in turn required a new mid cage Rear Mech. It...
Paul Swabey
Jun 8, 20171 min read
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Some day - all gears will be this way
We’ve just spent some time upgrading a Planet X TT Bike with a new stem and aero extensions after a bike fit. But we also got to put a...
Paul Swabey
May 17, 20171 min read
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Busy...busy...
Its been a great week. All of these came through the workshop for a whole variety of work - curing noisy gear changes, badly behaved Di2...
Paul Swabey
Apr 28, 20171 min read
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A Concorde agreement..
A pleasure to work on this Concorde Aquila today. Early nineties I think from the Campagnolo BB and brakes and the very unusual...
Paul Swabey
Apr 4, 20171 min read
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A cautionary tale
A cautionary tale for one and all. This great matt black Ribble came in because of a skipping chain that’s cropped up – just before a...
Paul Swabey
Mar 31, 20171 min read
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Transformation
After 3 years and 19,000kms this lovely Trek Madone was in a bad way – but a valet and a full Refresh Service plush a few extra bits and...
Paul Swabey
Mar 24, 20171 min read
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Coordination
....and the 'Most Coordinated Bike Of The Month' award goes to.....Brian Couper with his stunning Trek Madone 6! Those valve caps though...
Paul Swabey
Mar 24, 20171 min read
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One for David Guetta perhaps?
Always like to see some titanium :-) This Alchemy Omega based winter bike had been abused over the winter as its owner Nick was happy to...
Paul Swabey
Mar 13, 20171 min read
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Cable Stop Barrel Adjusters.
If its a few years old your bike may have them. They allow fine tuning of the gears and sit in sockets on the frame (as seen on this 2011...
Paul Swabey
Mar 10, 20171 min read
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Bendy Shifty
This Cannondale Six came in for a valet and some erratic gear changing behavior. Some gears fine – others jumping about. TOP TIP – gear...
Paul Swabey
Feb 26, 20171 min read
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Sometimes 'free' is worth it
We had this fella return to the 'shop recently to cure an annoying squeak from the Bottom Bracket. While it was in I noticed that the...
Paul Swabey
Feb 10, 20171 min read
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Shiny Campy
While I spend most of my time working on Shimano kit I'm getting to love Campagnolo. OK I know they have a 'way' about them but the...
Paul Swabey
Feb 6, 20171 min read
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Wilier
Its been a pleasure to valet and service this Wilier. The attention to detail on all the parts on this bike is amazing. I know Cliff...
Paul Swabey
Jan 18, 20171 min read
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