Recent content by alastair

It would fit fine; I had it built with 8 speed and had no spacing issues. My other road bike (and the reason I'm not keeping the Merckx) is a 1984 Raleigh (in the Raleigh-Panasonic team colors). I had it built with a full 10 speed Chorus drivetrain and Shamals. The stuff all worked great but I...

These pictures are the most recent I have... and the way the bike looked when I first posted in the thread. Since then I stripped it and rebuilt it with a bunch of Nuovo Record I had...

Is it very spammy of me to say that I've got a pink lugged merckx slx for sale? :)

I've been singlespeed only for a couple of years. Since I caught the 29er bug I've been riding a custom steel 29er; SS and rigid. It's perfect for where and how I ride 99% of the time. When I travel to hairier and rockier places I'll often rent a geared LT trail bike. I guess if I had to find a...

First post. Hello, maybe this will be a blessing in disguise. It could force SS racing back underground. Singlespeed races will become like prohibition era speakeasys... Circulated by word of mouth. That should buy us a few more years of fun.