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had a minor cx adventure on wimbledon common today. slightly shredded knees from not paying attention though

looks like mule damage from here

thanks a bunch

my actual sympathies, just a dumb reference to another thread

well thanks a bunch again then )

Ooh where on Wimbledon common?

well, when i lived in the village, i used to run on it, never saw wombles though,yesterday i started down the part by the golf club entrance and looped around and up and down a few times, i took a few cheeky off cycle path routes as well,rode there a couple of weeks back also, looped the common trail, then went down to the A3 and over the foot bridge, hopping up the steps (a geezer on a canyon behind had to dismount to get up ), and on into richmond park

used to be a great little boozer opposite the dog and fox, slags turned it into a cafe nero
when the flat tenant goes i may move back, the village is missing an idiot

After giving it a lot of though I've decided to keep Rychtarski (unless I can sell it for ridiculous money) to make it into commuter/tourer type of build next winter. More like 11 speed 105 build rather than fancy DA. It will hibernate till then.

I need a racebike, a commuter trainer and a nice bike but only have space for 2 bikes so by combining racebike and commuter trainer I get Chinvelo. Principia doesent fit anywhere tbh. Cool points for lighter than CAAD10 alu frame, not gash graphics and lovely anodising.

Why isn't the nice bike the race bike?

Fear of breaking it .. fm066 is easily replaceable

Did not enjoy getting wet this morning.
Seriously, mud guards for a track bike... @edscoble please chime in. Also anyone else with advice... will also UTFS.

^^ Easy. Get rid of the nice bike and you can afford to race better parts.

That Principia is a good find BTW.

I am still clearing a the parts cupboard and the garage so I have sorted this out for a friend.

It is an unknow 58cm frameset, BSA BB & headset threading, 26.2mm seatpost and the components were all a mismatch.

I gave the Campagnolo Cobaltos to @Jingle_Jangle and will sell the Record RD, Rigida DP18 wheels & 8 speed freewheel, Stonglight Drilling Chainrings on eBay to pay for the conversion costs.

Work done on this one was new chain, Atom 18T freewheel, 52T chainring & singlespeed bolts, NOS Modolo Speedy brakeset, new brake cables, new bar tape, and respacing of a (shit) singlespeed wheelset).

It doesn't look bad at all and didn't cost much in the end.

Before:

After:

missus' single speed freewheel is fucked; is it worth spending £70+ on white ind freewheel? The shimano ones are pretty shite. The other option is Token which is about £52 ..

Would Shimano Alfine FC-S501 crankset work on this? http://www.pedalroom.com/bike/tokyo-fixed-dream-machine-48cm-missus-12151

The other option is a £40 Halo Clickster, which won't last quite as long as a WI but much longer than a Shimano.

How much riding does she do?

Dicta freewheels are pennies and easy to change when you do your monthly maintenance.

Surely WI's an overkill, unless she rides 100+ miles per week?

#whatdoIknow

She does about 70 miles a week all year round. Its the winter I am worried about. Its the most ignored bike in the household :P

With WI you can change the worn part (I think that's called the 'outer gear case'?). I'm not sure any other freewheel allows that.

^^^^ +1 to the clickster, bombproof

The only place I know which sells WI spares is CtBM, and he does it by dismantling freewheels, rather than getting packaged spares, so they're not (afaik) returnable.

Hello,

What do You think about Wound-up full black fork for Colnago c40 Lampre color shame.

Cant find Colnago star and thinking about this one:

http://www.avt.bike/WebStore/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AVT&Product_Code=RS30043-BLK&Category_Code=WOUNDUP-RDFORKS-10

@Emyr

Yep. Very reasonable, such a great shop, I'm really glad he's survived peak fixie intact.

http://www.charliethebikemonger.com/freewheels-screw-on-224-c.asp

I think i'll go with Halo in that case ..

All the WI stuff comes in through Sideways Cycles (both distributor and retailer).

Finally finished this off....now it's off to create space. Sorry to see it go i must say but it's way too small for me.

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