What bikes do you ride?

I spoke to some guy on the way into work this morning around Bermondsey on a really well done baby blue convertion with brooks saddle, leather grips, nice old style chrome shopper handle bars, full mudgards anyone on here? Looked pritty sweet.

I'd love a Vanilla with full mudguards.

I don't have any. I use the clip-on things for my road bike, but because I screwed the underside to stop them slipping during a ride they don't fit on my fixie and I'm too tight arse to buy another pair and too stubborn to unscrew them.

RPM: I've just got this:  which I'll swap the parts over to. I think when I've got the time and patience. I like resurrecting dead bikes.

I have a big crush on these bikes, I could just do with a conversion too. Used to see someone commuting through Tufnell Park on one and I had major envy every time I saw him at the lights.

Off to stakeout ebay...

Don't resist... get the Michelin Pro2 in yellow. You can keep it gleaming yellow by using Pledge furniture polish on the side of the tyres (never ever the contact area of the tyre), it cleans off any gunk left from rain and brake blocks.

Black tyre on the rear, yellow on the front. DO IT. You know you want to.

so you rate the michelins then?

I love the Michelins. I've ridden on Pro2's since last spring on both my road and track bike. Including winter and that snow flurry we had, every day riding as well as distance and speed. I generally keep them pumped to 100psi, oh and they feel utterly superb in the summer.

Only gripe... putting them on Campagnolo rims is a bitch. That's more to do with Campy than anything else though.

If you don't do it, we can always swap front wheels one day so you can see what it might look like (I ride yellow tyres).

they sound pretty good.

how about flats?

The only flats I've ever had on the michelins is in the wet. It's always debris.

It's as if the michelins get a little sticky in the wet (which does give cornering confidence) and this means that regular road debris that would have been thrown off in the dry just sticks on and punctures instead.

The last time was a near miss. I felt myself go over something in the wet (turned out to be a screw) and then road over it for about 10 wheel revolutions before I'd stopped. No puncture that time, but that's how it happens when it happens.

Upside, I did do 10 revolutions of the wheel with a screw digging in without actually getting a puncture.

The main flame who's being repaired right now:

The White Stallion has blossomed into a Magical Unicorn. And we soar through across the barren plains with the heart of a dragon:

Oh won't this be pretty when it's done being restored with full decals?

RAP Before:

RAP after:

Bella the Rello:

jack - fuck, what happened to the witcomb? That's a sweet frame, but lets keep him our little SE london secret, eh?? Otherwise every fucker out there will be on one by this time next year ;)
Met you a coupla times at HH sat am sessions year before last? You were riding the Pog with those orange deep Vs; thought you were looking to flog it - glad to see you haven't...

hope yr good

mickster

Motherfuckers at Fedex beat the shit out of it when it was getting shipped back from LDN to the states. Was lookin to flog the pog but I separated the seatstay bridge and nobody wanted it in that state so I figured what the hell and sent it to the shop with the Witcomb. Got any pics of your ride holmes? Can't seem to put a face to a name.

urghhh, think I was on the first one. Has since been retired for a Koga alu beercan that's soulless but stiff as all fuck... Viagra for us racers ;)

g_weigh:

koga:

velocity boy:Only gripe... putting them on Campagnolo rims is a bitch. That's more to do with Campy than anything else though.

My gripe is that I skidded through one really quickly. But then that's what you get for skidding, and they are lovely to ride on. I've kept one in the front and put a gatorskin in the back

My oldest bike was my Dads a Lambert Proffessional, recently rebuilt for a track day at Calshott

My Falcon Proffessional a freebie from my Brother in Law when they emigrated became my first fixed several years ago, built for a hill climb comp I started commuting on it and then doing my Audax rides on it.

My Holdsworth Monsoon 1960, salvaged from a skip with fire damage it cost me a respray by Mario Vaz in Hither Green, only downside is a slight kink in a seat stay that puts the wheel slightly off centre at the brake bridge this occaisionally means the chain can throw off at high cadence.

My main mileage muncher a custom built Ron Cooper Audax bike built with Bates cantiflex steel tubing.

and another freebie Raleigh hack bike, currently stripped of guards etc and fitted with tri bars for Time Trialling [well its done two last year]

fixedwheelnut, you still got contact details for mario vas, also cost indication and how the paint has held up?

my gf is based in hither green so it would be real easy to take my frame(s) there.

landline Mario Vaz -- 0208 852 0711
mobile -- 07956 314216

Basic colours start around £30 ish mettalic and flamms a bit more.

The Holdsworth cost about £75, but it was in a bad way from the fire damage to the front half and had two tone panelling, luglining and transfers plus two bottle cage bosses.

The paint has chipped in a couple of places but I am a bit clumsy.
One note a Mario Vaz week = a month :) so long as you accept that its fine.

Colourtech in Crayford/Dartford are pretty good to, they did my Ron Cooper which has held up well. They do SJS frames aswell.
01322 555549

thank you.

Hi all

Hi all I currently have 4 bikes in the stable

1 Old school Haro Freestyler with Skyways from the 80's....... http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/haro/525 .....not mine but very similar
2 Cannondale R500 Road bike gathering dust
3 Cannondale Track built for Mario Cippolini 2000 Olympics ..... FixedGearGallery No. 2337 http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2006/dec/JulianDick.htm
4 1984 Team Weinmann Raleigh 753r built for Malcolm Elliot by the Ilkeston factory currently set up as a single speed http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/Raleigh84/ral84_16.jpg I have the frame only other bits sold before I got the bike.

Will get some photos on FLIKR soonest

Recently purchased a nice Gazelle Champion Mondial in blue but the courier firm has lost it , was going to be a nice wet weather fixie lets hope it turns up.

Just joined so i thought i might as well post up my one and only ride at the moment...

I like. Lovely and clean. I think you need white wheels though ;)

Cheers, didn't stay clean for long though :(

Hej ImOnCrank

Are those the campa 50th anniversary brakelevers on your pinarello ?? You nutcase...

Some really nice rides been posted.

Heres my new whip (and soon to be only bike). Custom Richie Ditta track frame. This thing is fabulous.

More photos.