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Hello all, due to lack of internet it's been a while since I've posted. My bike is finally up and running in London, so now I've turned my attention to getting my girlfriend on a fixie, via singlespeed. I found an old frame with horizontal dropouts which is the perfect size for her, and I managed to find an old 80s (probably) Peugeot that was going spare. I basically was hoping to strip all the desired parts off the Peugeot and put them on the frame I found so that I could save money for a new wheelset with a flipflop hub.
I'm aware that many of the parts might not be so easily swapped over, but I haven't been able to even try because I keep discovering that there is a new tool I need that I don't have. As I'm not even sure the parts are going to work, I don't want to keep shelling out for new tools that I might only ever use once, if at all. So:
Is there anywhere in London (a bicycle collective, bike kitchen, public workshop, etc.) where you can go and use tools for free and just mess around for an hour or two on your project?
I searched the forum and found the ones in hackney and tower hamlets, and was gutted to find that the tower hamlets one is once a month and that it ends in 20 minutes, so I'll have to wait another month. The next hackney one is on 4th december (if it's still running at all - does anyone know/has anyone ever been?). I really don't want to wait another two weeks, as this project was meant to be for her birthday and is already late due to unforeseen costs and tool issues - is there anything of this kind on a more regular basis?
Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions