Names and faces to bikes

There'll be better photos soon, going to get pedals, and take some nice ones in front of oxford landmarks.

of oxford landmarks.

What - Parkend Club, Po Na Na's, The Ice Rink, TGI Fridays, Pennyfarthing Bike Shop(if it's still there?)

i thought i should say hello and thanks this is me as i have been lurking for some time and benefitting from much of the useful and entertaining information posted here. ive been riding fixed for a coupla years this is my current hip hop slave bike bought in tokyo i also have a bob jackson conversion and a trek 520 for touring.

i am currently enjoying/not enjoying being unemployed hence the time for introducing myself here. still i have plenty of time for riding my bike.

hello and goodbye

jon.

dude, i suggest you go out and buy some new cranks. those TA ones are the cheapest nastiest most likely to fold/break cranks ever made.

smallbrownbike, that was hilarious yesterday on the sheldon ride when Jump Around came over the sound system and you and sheep starting hopping at the lights. nice one dude.

i thought i should say hello and thanks this is me as i have been lurking for some time and benefitting from much of the useful and entertaining information posted here. ive been riding fixed for a coupla years this is my current hip hop slave bike bought in tokyo i also have a bob jackson conversion and a trek 520 for touring.

i am currently enjoying/not enjoying being unemployed hence the time for introducing myself here. still i have plenty of time for riding my bike.

hello and goodbye

jon.
Did you get it from Punch?

yep. strange opening hours that place.

hello jon, Orun here from a little ol' place called Crapple.

we should ride to the sunset one day.

yeh - picked up a dave marsh frame (see 2-4 pages back on this thread). hes in barbados at the mo, back on weds.

Just saying hello, being new here.

This is my bicycle. Just built it up on sunday (old bits onto the new frame). Still needs the front brake added...

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yep. strange opening hours that place.

Recognize the flames.

[QUOTE=sung;141912]Just saying hello, being new here.

This is my bicycle. Just built it up on sunday (old bits onto the new frame). Still needs the front brake added...

add no brake; enjoy the leg muscles.

I'll be starting on a new build very soon, my first bike has gone to hell (stolen). Just putting up a load of bits from my trainer collection on ebay now to fund the parts!

Just saying hello, being new here.

This is my bicycle. Just built it up on sunday (old bits onto the new frame). Still needs the front brake added...

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Nice ! :) Very Nice.

add no brake; enjoy the leg muscles.

I like no brake in theory, but feel better having it as back-up. I do TRY not to use it though.

Thanks for the compliments Tynan. :)

tynan likes bikes with prominent rear ends, facilitated by incongruous splashes of colour.

He'd ride a chimpanzee or a baboon with a big shocking pink arse if it passed the weight weenies test on his scales.

He'd ride a chimpanzee or a baboon with a big shocking pink arse if it passed the weight weenies test on his scales.

Did you just indirectly call my bike a baboon with a shocking pink arse?

That's a warm welcome if I ever heard one... :D

tynan likes bikes with prominent rear ends, facilitated by incongruous splashes of colour.

He'd ride a chimpanzee or a baboon with a big shocking pink arse if it passed the weight weenies test on his scales.
LOL! Baboonenger.

Love the Mercian! What are the rims? Rigida?

Hey man, nah they're 27" Jalco aeros... It took three days to de-anodise those bastards!! Never. Again.

teenslain: Deanodised?! Phew! How? Wet n Dry sandpaper? Or what? You must have really wanted shiny aeros huh. I saw some luurvley shiny Ofmegas (700) on a Jos bike recently, I know why did it.

teenslain: Deanodised?! Phew! How? Wet n Dry sandpaper? Or what? You must have really wanted shiny aeros huh. I saw some luurvley shiny Ofmegas (700) on a Jos bike recently, I know why did it.

I used jol's method (http://www.londonfgss.com/thread190.html), worked but took a load of applications of caustic soda to get the anodised layer off... I used wet and dry sponges from Halfords, steel wool and finished with Autosol... They're not really finished yet, they could do with another 3 or 4 hours of polishing, but to be honest I can't really face it at the moment... Gonna wait for a sunny day and do it in the garden with a case of beer next to me... They look a million times better now tho'... :)

They look great. Fairdoos!

Caustic soda is pretty darn evil. Definitely a garden job.

caustic soda
steel wool
wet and dry
autosol

that's a labour of love

caustic soda
steel wool
wet and dry
autosol

So much for bikes being better for the environment..

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You may have changed the gear, but you'll always be 50x14 ;)

Atleast he has straps now too