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  • bought an 07 langster new for £350 over a year ago, sanded it and painted it (to get rid of the rust colour and skulls), added some risers and a new brake lever, and left everything else stock. Haven't had a thing go wrong with it (except the cog and lockring have loosened a couple of times) and I have pretty much abused it...not bad for having a 15 stone lad skidding everywhere on it. I know it is mainly the geometry that people don't like and the fact a lot of nuggets buy them but mine has served me well. Got me hooked onto fixed gear riding which is a good thing. I'm now building up my own bike exactly how I want it and will probably sell my langster. I'm dubious that my new build will be as light and generally as good as my langster though. Maybe when I build my own I will see the problem with the langster but I have tried other steel and alu framed bikes and I have always preffered the langster. I definitely think they serve their purpose (except for the horrible city-themed versions!).

  • Flat tyre, chain is tight though.

    The tyre was an easy fix, chain has slacked off a bit after a 50km ride today where the chain wheel loosened off on me so took the tension off till i can get some loctite on those bastards.
    Just gotta get a new saddle and it should be a half decent rig, got my eyes on a nice san marco rolls with a touch of gold which should go alright with the chain.

  • The tyre was an easy fix, chain has slacked off a bit after a 50km ride today where the chain wheel loosened off on me so took the tension off till i can get some loctite on those bastards.
    Just gotta get a new saddle and it should be a half decent rig, got my eyes on a nice san marco rolls with a touch of gold which should go alright with the chain.

    PM me, I have that saddle spare.

  • Keen to send it to Australia for a good price?

  • I luv my langster.

  • Saw the '08 going for £320 in Bromley Bikes yesterday.

  • Langsters fucking rule . ( I may be a bit pissed writing this )

  • My Ganster (geddit?) is currently undergoing a transformation. It's going from poo brown to a pink and black mean machine. I bought it without having much of a clue about fixed bikes and loved it. I'm now making it look waaay G. Also I used to skate, so that makes me cool enough, right?

    I may have drunk too much coffee before posting.

  • .....edit... I definitely think they serve their purpose (except for the horrible city-themed versions!).

    http://thebicycleescape.blogspot.com/2008/05/2009-spcialized-langster.html
    Vegas anyone?

  • Personally - rode one, really didn't like it. The Alu-Carbon mix just didn't work for me.

    Steel all the way since.

    there is more to life than langster...& similarly priced alternatives available have been discussed:
    http://www.londonfgss.com/post189082-53.html (the definitive OTP list)

    However I have to fess, I own another specialized (single speed centrum) and I look forward to the "Vegas" version of that!

  • Not a fan of langsters at all. Fixed is about simplicity and generally not being affected by much amirite? As soon as you slam that into the back of a car say bye bye to the forks, and the frame won't be up to a lot either. Tubes look horrible being that thick and it looks like an MTB frame cos it's quite compact (think that's how i see them) steel is the way forward.

    Looks and materials just don't cut it for me.

  • Anyone else have a 54 Langster?
    Bought one a month ago and just realised that the paintjob on the seat-tube looks a little funny.
    Is it supposed to be this low?

  • Anyone else have a 54 Langster?
    MG]

    '54, fuck me, i only thought the came out in '04

  • Mine's fucking gangster. So many stickers it's way rad.

  • nope, the chicago langster is the gangster.

    as it says on the top tube

  • Fixed is about simplicity and generally not being affected by much amirite?

    Fixed isn't 'about' anything...Fixed 'IS' just a bike with a fixed gear.
    The style of that bike is down to each individual rider to choose.

    And i'd hardly call 'slamming it into the back of a car' not affecting it by much.
    Maybe you should stop worrying what fixed is 'about' and start worrying about your apparent inability to 'stop'....amirite?

  • yer deadrite :)

  • haha. scott's turn for grumpy stick this week. ROFL!

  • Fixed isn't 'about' anything...Fixed 'IS' just a bike with a fixed gear.
    The style of that bike is down to each individual rider to choose.

    And i'd hardly call 'slamming it into the back of a car' not affecting it by much.
    Maybe you should stop worrying what fixed is 'about' and start worrying about your apparent inability to 'stop'....amirite?

    Your wrong riding a fixed wheel bike is like a religion man and you're close to being excommunicated brother. I'll be round to check on you soon.

    You have been warned.

  • Your wrong riding a fixed wheel bike is like a religion man and you're close to being excommunicated brother. I'll be round to check on you soon.

    You have been warned.

    If fixed is a religion...thank fuck i'm an Atheist !!!

  • Scott's rants are much more amusing than my cycling jokes.. :-D

  • Anyone else have a 54 Langster?
    Bought one a month ago and just realised that the paintjob on the seat-tube looks a little funny.
    Is it supposed to be this low?

    '54, fuck me, i only thought the came out in '04

    NOS. still got the sticker on the top tube...

  • Scott's rants are much more amusing than my cycling jokes.. :-D

    you make jokes, PR? then hell yeah, scott is waaaaaaay funnier :)

  • If fixed is a religion...thank fuck i'm an Atheist !!!

    SS for agnostics then?

  • ....As soon as you slam that into the back of a car say bye bye to the forks, and the frame won't be up to a lot either........

    Looks and materials just don't cut it for me.

    why on earth would you 'slam' it into the back of a car? Can a BJ / Mercian et al be 'slam'med into the back of a car with complete abandon...if so I'm definetely getting one.

    my '06 Langster has just clocked 10k miles.....and like Triggers broom its still going strong! And I think I just look like a bloke riding a bike when I'm riding it. when I want to pose I take my Ferrari out for a spin.

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