The new look for my old langster...

Posted on Mon 25th, May 2009

• #1

Hoym-Bot

Well thanks to everyone who gave me good advice on restyling the old bird. Although late, i promised to show you the result.

This is what it looked like.. (London Southend Heartfoundation run)

Worth mentioning:
Shiny black - Armourtex Hackney - About £50, got the nice price since they actually wanted more for aluframes.. Lovely guys!

Wheels - Longleaf bikes USA. velocity - Phil rear hub - Formula front. The guy there Chris (i think) was super helpful and even reduced the stated value down to $150 dollars or so to help ease the VAT.

Major issues. The headset bearing cups. Needed pro help to push them back in...

It now weighs in at 8,5kilograms

Well i have since moved from the big smoke after 8 years of mayhem, and find myself in little Oslo.. And yes I cycled the bike all the way from London to Oslo.. The route was London - Harwich (ferry) Esbjerg - Vejle - Viborg - Frederikshavn (ferry) Oslo. 4 Days of cycling in all.
Lovely ride but would have been even better with some company...

Along the way:

I do miss London from time to time....... Give us a ding-dong if you come to norway..

South London Rocks!

Herman

BTW I´m super happy with the thing. I recommend this bike for anyone who wants a low-cost low maintenance FG/SS bike you want to do some serious milage with. And its super fast!
• #2

trailstar

looks nice. I dont get it why a lot of people hate the langster, i love the geometry of the frame.

any probs with the chainline when putting a new rear hub in?
• #3

coppiThat

interesting you should check out these langster make-overs

www.pimpmylangster.com

there are some amazing ones there. seems likeits the thing to do this summer.
• #4

hippy

Wrong URL dude.. it's www.pimpmylangster.co.uk
• #5

trailstar

some of the langsters on fixedgeargallery are lush

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