Experiment: One Thread, One Bike, One Vision

REMAINING TOTAL: £102

• BenJam, building the thing, crate of beer @£8
  
• photoben, two wheels (rear has 6sp hub) £15
  
• photoben, a head stem - pint (of what? lets say Star @£3)
  
• edmundro, handlebars £15
  
• Dov, Miche 1/8th chain, brand new in the pack. £7
  
• jimalex, 2x inner tubes, £0
  
• gaia, air for tyres, £0
  

Tell him to buy an old racer on gumtree/fleabay for £100 - not hard

end of thread.

pm'd

Man I couldn't go for that bike because of the douche that bought it.

Anyway... 2x repaired tubes to get a new roller rolling.

the 'douche' was an imposter
not the man pictured

i thought everyone had realised...

fred clearly doesnt get the f*cking point of the thread.

REMAINING TOTAL: £102

• BenJam, building the thing, crate of beer @£8
  
• photoben, two wheels (rear has 6sp hub) £15
  
• photoben, a head stem - pint (of what? lets say Star @£3)
  
• edmundro, handlebars £15
  
• Dov, Miche 1/8th chain, brand new in the pack. £7
  
• jimalex, 2x inner tubes, £0
  
• gaia, air for tyres, £0
  
• benjam, pedals, £0
  

no gets the f*cking point ! that IS the point.

fine I'm going to collect bits in the freecycle threads then buy a frame on the sale threads...and update this to reflect.

REMAINING TOTAL: £97

• BenJam, building the thing, crate of beer @£8
  
• photoben, two wheels (rear has 6sp hub) £15
  
• photoben, a head stem - pint (of what? lets say Star @£3)
  
• edmundro, handlebars £15
  
• Dov, Miche 1/8th chain, brand new in the pack. £7
  
• jimalex, 2x inner tubes, £0
  
• gaia, air for tyres, £0
  
• benjam, pedals, £0
  
• BenJam, front brake+cables, £5
  
• BenJam, reflectors and bell, £0 (safety first hahaha)
  

Hey benjam, did you get my PM? No worries if your friend isn't keen on my offer but would be nice to know so I can start a for sale thread

yankee_doodle_dandy is the guy i'm building the bike for. PM him and, i guess, he can make the decision :)

sorry about leaving you hanging there, forgot!

I've been digging around in my bedroom!

REMAINING TOTAL: £95

• BenJam, building the thing, crate of beer @£8
  
• photoben, two wheels (rear has 6sp hub) £15
  
• photoben, a head stem - pint (of what? lets say Star @£3)
  
• edmundro, handlebars £15
  
• Dov, Miche 1/8th chain, brand new in the pack. £7
  
• jimalex, 2x inner tubes, £0
  
• gaia, air for tyres, £0
  
• benjam, pedals, £0
  
• BenJam, front brake+cables, £5
  
• BenJam, reflectors and bell, £0 (safety first hahaha)
  
• BenJam, 17t rear cog, £2
  

free saddle and handle bars if your boy wants an old white turbo copy and drops

I even got some silstar monoblock cranks if you need - matched and good condition, but one is 170 (non drive) one is 165 (drive side) 48T, 3/32 £10?

have big parts bin, so if you wanna come round and have a look pm me.

So here's how it works:

ha ha ha, ok.

-Cheesecake_Intl; Watching this thread FAIL; £ PRICELESS!

Chances are an unconsidered mash up of components will fail when nothing fits.

That said i've some shims i'll give you for being a chancer £0

I've got some brand new black Aluminum Forks (700c 1-1/8", 43mm rake) you can have for £10 if you're not getting a frame with forks.

this is going to be the ugliest bike in the world

this is going to be the ugliest bike in the world

That'll take some doing, have you seen the anti-porn thread!

haha i'm enjoying this thread, my favourite bit is the way people are pretending to be down on the idea and then offering something for the bike in the next sentence haha.. i say go for it, will be interesting to see if it works.

YAY! okay so now we have:

PS I've taken charge for beer off the list as yankie doodle says he'll get em in anyways

REMAINING TOTAL: £96

• BenJam, building the thing, crate of beer
  
• photoben, two wheels (rear has 6sp hub) £15
  
• photoben, a head stem - pint
  
• edmundro, handlebars £15
  
• Dov, Miche 1/8th chain, brand new in the pack. £7
  
• jimalex, 2x inner tubes, £0
  
• gaia, air for tyres, £0
  
• benjam, pedals, £0
  
• BenJam, front brake+cables, £5
  
• BenJam, reflectors and bell, £0 (safety first hahaha)
  
• BenJam, 17t rear cog, £2
  
• wapping warrioir, lack Aluminum Forks (700c 1-1/8", 43mm rake, £10
  
• charco, shims, £0
  

go bike go!

REMAINING TOTAL: £86

• BenJam, building the thing, crate of beer
  
• photoben, two wheels (rear has 6sp hub) £15
  
• photoben, a head stem - pint
  
• edmundro, handlebars £15
  
• Dov, Miche 1/8th chain, brand new in the pack. £7
  
• jimalex, 2x inner tubes, £0
  
• gaia, air for tyres, £0
  
• benjam, pedals, £0
  
• BenJam, front brake+cables, £5
  
• BenJam, reflectors and bell, £0 (safety first hahaha)
  
• BenJam, 17t rear cog, £2
  
• wapping warrioir, lack Aluminum Forks (700c 1-1/8", 43mm rake, £10
  
• charco, shims, £0
  
• mobidog, monoblack crank 165 (drive side) 48T, 3/32 £10
  

gimme gimme gimme fried chicken!

ur just a poor boy and i dun got nuttin' fo you

Scaramoosh scaramossh where did that white van go.......

Campagnolo, campagnolo campagnolo figaro..

Beelzebub has a Hippy for a son.....