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@BrickMan
near cockermouth, so north-western. Used it live right on the rim of Wasdale valley (gosforth), its proper rugged on the western side and recieves nowhere near as many tourist buses and american's with oversized neon 1990's tshirts and lycra (no joke, you still see them).
Used to ride loads on mountain bike but can't afford to run the big bike anymore. knocked about on single speed mtb (built for free out of old bits) but end up carrying it for the most part and v'brakes suck ass in the bogs.
so now I'm out on the roads, hence all these skinny tyre flyer things clogging up my house.
With the frame style I'm fairly sure a messina build is close to it, so guess if you really wanted to you could get BJ to build something similar now :)
Can't afford to build it up yet (not at proper market prices for stuff, I like rummaging in cheap/used shops & scavenging stuff) and when I do get round to it not sure whether to go SS, fixed with an easy ratio or through some high end geared setup on there. Looked into internal hub gears but baulking at the weight and faff. Will be back asking LFGSS when I get that far.
That club racer style bike is nice, my previous boss has a sweet 1946 Raleigh clubman that he freshly built up about a year ago in a very similar style, he's going to do a nice long ride from Selfridges upto Epping forest and then all the way upto Cumbria next month, not sure if he's going to get a forum ride organized to accompany him on his first leg.