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So this is the answer

That might put my new track wheels back a few months, sending some business the way of Clermont-Ferrand is always a good thing in my books.

Could someone (ed) please ID the toptube bag?

It's called a gas tank.

Aharrr

Back to porn....
Photo of Swiss Cross
Fastback seat stays and CX (as mentioned by veLLo). Yup.

I love that bike. I want one, one day, although it would be wasted on me as it's unlikely I would do CX.

I agree with Tester on the screw on sprockets: we all have seen them failing, flip flop hubs sold for single speed usage only because the thread on the fixed side is fucked, etc...

They are recurrent problems with bike engineering, fastback seat stays are not one of them. They just work. Roberts and Ritchey don't wank.

VeLLo, you'd love the new Hope Fixee hubs that not only have bolt on, but also for the freewheel side.

Lets all make go bikepacking in London Fields and make sweet campvibes.

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Lets all make go bikepacking in London Fields and make sweet campvibes.

Funnily enough, the owner end up not going;

Was supposed to ride this 200 miles down to Athens Ohio today, but the weather disagrees. Will have to drive down.:(

but what's the saddle ?

As it turns out, the thread is not in too much danger as long as the transmission ratio is quite large, say >2:1 for lightweight hill climbers or >3:1 for burly track sprinters, and it equally turns out that efficient ½" pitch roller chain drives at bicycle loads and speeds don't demand smaller sprockets than can be accommodated over a 1.370" pilot bore. But it's still wrong..

It's a good thing burly polo players aren't using fixed with 1.4:1 - 1.7:1 gear ratios any more.

Wait, how long before I kill this WI freewheel?

but what's the saddle ?

Looks like a Specialized Phenom Gel saddle, has a very bulbous nose...

local man in Wimbledon ride the exact same frame and colourway, always seemed to be wearing short and stripey t-shirt.

They are recurrent problems with bike engineering, fastback seat stays are not one of them

This I've already agreed with

Roberts and Ritchey don't wank.

This I find improbable

Wait, how long before I kill this WI freewheel?

Your freewheel will be fine, it's the soft aluminium hub threads which die.

I can't get my head around a race bike without a powermeter.

Your freewheel will be fine, it's the soft aluminium hub threads which die.

Freewheels are little problem as long as they are not corroded--- easily preventable by use of a suitable montage paste. People have been riding on bicycles with aluminum hubs, multi-gear freewheels or track screw-on sprockets for much longer than half a century--- and 1950s aluminum alloys were quite a bit softer--- so its not like there is a lack of experience or field data on the matter. Threads, of course, can be mucked but bicycle forces are not terribly large so a number of ad-hoc repair solutions can and have been applied to great success.

has this been here yet?

I can't get my head around a race bike without a powermeter.

That's a lot of bikes to get your head around.

^^ great call.

http://i.imgur.com/5fsuMq5.jpg

has this been here yet?

Amazing, is it gaz198312567's?