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@Quiet_Mike
Thank you. Those grips are something else. I've not seen them on another machine? But I haven't looked that hard either ... ;-)
I'm in Southampton, which is something that has steered me away from here before I think. I've known of LFGSS for a while, but the local nature of the name put me off I think.
I was just getting frustrated that there didn't seem to be a decent forum out there for classic lightweight aficionados? Classic rendezvous and Classic Lightweights are excellent knowledge resources, Retrobike seems more geared towards BMX, and they class 1980 as vintage! Bikeforum is useful but American ...
Anyway, I'm hear now! Unfortunately I'm neither a true fixie rider, or in London, but we'll see how I get on. Reading through these pages has inspired me to turn the flipflop hub on my old BSA around and spend the winter trying to retrain my legs on it ...
1933 BSA Sports by zombikombi1959, on Flickr