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For sale next week then?

Doubt it, but keep your fingers crossed if you want.

I have a couple of bikes I use daily and keep for x amount of months (usually a minimum of 12 months). Other bikes, which tend to be fixed gear bikes are bought, fixed up, ridden a little (or lot depending on how enjoyable the ride is) and sold on.

I know someone else on this forum got one of those too recently.

Building up this nice frame. So far all parts have been sourced from LFGSS (apart from hubs and tyres).

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2678/4179190369_2d32845e29_b.jpg

http://static.londonfgss.com/memberpics3598-albums880-picture6069.jpg

http://static.londonfgss.com/memberpics3598-albums880-picture6070.jpg

Finished! Just need to swap the seatpost and a few tweaks, but it's all there and rides really sweet! (Sorry for massiveness of pics, not sure how to resize on here) - BLB fork is a compromise - not as nice as the double crown original, but I really didn't want to drill that - this looks ok I think though?

http://static.londonfgss.com/memberpics3598-albums880-picture6230.jpg

http://static.londonfgss.com/memberpics3598-albums880-picture6229.jpg

http://static.londonfgss.com/memberpics3598-albums880-picture6228.jpg

http://static.londonfgss.com/memberpics3598-albums880-picture6234.jpg

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http://static.londonfgss.com/memberpics3598-albums880-picture6232.jpg

Congrats 8Ball, that's shweet! just hope my Carlton can be half that good looking!

Quick question:

To properly fit a saddle to a Campagnolo NR seatpost (twin-bolt)...

...one of these is necessary... v

, amirite?

Yes, it makes life easier with that tool.

Need one?

yes, got one? epay sells them for a tenner... no way

Worth more than a tenner.

You can borrow mine if you're in London.

Oh...OK. lol. I will eventually need one, not right away.
I will PM you very soon in this case, thanks.
(I'll still follow some of the auctions, might get lucky : )

depends on the saddle i think, fitted a swallow to mine with just a regular spanner might struggle with a less cutaway saddle

pete

pic explains it better :)

pete

Def not my case... but good to see that you've made it easily.

RE: spanner vs campag NR post

I manage to take a saddle (brooks colt) off with a small normal spanner... but it took aaaaaaaaaaggges!

Finished the polo/trick/beater bike

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Fruit, that looks fucking fun. Good work.

finally a bike that i wont break :)

Only thing I'd be careful of are the cranks and whatever bottom bracket spindle you have in there. Otherside it looks like a really tough bike.

it has campagnolo cups and a zeus spindle, dura ace track cranks, if i break that i will go for bmx cranks

Cool, I trust they'll be ok but I mean old fluted style cranks wouldn't be my first choice for this kind of bicycle.

now it has a cinelli track stem and a cinelli track bar and benotto bar tape

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2679/4240039713_5bc4f8be4a_o.jpg

nice close up

now it has a cinelli track stem and a cinelli track bar and benotto bar tape

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2679/4240039713_5bc4f8be4a_o.jpg

HOT! And fucking enormous as well!

Only looks about a 62cm, if that.

That would still be too big for me, and I'm not small.