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Colours on the frame are dreadful (although the fork's rather tasty on its own - I had that lying around in the loft). Someone did a real hatchet job trying to DIY repaint the frame. It's got some pink, lilac and black - all matt paint, presumably sprayed on in a hurry, given the drip bobbles on the underside of the tube, and no lacquer, so it's chipping.
Still, I got the frame for £10.50 on eBay, and it is structurally in good nick, so I'm happy. Replaces the previous beater's frame which I discovered last weekend has a broken chainstay. Previous beater was built from bits I had lying around + new brake cables and a very cheap new fixed gear rear wheel (with sprocket). Real budget bike (total cost ~£60), but it goes quick :-)
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Latest steed.I put this together yesterday afternoon.
I guess I ought to go and post this in anti-porn before someone else does
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Reckon that's a bit of a bargain for the Pug. Can't comment on the Falcon, although looks in fair nick.
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Fingers crossed for you. I've developed a real soft spot for this frame over the last couple of days of discussion on the forum! Very much hoping someone can make something good of it (would love to think of it being built up keeping the same colour scheme).
Could be a beaut
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I am looking for a 55" if anyone has any information
Holy cow! How tall are you?
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Yeesh. That'll be a fun project for someone, but agree, it would be a real shame to junk it. Wonder whether it would be possible to cut and file off the seat clamp and then use a quick release clamp (or allen key version) instead.
Of course, all that's assuming that it is possible to remove the offending seat tube
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Price drop? Seriously?!
This is utterly gorgeous, and I think a super price for what you get. Why has no-one snaffled this one up already?
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I'm thinking of entering this: http://www.thelondonduathlon.co.uk/
Can anyone give me some tips on what I need to do for transition? I assume you don't just wear normal trainers and sit down to casually slip off the Sidis and lace them on?
Also, can I just pop tri bars on my road bike? The ones I've seen don't have brakes - seems very iffy to me.
If you live in/near London, I would recommend doing one of the RG Active brick training sessions (just google RG Active and you'll find it). These basically teach you how to do transitions. I have competed in the London Duathlon twice, and each time, the weekend before, I completed their brick training session in Richmond Park, which I found really helped get me ready.
You can put tri bars on your road bike if you want them - in the first couple of years I competed, I never bothered and just rode with normal drop bars - not a big deal. There'll be plenty of people competing on mountain bikes or hybrids!
London Duathlon is a really fun event. A bit expensive, but well run and a super atmosphere. I highly recommend it.
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+1: is this still available, or is it gone?
Anyone else looking to get shot of one of these (ideally a little larger)?
Repaired. Thx. IGMC