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Looks like an expensive tank
Each to their own Olly. It's lighter than a Surly Steamroller frame and the last time I rode one of those it was a joy.
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Will make a beautiful fixed or a vintage roadie. Refurbed for a window display near Bath when the Tour Of Britain was in our neck of the woods this year. Build this up for less than the price of a f'kin Plug, Langster or some other ME-Too wannabee taiwanese heap, and get a really unique ride. Beautiful engraved brass headbadge. Tough powdercoated black - goes with everything. Usual spacing 100/120. English BB. Believed to be '60's era; number stamped into seat tube lug "36054 E". Can't find much on BSA serial numbers - leave that to the anoraks.
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Hi KoalaBoar
You clearly like your vintage / Unique bikes. I've got this one for sale at the moment.
www.inthewoodshed.co.uk/blackbsasalepage.html
Now you're here in Britain you can't get much more quintessentially British than BSA. Fresh refurbish job. If you need I could arrange to do a build up and sell you a rolling machine ready to go. It's a 54, so at the top end of your stated size range, but should fit you by your reckoning. You can be quite sure nobody else will have one like this.
Regards,
Herohirst.
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Sod the law wherever it says. Ain't it just common sense not to do it - it's a good way to get crushed against railings etc and end up a bit dead?
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When you've shredded the crotch out of one pair (it's gonna happen...) don't just fling 'em, cut the legs into square patches and stitch one to the crotch of a a cheapie pair from JS / Tesco et al (if you can't manage this then be nice to your Mum and she'll probably do it for you; it's the bloke equivalent of suddenly coming over "all girlie").
I've done this for the last 3 winters and managed to get myself 2 pairs of "commuting" jeans for less that £15. This year I went for the extra patch stitched to the inside of the jeans and then wear an old pair of trek shorts, with a pad, underneath them so I don't ruin my sac on the stiffer crotch bit. -
On One used to stock Dinotte lights and I bought one on intro offer when they first started. Small, lightweight, runs on AA's not some specific-and-set-to-become-obsolete Li ion pack and tough as you like. Made from a machined barrel of aluminium, mine are 5+ years old, have done my winter commuting all through that time; they still look and work fine. Eventually the bar strap perishes but it is just a large rubber O ring, which again is entirely replaceable. Could have got one from On One or Dinotte but found one at Homebase for pennies.
On One don't do 'em any more but they show up on ebay from time to time and are a bargain. The front is BRIGHT and the rear gives a huge glow. I have been followed by friends (returning home from parties etc) in their cars who reported honestly thinking they were coming up behind a motorcyle with a fog light on until they realised it was me.
Can't recommend them enough but make sure to go for the AA battery packs (they do offer a lithium battery pack version). -
Signed Up. With Pleasure.
Crickey. It REALLY doesn’t take too much to get a serious rise out of some of you lot does it? I go off to the workshop for the day only to come home to find that I’ve initiated a complete car-crash of a reaction! At least it’s better than apathy I suppose.
OK, here it is. I’m a long time cyclist but a relative newbie on this forum. Believe it or not my primary purpose in posting here isn’t to piss people off. I’ve got something I might keep or sell and the price I was looking for is wrong in your opinion(s). Fine. What’s the problem? Some of the early reactions (Marcho) are reasonable and realistic. Then a bizarre mob mentality takes over like a fever. One person leads off with a bit of excess, then the floodgates open and the rest follow like sheep each one trying to trump the last. Cock fighting, pure and simple. This disproportionate avalache is a tendency that happens every now and then on this site and it must have a negative effect in the long run? Newbies will keep finding LFGSS and some will make basic errors and/or errors of judgement & if they just get flamed for it they’ll fuck off somewhere else and not come back. And eventually the clique will isolate itself; surely a bit of a tragedy in the long run?
In anticipation of a boringly predictable tide of further abuse and HTFU’s, I just want to state for the record that I’m not that bothered what some other people think (life’s too short) and I’m sure it won’t stop me coming back here and reading. As for the frame, if nobody else sees value in it then I’ll just ride it and enjoy it myself. I’ve given it enough time and attention already so it will be a pleasure. I just wanted to try and encourage the loudest shouters to keep their hair on. If I’ve helped some people to get rid of today’s ration of bile then maybe I’ve done something. Have a beer. Punch the wall. Anything, but keep life in perspective. It’s just a bike.
H.