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• Wanted: Complete 60/61cm single speed bike

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• Wanted: Complete 60/61cm single speed bike

  in Wanted Adverts • 14 years, 11 months

  

  Hello,

  I'm an American expat working in London for the next 8-12 months, and I'd like a used single speed bike to get around town.

  I'm 6'5" and probably need a 58cm - 61cm frame, which I recognize may be tough. Price negotiable based on bike condition, and I'm also willing to buy miscellaneous accessories like a lock. Cash exchange in person in London only, please.

  Thanks!

• New york fixed gear

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 14 years, 11 months

  

  Sorry, also do not have an invite but can echo Velo for rentals, along with Bicycle Habitat (Lafayette & Spring) and Sid's (E 34th & 2nd or W 19th & 7th).

• Bike Advice for an Expat from NYC

  in Bikes & Bits • 14 years, 11 months

  

  Excellent, thanks! Any advice on places to buy used, or is this site the best way to find something?

• Moved to Brooklyn - where to get parts?

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 14 years, 11 months

  

  I can also vouch for Velo and Affinity, good places to check out. And, if you want to see cycling equipment worth more than most of us are, check out R&A in Park Slope. Last time I was there they had an $18k bike in the window. Yikes.

• Good areas to live in New York?

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 14 years, 11 months

  

  All, I know this thread has been settled for a bit, but I'd like to throw in one more Brooklyn neighborhood as a reference for anyone else who comes along. Prospect Heights is between Park Slope and Fort Greene (both mentioned), and it's the latest to get a bit gentrified... but prices are still low for apartments, and you have immediate access to Prospect Park and good bike baths to downtown.

• Bike Advice for an Expat from NYC

  in Bikes & Bits • 14 years, 11 months

  

  Hello all. I'm in a similar position as dbnyc, just over to London (city) for work for a few months. I am not shipping my bikes from home, so I'd like to buy one locally, and I think going single speed is a good way to keep the cost down, as I will only be here a year. I would only be around London, possibly out to Canary Wharf (work) from near St Pauls... can anyone tell me if that's an easy ride on a single? Thanks!