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Cheers Camden Strangler, I do accept the tone of your reply and your message but there's nothing like being kicked when you are down eh? You are right of course, only last week I thought "I must write the frame no down" and I didn't do it, I am clearly a muppet and deserved all that I got!
That said.......I normally ride a 20 year-old steel racer to work and didn't last week as I was getting something fixed (still not finished). My bike was secured with 2 locks at work at the bike rack which is out of public view and in the grounds of the work place. 2 lads were caught on CCTv checking the place out and then one of them dissapeared for 2 mins off camera to then reappear for 2 secs riding off with my bike slung over their back. They had cut through a New York Kryptonite lock (as above) and had left the front wheel still attached to the other lock. I had made a rubbish attempt to cover the bike with black masking tape but they obivouly saw through that pretty quickly.
The bike is a 2006 Scott CR1 Pro, 54cm frame, silver and grey, the link below (if it works) is exaclty the same model:
http://users.telenet.be/spiessens/images/blog/scottvstrek/DSC_0004.JPG
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Thanks again, I'd like to say I'd have a go at the conversion myself (to singlespeed) but reckon to save botchin it myself .....and then getting someone to fix my mess I'll take it to someone who knows their stuff. Anyone familiar with Recycles in Surbiton? I need to be convinced of the joy of the fixed ride before I consider that one and I guess this is definitely the place to receive a positive message.
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Thanks for the advice, re the "lasting magic gear" apologies for the question based on ignorance but does a tensioner allow you to change the ration of the fixed gear in case you find out that the one you have gone for turns out to be harder (or too easy) to turn that you had first thought? I'm looking to use the bike as single speed to and from work and around London basically, not really many hills to speak of coming in from Kingston way.
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I've got an old Edison cyclocross bike I'd like to make single speed (not fixed, too scared for that). It is currently a triple chainset with bar end shifters, 10 speed cassette. Shoud that be easy to convert?
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Hi, hoping that someone might have spotted a silver and black Scott CR1 Pro for sale in the past week, maybe going for stupid money at Brick Lane? It was stolen from my work place early last week and 'd love to get it back. Any sign anyone?
New to the forum and hope to post something more positive next time, not the best way to start!
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Thanks CamdenStrangler, apologies if I was tetchy with my reply, I'm as exasperated with myself as you are, cheers also for the tip re met police auction, I might well have a look. Contacted the retailler and they didn't have a record of the frame as was ex-demo bike, not sure tht should make a difference.
MC_Nebula, I am double the muppet I already thought that I was, whilst I did have a Kryptonite Lock, looking again at the pic above it certainly wasn't an NY-Fag so it's reputation seems intact and my own gets worse as I think I might have been done by nothing more clever than some kids armed with nothing more than a Bic pen! (having become wise to the trick now since the bike was nicked....years after everyone else in the world already knew it seems). That might explain why there was not sign of anything having been cut.