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• For Sale: Surly Steamroller 56cm complete bike

  in Complete bikes and frame & forks • 12 years, 5 months

  

  Would you consider posting? I've been looking around for a steamroller frame, but at this price I'd be happy to take the whole bike.

• For Sale: Surly Steamroller frame + forks 56cm

  in Complete bikes and frame & forks • 12 years, 6 months

  

  I'll happily take this, if it's still available and you're happy to post?

  I'll shoot you a pm now...

• Raleigh Twenty - Shabby Shopper

  in Current Projects • 12 years, 7 months

  

  So do you have to undo the allen key bolts as well?

  I think you can adjust the allen key bolts to take up any play that might develop between the two plates of the clamp.

• Raleigh Twenty - Shabby Shopper

  in Current Projects • 12 years, 7 months

  

  I quite like the idea of a newpin, the one that comes apart rather than folds.

  Like this...

  
  Dawes Fixed Gear - frame coupler by humblecyclist, on Flickr

• Raleigh Twenty - Shabby Shopper

  in Current Projects • 12 years, 7 months

  

  Love a Raleigh Twenty project! I've been trying to find something similar that's local AND cheap myself.

• For Sale: Wheels (27" Clinchers + Sprints): Airlite, Campagnolo, Miche, SR, Shimano, Normandy

  in Components and clothing • 12 years, 9 months

  

  Dibs the Normandy/Weinmann's. I'll shoot you a pm.

• Clavicle Error - Broken Collarbone

  in General • 13 years

  

  I went over my handle bars and shattered my collarbone a few months ago. My x-ray was also pretty gruesome and I was sent away in a sling and told to wait it out. The upshot of a really nasty break is it'll heal fairly quickly due to lot of surface area and blood to knit it all back together.

  My advice is to really keep up with the physio exercises that the fracture clinic will give you when you go in to have it checked, they are pretty simple and although they'll be murder at first you'll soon begin to see a bit of progress. Also, although my girlfriend was adament that I wasn't going to do anything at all, I forced myself to start doing a few things around the house as soon as I felt able and pushed myself a bit more every few days.

  I was back at work and on my bike after five or six weeks, but had to really watch what I was lifting for a couple more months afterward.

• Mavic MA2 Rims - Where to find?

  in Bikes & Bits • 13 years, 5 months

  

  I noticed Hilary Stone has got a pair of NOS 32H MA2 rims for sale on his site at the mo...

• Merino Clothing (base layers, etc)

  in Bikes & Bits • 13 years, 12 months

  

  aldi base layers on sale tomorrow:

  http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_16954.htm

  My old man was kind enough to pick me up some of these today, poor chap had to try a couple of different Aldi's to find a top and bottoms in my size.

  This is the first time I've owned any merino, looking forward to a toasty ride in them tomorrow!

• Rapha, nice but a bit pricey?

  in Bikes & Bits • 14 years

  

  I have a 60 sweede and a M Rapha Cap that fits perfectly.

  Hmmmm, maybe I just need a haircut then.

  I will say though, Rapha has the nicest packaging of anything I've ever ordered online.