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I think this is the latest thread on decent respray places but apologies if not.
I'd like to get my Surly LHT resprayed as part of a rebuild, and currently live in Twickenham. I was going to use Armoutex in Hackney, but it sounds like they are inconsistent / quality is hit and miss these days.
Can anyone recommend an alternative respray place? Ideally budget but if necessary, higher end. Anywhere in or near London is ok but West would be best if poss. Thanks :))
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Apparently I was moving too early. To be fair, I do try and push off as soon as the lights hit Amber if there's no peds in the road to get ahead of the cars and bikes pulling off from the lights. But that's my call, whatever, hey ho, the guy can track stand so I'll salute him.
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Had the pleasure of following a pretty distasteful guy in an LFGSS hat from Hammersmith to Richmond. After shouting some kindly advice at me about not riding off from lights as they change from Amber to green , from a good distance of course whilst riding away from me, to give the advice real impact and make himself look really confident, he kept muttering to himself angrily at different traffic lights on the way west. I'm not usually speechless on my way home, but, mate, you managed it. Good to know there are testosterone filled roid heads on two wheels as well as four to watch out for now. Cheers buddy.
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Thanks - it would be herne hill not an indoor track, and I'd pack a sack of tax free baby wipes to get the sled spic and span before daring to enter the oval :)
Cheers sumo - seems sensible and sounds like it is worth a go. If i manage to ride often enough I'll think about something dedicated but right now id just like to try riding something that I fit and know inside out and see how it goes.
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[nb - this assume a fixed / fixed rear wheel is track legal....]
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hi
i want to start taking my dolan down to the track regularly, now i've finally switched out the components for track-legal stuff (including a fixed / fixed rear wheel that gives me, i think, 68 and 92 gear inches depending on which side I run it) .
i use the bike for commuting and weekend rides and have easton road bars and an ultegra front brake on it. I'm thinking that a relatively easy way to dual purpose the bike, would be to buy a set of track drops and a track stem, to ride to the track with the regular bars and front brake, then swap the bar and stem combo when I get there through removing the original set at the steerer, undoing the headset screw and the two vertical stem bolts, replacing with the track set, and fastening back up
i can't see why doing this carefully on a regular basis would weaken any parts, but i'm not a mechanic - am i missing something obvious? switching out alloy bolts for steel i guess?
grateful for advice
ollie
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signed up, excited about the coffee and thought the design of the site was excellent once i realised the account page was effectively 'live' (if it is?!)
Awesome, cheers @amey