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Ooh, I'd be interested in the Thompson seatpost and the M540s. What would you consider to be a fair offer?

fixedpip

I assume you're using a pin spanner and right tools, have the bearings facing the right way (assuming this is a new 75 BB with the caged bearings) and know what yer doing, so my only thought is maybe you're using too much grease and getting false positives when trying to get the adjustment right.

Aside from that, I'd inspect the bearings and races for damage; try with loose ball bearings as maybe the retainers are damaged in some way?!?

Yeah - I'm doing it by the book. Might give the loose bearings a crack, although that sounds like inviting even more grief! Possibly too much grease - where would you draw the line between 'too much' and 'not enough'?

hippy

Spacer perhaps? Right number of bearings each side? BB shell isn't too wide is it?

It looks OK, and the lockring fits on nicely, so I don't think it's because the shell is too large. And the bearings are caged and came with.

I've been having real trouble getting the Sugino 75 loose-bearing BB dialled-in. Does anyone know if there's a knack to it that I'm missing. (Fit the drive-side cup. Grease a set of bearings, drop those in. Add the spindle and the plastic thingy. More heavily-greased bearings, then the adjustable cup. Tighten until too tight, then back off until running smoothly. Apply lockring.)

I find that either I get rattling/grinding or clicking. The only useful advice I've had so far is to have the BB shell re-faced. Any other top tips?

Edd 13 Parceline does only one drop and if you are not home you have to call them back to arrange a new one: this takes several minutes call to a premium line and more than 7 pounds wasted on a phone call.

saynoto0870 has a huge pile of geographical numbers for parceline, for future reference.

Re: Bagaboo. Tamas is a really nice chap, and his work is top-notch.

The folding Armadillos seem a little softer than the non-folding ones.

I've found that Conti Gatorskins on the front and Armadillos on the rear works well - the extra grip on the front is nice, and worth sacrificing a little puncture-resistance for.

Strangely, I found the Holborn branch of Evans were able to supply me with black double-butted Sapim spokes without batting an eyelid.

That'll be that Lucas Brunelle with his camera then...

http://www.digave.com/videos/

I have a Garmin Edge 205. Which is OK, but not brilliant. The good thing is that you can import maps straight out of Bikely. The bad thing is that you're limited to 100 waypoints on a route. The display's nice - I use the compass view mostly, and it does automagically direct you to the next waypoint rather than force you back along the route: if you decide to go walkabout. And it's small and light. But it doesn't do mapping and routefinding. That's a different thing, to my mind. I don't think a lot of GPSs do elevation-based route-mapping rather than distance-based...

Garmin's software is a bunch of arse, though.

aidan(aidan) i have some danish blue,what ... would you suggest?

A quiet night in by oneself.

dt (damnham) i'd guess it's about fixed-gear & single-speed in London...

Sssh! That's just what they want you to think.

hippy Meeting a client.. surely better to take bike on train and use each end of long train journey rather than a taxi?

What he said: Mine gets dragged out if I'm working in an office that won't give me somewhere to securely lock-up and somewhere to change. If it's the sort of company that expects you to walk in wearing a suit, give a firm handshake and all that bollocks, then the Brompton is invaluable.

I've seen a fixed Airnimal on Gray's Inn Rd.

(But I have to confess, my other, other bike is a Brompton. For those days when train rides and suits are involved...)

the-smiling-buddha leather hairnet helmets

I want one of those

Condor have them. (But you probably won't get a discount!) ;-)

Melbourne -> Oxford -> Coventry -> Islington.

I'm not sure if that's progress or not...

Sintema make one. (Which I am using, and it works fine.)

http://www.dhwagencies.com/sintemaforksforce1.htm

[edit: Ah. A straight fork. Umm. dunno. ]

velocity boy
If you're going to steal my bike though, please leave the lock on the ground. It will help with the insurance claim.

Having had hassle with insurers in the past, I've taken to using my mobile to take a photo of the bike/lock/post, to prove that it's all locked-up well. And I have a note from them certifying my lock as 'good enough'. Bastards.

I was turned down an LCC discount on a Sugino 75 BB last week - I suspect that all of the shiny Nitto / Sugino / other NJS stuff in the cabinet by the door is too expensive for them to discount.

In terms of other places: Will at Hubjub is super-nice and will get things in on special order. (He once hand-delivered an IRO frame to my door, which is above-and-beyond good customer service.)

Mine is called "My other bike"

Duh! It's so that you can go on holiday to Japan, and you only have to take one bike for both pootling around, and keirin!

48x17 and 46x17

Man, Highgate West Hill is f#cking steep. Props to anyone who gets up that on a fixed-gear. It wastes me, every time.

are the decals on the Ambrosio's stickers?

Yeah, they come off. The matte-black underneath is nice.

I got mine on order from Condor for about £50 a throw, I think.

They're not quite as deep as Velocities, but they're staying nice and round...

The Crown or Albion in Barnsbury.

None More Black on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

The Knife. And that new Kings of Convenience LP.