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I'm well Will, thank you. I have in fact never ceased to live, so all is good.

I'm on here... ;)

Tour de Ville is having a December frame sale this week with lots of vintage steel frames under £ 100,-

Nothing smaller then 53 or larger then 59.

More information on www.tourdeville.co.uk

F*** I know this thread is really old but this:

http://fivenineclimber.com/bikes/gazelle/gazelle_pages.htm

Has an amazing amount of info about Gazelle and some amazing catalog scans:

http://fivenineclimber.com/bikes/gazelle/catalogs/1982_2_supercool.htm

Is there a type of bike they didn't build?? I wouldn't mind finding one of those Super Aero models somewhere...

Thank you. My 17 year old daughter chose the frame and colour scheme. My disappointment is that, although they showed off the wheels they built for you, they never featured my bike on their blog. Too pink for them?

I don't think we have any pictures otherwise I would be happy to put them on. It is one of our finest works.

http://tourdevillelondon.blogspot.com/2009/07/mont-ventoux.html

Nice movie to get you in the mood for tomorrow ;)

If the above offer doesn't come through, we have a pair at our shop too. www.tourdeville.co.uk

We have one set of full gum tyres left at Tour de Ville. More sets in red/yellow/green and gumwall combi though.

@ Clefty.

We will be closed on Easter Sunday and Good Friday, mainly to watch racing. Herne Hill and Paris - Roubaix.

Open on the Saturday though.

@ Cliveo

I do think Raymond and Gert are family but more in a cousin / nephew kind of way. I remember this question popping up on some Belgian forum too. They are pretty similar as riders though.

Goldtec used to be great quality although I wasn't a big fan of the everyday workings of the hub. Axle shape and allen key fitting like mentioned by BMMF.

Recently though they have moved production to the far East and it seems that the quality control is not what it used to be.

@ Winston.

Not to talk down the time ( or your stopwatch handling skills ) but can you notice a difference in overall times because of the new time check system?

I popped by at about 6 last night, they'd been un-imprisoned by then, to find Jacqui and Jos sitting on the roof looking sunkissed and quite sozzled, i think TdV's enforced day off work turned into a one-day-of-summer quaratine party. Keith looked pretty mashed up. Sano, peperoni, tika, nosferatu and some others all dropped in too and a drunken tricks session started among some of them. Heh.

Thanks for the beer jos!

Sums it all up pretty well.

Coppers where letting nobody in so at 11 am we decided to call it a day and started drinking the remaining booze present at TdV HQ.

A day in the sun well spend!!

We don't normally sip champagne but we had been cordoned off by the police and the champagne left from our opening night was the only alcoholic beverage left in the shop....

Dude! Is it cycling.tv ? And how many miles to go? I've go to hear that.....

I am pretty sure it has already been done at last years London Calling event by Jono Atkinson, former Metro courier. Difference is that he photographed spots where London couriers have died.

I'm always shocked at how little this guy looks over his shoulder.

I think he has a little eye screen with which he can see the live footage of what's going on behind him. Talking about eyes in the back of your head....

Ah, so basically the compensation for out-of-towners is that you can sit on their wheel and have them show you the way.

Yeah sort of. I have done many alleycats in towns I have never been to before but the first out of towner usually finishes in the top5 and is as much a winner as the guy finishing first and being a local.

All these things are meant to bring messengers from different cities together and just the fact that you show up in a town that is not your own to race makes you a winner (ahum cheesy!)

The article doesn't seem to mention Jos' utter failure as a courier. I shall be writing to the editor tonight.

A sharp analytical eye as always will. Mercilessly putting the finger on the sore spot. Is there still time to join your fan club and if so where do I sign up?

And there is a big article about polo in the cycling plus too.

Damn, cheers for that Ved. I was about to scan it but you're a lot faster.

Simon, who wrote the article, showed up out of the blue one Saturday to do a bit about us in CW but we weren't really expecting anything more than a little column :)

In alleycats you will always have the local vs. out of towner aspect. Like Overdrive says, you gotta keep up with them if you wanna win.

Most of the time there will be a prize for best out of towner, aka best of the rest...

I can tell you though that it's not impossible to win if your from out of town.

You heard it here first.

http://tourdeville.co.uk/

I'll spin Human Fly on 45 tonight and shed my 96 tears...

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• Caps 20
  
• Fixed base layer 50
  
• Club jersey 50
  
• Fixed T shirt 10
  
• Fixed shorts 95
  
• Lightweight jersey 50
  
• Fixed jersey 70
  
  

Sizing goes from XXL to Small.

Update:

Sale will go on for a couple of days, so grab your chances at some cheap(er) Rapha kit.