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Alternatively, you can just mess around with the spacers (if you have enough room on the axle and between the dropouts) to recentre or offset the wheel to improve chainline.

We just did the same here at work with an old freecycled frame and rear wheel, except we're running it as a suicide hub with a fixed sprocket. No redishing necessary.

Having said that, this our work hack, which has so far cost us zero pence, and will be used to go down to Condor or meetings without worrying too much if it gets nicked (though flourescent orange and yellow is not that nickable). I wouldn't personally do it on a bike I wanted to use for any significant mileage.

Before you go swapping round cranks, have you tried a shorter bottom bracket? Also, you may need to install the spider on the outside of the chainring.

Brown Langster with flat bars and LFGSS spoke card chained up in Greville Street near Farringdon about 15 mins ago.

Spotted yesterday - a London Langster in Petersham, near Richmond Gate. The bars were turned upwards in a kind of "I-bought-a-racer-in-the-eighties-but-never-got-on-with-the-drops" kind of way and were taped in the dog's penis fashion.

The whole thing, frankly, was something of a shit show.

My helmetless boss knocked himself unconcious and broke 3 vertabrae in his back. He was however walking though.

My son dropped my helmet down two steps and it cracked. I didn't bother buying a new one.

Jeez. A ribbing in stereo at this hour of the morn!

Worth it in the sense that some poor medic would have to scrape them off the road otherwise.

as opposed to them neatly swilling around in a polystyrene bowl?

he's jumping on the Unipack bandwagon...

anyone used this:
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail.aspx?Cat=cycle&ProdID=5360031134&N=Cyclaire%20Plus%20Pump%20With%20Carry%20Case

Yup, I have one. It pumps up to 120 psi without too much aggro, but it takes a little getting used to. The cord could do with being a little tougher too - mine's beginning to wear out and catches every now and then.

Not sure whether I'd heartily recommend it, but I prefer it to any other mini pumps I've used. It's not that light either.

Condor have the deep drop (up to 73mm I think) calipers. Acor, I think.

I've got a black plastic racing saddle from the eighties which I'm never ever going to use as it really is just a hard plastic shell. You can have it for free if you want.

using 26.3 for 700cx23 then...

52/19= 71.98
52/18 = 75.98

not really, as the whole point of GI is to be able to compare gears among different wheels sizes, the 700 one will be even lower, i would guess at around 70gi for 52/19

I was assuming he'd decided on 44/16 by trying it on his normal bike (presumably with 700c). By relative, I meant the wheel size is academic if they're the same.

they are drilled, it's just the camera angle, guarantee it.

with 27s or 700s?

27s, but it's all relative anyway.

44/16 = 74.25
52/19 = 73.89

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Don't to it! You can probably sell the undrilled one for considerably more than you could buy a drilled new one.

1. VelocityBoy
   
2. hippy
   
3. mikec ( on fixed - its all I have )
   4.FRANK (think im getting a lift back tho)
   
4. Cornelius Blackfoot (geared/fixed? not sure yet?)
   
5. Sam (unless the venue or time is changed.....)
   
6. dogsballs (what is the ride?) Too far for you.
   
7. TheBrick(Tommy)
   
8. eyebrows (if all is well with the world)
   
9. Yebo (geared, most likely)
   
10. illy
    
11. jonny
    
12. Sano (fixed is all I have)
    
13. Bracestower (probably. But definitely on fixed if I do)
    

hehe....i'll bring those forks for you too paul when i move my stuff down in may...:)

ah magic! Thanks.

gah! you lot are all of the gay.

I've been using Super Toughness chains for at least 2 years on my daily 25 mile commute and never had a problem with the bolt.

I fail to see how it can be weaker than a regular link with a pin that pushes in. There's quite a lot of parts on my bike that use threaded screws...

The bolt's fine. it's actually threaded, so technically you don't need the little retainer nut on the other side, but I'd still keep it on there to be safe.

If you're going down the self-build route then it's worth checking out freecycle. I'm just about to pick up an old road bike which I'll probably just strip for parts (in fact, I may have a spare frame in that case...)

Alternatively, my local dump always has a couple of suitable frames which they will try to sell you for £20, but you could probably knock them down to a tenner.

1. debasing yourself to the level of idiots, douchebags, and london private hire drivers.
   
   

Seriously, all the debate about bendy buses - it's those fucking private hire drivers you've got to watch out for. Why are they all seem to drive like such appalling wankers?

Airfix, medium x 1