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Ai, bugger. I need about another 6mm on top of that.
Thanks for the speedy comeback though! Really gorgeous brakeset…

Can you measure the drop on the calipers, puhlease? Running some 700s on a 27" frame so need some deep brakage…

anyone else had problems recently in soho? they took my brake lever the other week. royally cheesed off. i can't exactly leave it anywhere more public..

What, like my entire bike (a big, postbox red ribble track frame with white front Colnago fork) being pinched on the corner of Lexington and Brewer in the middle of a busy Friday night, when I'd left it at about 10pm for a whole fucking hour?

This season, Soho is like totally the new Hackney/black/racist (for bike theft).

Ooh… 3rd batch? ;)

(You can never have too many Grobags. Even when agonisingly broke. Never.)

Hi,

I will be around Brick Lane this Sunday, so yes, I wouldn't mind helping you out. Will give you a call tomorrow.

I'll be about looking for mine, so a few of us might not be such a bad idea… Drop me a text when you're on your way and I'll meet you somewhere. 07-eight-one 806-one-9-eight-four.

What time do the thieving bastards usually start turning up?

Hi there,

Sod's fucking law, my bike was stolen this evening (or morning) and I would be ever so grateful if you could keep an eye out for it. There's £50 in it for anyone that recovers it, so if you see it on Brick Lane (I'll also be looking this Sunday) by all means pay that for it (I'm filing with the police first thing in the morning) and I'll give you that in return. Thank you!

**IF YOU WANT MY MOBILE BECAUSE YOU'RE HEADING TO BRICK LANE ON SUNDAY, THEN THAT WOULD BE COOL!

IT'S Oh, 781, 8-zero-sic, one984**

I rode it on the Brooks run, the last two London-Brightons, the Tweed ride, and a couple of others so should be fairly easily recognisable. It's entirely handbuilt, so is also v hard to confuse. If you could all please spend one minute familarising yourself with it, karma will love you. As will I. And my impoverished waller as best it can! x

It was stolen from a lamppost on the corner of Brewer Street and Lexington Street in Soho at approx 1:30am on Friday morning/Saturday night.

The bike was chained with a Kryptonite mini d-lock to a lampost so they must have lifted it over. How nobody can notice a couple of guys lifting a large bright red bike over a lamppost on a busy Friday night in the heart of Soho is beyond me. But that's how London goes. Fuckers.

THIS IS HOW IT LOOKS, WITH DIFFERENT WHEELS AND AN OLDER BROOKS SADDLE:

http://www.addiechinn.co.uk/images/stuff/Small-Ribble.jpg

Specs as follows:

Red Ribble track frame, approx 57cm top tube c-c and 59cm seat tube c-c
The frame has several chips along the frame, has a strip of black inner tube wrapped around the front 1/3 of top tube with white insulating tape over it.
Decals are a bit scuffed, reading only "BBL" on the front of the head tube.

Forks are white Colnago straight road forks. Drilles. Decals in black and 1". Had them hand cut to take a threaded headset.

Stem is a no-name in 70cm with 40cm track drops wrapped in white grip tape. The tape on the top of the right hand drop is pulled slightly away.

The seatpost is probably from the '80s-'90s, being black from the front and back, with chrome on the cut-away on the sides. Don't remember the brand righ tnow.

Saddle is a black Swift from the Brooks run, with a single semi-circular indentation on the top of the seat.

Wheels are un-machined all-black Arayas, box-section. Front hub is a silver 32h Miche, rear is a black 32h Gran Compe. Both are hand-built by me: front is 2-cross, rear is 3-cross both with silver spokes. Sapim, if I remember rightly.

Frame is un-drllled at the rear, front fork is drilled running a black cross-top lever to a Campag Chorus caliper with black brake cabling.

Cranks are Sugino Super Mighty with the right bolt removed after I stripped the threading accidentally. Chainring is black, probably Stronglight, I'm not sure.

Pedals are MKS Sylvan track with black double Toshi straps and I believe MKS toe clips.

HERE IT IS WITH DIFFERENT WHEELS AND AN OLDER BROOKS SADDLE…

http://www.addiechinn.co.uk/images/stuff/Ribble.JPG

Obviously I'm absolutely shattered. Not to mention totally fucked without my bike. I've built that bike myself by hand. All of it. Even the wheels. So if you could please, please, please put this up then I would be so grateful.

Many many thanks,
Addie

PS. There is a £50 reward for anyone who gets my bike back. And/or some v. expensive booze I have from my last job. Please contact me on mail@addiechinn.co.uk

Thank you all!

Hi there,

Sod's fucking law, my bike was stolen this evening (or morning) and I would be ever so grateful if you could keep an eye out. There's £50 in it for anyone that recovers it, so if you see it on Brick Lane (I'll be looking this Sunday) by all means pay that for it (I'm filing with the police first thing in the morning) and I'll give you that in return. Thank you!

I rode it on the Brooks run, the last two London-Brightons, the Tweed ride, and a couple of others so should be fairly easily recognisable. It's entirely handbuilt, so is also v hard to confuse. If you could all please spend one minute familarising yourself with it, karma will love you. As will I. And my impoverished waller as best it can! x

It was stolen from a lamppost on the corner of Brewer Street and Lexington Street in Soho at approx 1:30am on Friday morning/Saturday night.

The bike was chained with a Kryptonite mini d-lock to a lampost so they must have lifted it over. How nobody can notice a couple of guys lifting a large bright red bike over a lamppost on a busy Friday night in the heart of Soho is beyond me. But that's how London goes. Fuckers.

THIS IS HOW IT LOOKS, WITH DIFFERENT WHEELS AND AN OLDER BROOKS SADDLE:

Specs as follows:

Red Ribble track frame, approx 57cm top tube c-c and 59cm seat tube c-c
The frame has several chips along the frame, has a strip of black inner tube wrapped around the front 1/3 of top tube with white insulating tape over it.
Decals are a bit scuffed, reading only "BBL" on the front of the head tube.

Forks are white Colnago straight road forks. Drilles. Decals in black and 1". Had them hand cut to take a threaded headset.

Stem is a no-name in 70cm with 40cm track drops wrapped in white grip tape. The tape on the top of the right hand drop is pulled slightly away.

The seatpost is probably from the '80s-'90s, being black from the front and back, with chrome on the cut-away on the sides. Don't remember the brand righ tnow.

Saddle is a black Swift from the Brooks run, with a single semi-circular indentation on the top of the seat.

Wheels are un-machined all-black Arayas, box-section. Front hub is a silver 32h Miche, rear is a black 32h Gran Compe. Both are hand-built by me: front is 2-cross, rear is 3-cross both with silver spokes. Sapim, if I remember rightly.

Frame is un-drllled at the rear, front fork is drilled running a black cross-top lever to a Campag Chorus caliper with black brake cabling.

Cranks are Sugino Super Mighty with the right bolt removed after I stripped the threading accidentally. Chainring is black, probably Stronglight, I'm not sure.

Pedals are MKS Sylvan track with black double Toshi straps and I believe MKS toe clips.

Obviously I'm absolutely shattered. Not to mention totally fucked without my bike. I've built that bike myself by hand. All of it. Even the wheels. So if you could please, please, please put this up then I would be so grateful.

Many many thanks,
Addie

PS. There is a £50 reward for anyone who gets my bike back. And/or some v. expensive booze I have from my last job. Please contact me on mail@addiechinn.co.uk

Thank you all!

Dibs on them thar forks, pictures pending… I know dibs are shite, but I wouldn't mind seeing what I'm dibbing on if ya catch my drift. Can swing by over the weekend…

Unipack

What, you mean the new 2010 model with the drops and tubs?
…

I too have a spare Aliante if you want a test-drive and are ever East. If the others fall through, you are of course most welcome…

Balls!

Any chance of a pic of the bars (not in the link…)? Also, what's their clamp diameter?
Ta like.

I wondered if we were being bombed – my bloody windows were rattling when the big ones went off.
Then noticed that there was distant cheering from the streets below.
Ah, the joys of vague paranoia.
Huzzah!

Yikes. Too eager was I with the old false advise there.
Hmmm. If Snoops' don't do the job, let me have a poke around the bits box back home later. Might have some Ofmega ones, I think…

Hook up the lovely SJS lot for the MKS one. Sorted. (If borderline pricey at £2.50-ish a pop).

That's fantastic new for all of us, I reckons!
Good job.

Do you fancy splitting? Pop me a PM if you find a seller for the toe clips and straps… The pedals, though, I would happily consider homing…

@Scott:
He sounds like possibly the most inspiring person I've read about in ages.
There is always something so fascinating about individuals who push themselves so relentlessly…
You've totally made my day (feel inadequate). Thank you ;)

Yep, my comfy Park spoke key too. Now I'm stuck using that 3-in-1 which is just nowhere near as comfy.

I really hope I don't have to become one of those non-loaning, tool-hoarding bastards.

So I opted for a trimmed chocolate milk bottle until I can track down a proper sleeve next week. And it looks like it held up nicely against yesterday's muddy, pouring onslaught… I'll let you know when I swap it out…

That's very sweet of you, Señor Nut. Sadly I've already bought a replacement (I have another set to switch over in a few weeks so bit the bullet).

What I really need now is a box or socket wrench to fit the nice 15mm crankbolts. My socket wrench is too damned wide to fit inside the hole…

Inside my tool box. Damn tool fairies.

… Crank puller?! And my calipers, while we're here.
Got to bloody go and buy another puller. Bah humbug. £15 down the pan.

Carry on. Nothing to see here.
Unless you do have my tools … in which case you're a c*ck.

Exactly what I've been hearing ("most people just buy a new bb" from Odge, or "ha! nobody rides those anymore" from the Condor chap).
Jamaican Mule with lunch then, I guess?

Ho-hum, afternoon bike mechanic sessions under the influence. It's a hard life…

@Soweto888

Totally. The only problem is: nobody in London sells the bloody things loose! Grrr.