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cool well i guess i'll see everyone there. Next to the red bike and big red arrow lol. What time roughly? I'll prob get there early (or late) depending on if i get lost or not. Today a 20 mile ride turned into bout 30 i'm still getting used to london and its sign post's lol

go for it then count me in.

cool sounds like this should be a pretty good ride, i'll be in london by then so count me in. one quick question how many miles we looking at? I cant see the google map things (internet is restricted to my phone atm)

hey guys, well i move into uni on monday and my bike becomes chosen method of transport. And to celebrate this i'm going to pop along to critical mass. But alas i know no one in london yet so i thought i'd see who was going? Oh ok i know its the last fri of the month but where does it all start? from?

Ok as a lot of you know my bike met its rather untimely end a few days ago and SJS Cycles agreed to replace the bike. Well today I received a phone call from them, basically what they were planning to do was to use a fairly inexpensive track frame they used to sell for the frame, and replace all the bits that couldn't be salvaged from the old bike. But they have been unable to find any of these frames, this means they are having to use a custom made track frame that they have recently made. I have been told that their custom frames normally retail at £1000 and because of this they are asking that I pay £150 towards the cost of the bike (effectively covering the cost of the materials I guess?)
The problem that I am faced with is without paying this £150 I have no bike, but it does effectively double the price of what I wanted to spend on my bike.

What I was hoping to find out was is this how much do custom frame's normally retail for?
and finally as a bit of a novice, how can I tell that it really is the great frame that it should be?

Thank

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product-SJSC-36-hole-SJSC-Double-Fixed-Large-Flange-Track-Hubs-with-high-quality-sealed-cartridge-bearings--Polished-Alloy-finish--per-pair-11137.htm

No I had fitted the front brake, it wasnt peticually great but it did stop me from wiping out too bad. The trouble was its a really crap road surface on the roads near me and I didnt want to loose any chance I had of steering by sending the front into a skid.
Also I had put toe-straps onto the pedals (this picture was taken litrally after i finnished everything, and i wanted to get used to riding before putting on straps)

The hubs were unbranded SJS (the cycle shop i got them from) hubs, these ones

As for were the locknuts on correctly etc, I was actually having a problem putting the sprocket on, and so took it all back to the shop, they discovered that the sprocket tread was slightly stripped, and so they replaced it, fitted it and tightened it all up. This is probably the reason that they are replacing everything, cause they fitted the parts that broke.

Alas the bike is no more!
This is what happened...
I was setting off for a bit of a ride, and after about a mile going down a bit of a hill (not too bad though) anyway I was back pedaling and all of a sudden the chain goes completely limp. So unable to slow down I ended up slamming into a corner, I was fine but the bike was a bit mangled.
The front wheel buckled completely, snapping part of the rim.
The front forks also bent completely out of shape.
And the tyre burst.
At first I thought the chain had snapped but when i looked down i discovered that the locknut had flown off the hub.It appears that the locknut had actually stripped.
Anyway as i'm sure you could imagine I was pretty pissed off, especially as of all the parts that broke it was the 1 piece that was designed for the job, so i rang up the shop i had got it from http://www.sjscycles.co.uk and they asked if i could bring it in.
So I drove over there ready for an argument on how it was some how my fault and not theirs. But the manger guy there came out and had a look at the hub, apologized and right off the bat said that they would like to replace my rear hub, front wheel, and forks.
But... because it is an old Peugeot frame the forks are french threading, they pointed out that they couldn't replace them...

So they said that they would have to build me a new frame, and try to move as many parts across to the new bike.
So basically I'm now getting a brand new, custom built track frame, new forks, cranks, wheels, etc etc. :D

yer i'm glad i kept the cranks, and i think it works well, was a bugger to get straight though, i kept getting tight spots. sorted now and chain is silent (almost lol)

Well after a few weeks of ums and ah's she is now finnished.

My first conversion was born from a frame/busted bike found at a scrap yard

that got stripped down

and rebuilt

with a dash of new parts and a few carefully adapted bodges I now have a lovely little fixie to play on.
I've learnt all kinds of great things along the way, and now after taking it for a bit of a play i'm sitting down pleased my legs have stopped hurting lol
The total build probably cost about £150ish, Its running about 68 gear inches (44t/17t), It took about 2 weeks to build, but that was mainly waiting for paycheck.
So what you think?

ps. thanks for all the help everyone

ok, i'm just relaying what I have found on my searching..
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product-0-40-hole-Union-Steel-shell-Single-speed-hub--121mm-OLN-1532.htm
£14 rear hub
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product-Parent-Mavic-Open-Sport-Silver-Anodised-Alloy-rim-(622)-12029.htm
£17 rim
http://www.yogarup.com/wheels/
£10 build

total cost £41 pretty good really

brilliant, thanks. LBS it is then

sorry that photo prob wasnt the best to use, the wonky headset nut is just balanced there it just wont thread down. I have cleaned up the threads and it hasn't made a difference unfortunately. Now its prob a really stupid question but, what does that nut do? is is 100% essential?

Ok so heres what happened:

ok basically the top of the my forks had a little bump (only a small one, and it doesnt seem to be dented, not obviously anyway) and now I cant get the headset nut thing to thread onto the top of the tube. Meaning my now pretty much finished fixie cant be used. So i'm hoping that someone might be able to offer some help.
Is there a way round this?

indeed they no longer make them, but you can still get them new....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=009&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=190131831195&rd=1&rd=1
I've just got one, so there's only one more left now you better be quick lol

ok i duno but i think this might be an answer,

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product-Sovus-36-hole-Sovus-Double-sided-Gear-Fixed-hub-with-Nutted-axle--110mm-OLN--Overall-axle-length-152mm-499.htm

or might at least be a solution

I think i'm guna go for the selle italia turbo, theres just something about it that looks so very sexy lol, hope it feels as good.

Yer its been a thoughtful night.

nah there isnt really a difference,

oh and edmundane, its not quite while but pretty close
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Yer it should be great, but your right about the campus, it does look pretty um.... crappy, ohwell, only about 10 miles to central london, not bad if you ask me.

another just curious question, the title says it all really.

Ok I'm curious, how many people here are or have been messenger?

Nah i'm planning to use is as my main go everywhere bike, rather then a pop to the shops jobby

Graphic Design, not yet though, but as of Oct

actually the term is graphic DESIGNER and yes as it happens I am :P