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Is indeed... PM to follow...

Could you post the Charge Spoon and Stratos, or are you ever nearer the centre of town? (I'm south.....)

Suspect the price of this is a little hopeful for on here. You might have more luck on ebay...?

Yez

Kl, can pick up tomorrow?

Interested in no brand risers, where are you based?

Somthing like the Shimano Deore M590 or shimano XT M770 shifter, y'know.

Thanks....

Wow. Snaffled something from Ed. My forum moment of fame is pure ignominy. Feel incredibly unworthy. [Considers difficult 650B build in pennance.]

ffm top seller, BTW. Thanks!

Dibs the Carradice, if still available?

PMed

Here:

http://www.lfgss.com/microcosms/548/

Hi All.

Probably more of a Retrobike-bike, but I'll try on here first. Bought on here in the late summer for some Thames rides, which were fun. Spec is as here: http://www.lfgss.com/thread112618.html , though I replaced the ineffectual front Dia-Compe brake with a new-ish Shimano (Deore I think), and threw out the pedals, which had sand where bearings usually belong. I can pick up some cheap plastic pedals or bring some; the usual.

Not much else to say, it's a good runner in good nick, scratched but not dented or rusted, could go SS, but is enjoyable in all its retro glory (cf. painted stem, cool forks, anodised bits). I paid £140, so to start at £130 seems fair...?

Donation if it sells. Meet in Central/North London.

Thanks.

Sold. Thanks....

Can't say I recommend this for fancy rims, i.e. at your own risk and convenience, but something similar happened to an Open Pro of mine, with raised bits of rim causing brake noise/wear. I used a nice sharp chisel to plane off the raised parts -- hard steel easily sliced the aluminium. I rested the flat bottom of the chisel completely flush on the still flat part of the rim. Worked pretty nicely...

Battleship Grey. Cane Creek headset and (I think) Shimano BB (square taper). Both perfectly smooth. Will come with the seatclamp too.

No dents or dings (isn't a ding a dent anyway?). Paintwork in generally excellent condition though there is a little scratching on top tube where there has been a thingummy clamped on. The thing's had an easy life, basically.

Here it is from the ad, as I found it a couple of years ago:

Geometry here:

http://surlybikes.com/bikes/cross_check/geometry

£200

Have emailed them and directed them here to clear up if they so wish....

's cool!

sorry

x

:-) I said "appropriate"!

Yeh, yes.... They are totally fake Kolnargoes... I'm just trying to give some background based on a past experience as to why these guys might not have known that. As per my last post, I'm not even sure that makes them less guilty, but maybe less despicable.

I'm not implying you've gone nuclear saarf, I think your first post is totally appropriate: those who make it their business to sell pricey bikes should know what their doing. I'm prepared to email them and draw their attention to this, and see how they respond...

Hummmm.

I bought a nice cheap low end Moser off these guys some years ago for a good price. They are scooter nuts, restoring old Vespa, Piaggio, etc... Basically, I think their business plan involves driving a big van to Italy and bringing it back loaded with scooters. At some stage, they found they could stick a few old bikes in as well, and started to read up on what's what.

They probably aren't experts in the way that a lifelong roadie would be, I don't even know, may not even realise how common rebadging is. Nonetheless, I'm really surprised they were fooled by these. From my transaction with them, I'd give them the benefit of the doubt and contact them firmly to point out the error before going nuclear.

PMed pending size things...

Might get MORE punctures as flecks of glass loosely attached to tire are driven IN by brake... Damn counterfactuals.

Would be very easy to file a little off the brake with a half-round file. Couple of strokes probably. That's what I'd do.

Is that tyre 23? If so, I'll take the wheel plus tyre...

Got off lightly there, I reckon.

@Dammit... V helpful, I was wondering about this too...