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risi Thanks for all the advice. Any good routes out to the North?

As far as traffic lights are concerned, I am puzzled because most cyclist here seem to obey them, even in cases like turning on to a roundabout where you can easily slip by.

Blimey... That's a can of worms.

As with making tea in a pot, queueing for pleasure and being constanly amazed by the weather, I like to think stopping at traffic lights is one of the marks of a true British Gentleman.

When else does one find time in heavy traffic to light a pipe and smooth down the tweed?

edmundane now i'm thinking about some blog, where people send in their pictures of their stolen bikes, and we advertise the site, so more people become aware of it. hand out flyers and stuff around brick lane, you know how many people there are looking for their stolen bikes!
can also use cameras and shoot those fuckers selling bikes posting it up. it's all evidence.

dicki, you got 6 more posts and you'll be 1000

I agree.

What I don't understand is that Sunday Supplement articles aside, the FGSS community in London is relatively small... Where is the market, outside ourselves? Even given the fact that most bikes are probably stripped and rebuilt, it is only people like us that will buy components second hand...

Should we come to some sort of Gentleman's Agreement where if we make a new purchase we post the frame number on a thread, to check whether it is stolen?

Also, if we are browsing for bikes, we note down any frame numbers (even if we don't buy) and post these aswell?

(I don't understand why it isn't a requirement on ebay to post frame numbers as part of the decription - surely that would start to cut down the trade in illeagal machines...)

Has this arrived yet, Hippy?

And have you decided what you want to do with it?

I have had a few recently, including a less-than-sober Scottish guy who staggered over and started quizzing me. He sent me on my way with a cheery "nice one...stay safe"...

I am still not quite sure what to answer when people ask me why I ride fixed... I just enjoy the rigour of it I suppose. That and pouring a sizeable part of my disposable income into the coffers of Mavic/Shimano/Brixton Cycles etc.

leeww [quote]dogsballs 15T is a weird size though.

Not as weird as 15.5 T[/quote]

Weird how? Riding a bike without gears and freewheel with only one brake on the London streets when a hundred years of bicycle development have given us the option of a chainring and sprocket combination for every conceivable occasion...

That's fucking weird.

Is anyone riding a 44 15 ?

Cheers Hippy...

All I need do now is learn how to skid.

(god love the front brake)

tallsam This is slightly unrelated:
Today on my geared roadie I noticed my chain slipping when I stamped on the pedals. It actually happened going across a junction and I nearly came off. I just changed the chainwheel (old for old but replaced for newer old) to fix this problem but its started again so I'm thinking it could be the chain or even the sprocket.

I hate it when bikes cost money for the boring non-fun bits (ie not an upgrade or a bling part).

Sounds like the rear block (this is a geared bike, right?).

If it happens a lot in lower gears, but seems okay in higher ones it probably means the cassette is worn, rather than the chainring. Otherwise it may just be the indexing is out, and the chain is not shifting cleanly.

48 17... Find it good for everything around town, but should be spinning more...

I have just bought a 44, so will drop to a 16 I think, which will split the difference.

How bad are the dings on the Abbey?

If the frame is salvagable, it may be exactly what I am after for a new project...

I should say that after a curb-pedal-strike the left crank slipped, knackering both the crank and the bottom bracket.

But that is probably more to do with my newbie building skills, rather than the quality of components... :-/

For my rebuild I got RPM cranks from Edwardes in Camberwell...

They seem okay... I have just bought a stronglight set from ebay which I will upgrade to though.

How quick do you need to sell?

And SS rather than FG?

Cheers SE Andy!

I am based in East Dulwich, work near Victoria... Can get anywhere...

Thanks...

Someone else has recommended 'Recycling' on Elephant Road - apparently they have quite a few second hand bits and bobs lying around.

Sounds like there are a few possibilities though.

I've been working on my first fixed conversion, using a Peugeot Touring frame from the 70s/80s.

It is up and running, but I want to put in a new seatpost. Unfortunately Peugeot seemed to use their own irregular sizing - I had my LBS put callipers on it, and it looks like the diameter I need is around 24.8mm...

Has anyone else come across this? Any ideas where I could find that sized seatpost?