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Hmm - the rear hub - do you know if it's 130mm or 135mm OLN? And which non-turn washers do you have with it? ( I'm looking at https://web.archive.org/web/20130717211629/http://techdocs.shimano.com/media/techdocs/content/cycle/SI/Nexus/InternalHub/SG-8R20/34R0D-SG-8R20-EN_v1_m56577569830600211.pdf )

you know, it looks a lot like a 90s Orange P7 frame...!

this tandem is so ace!!

bit of a necrobump, but might have been me on this Dave - have been commuting out from Brockley for years on this. Frame is a bit of a heavyweight random mix, bought second-hand on eBay in a hurry when I trashed my previous road/commute frame - seattube sticker is Columbus PRX but the guy said he thought every tube was different. It was one of a pair of two matching Daves owned by this guy - one with lighter tubes and tighter clearances & this one with heavier tubes and generous clearances as the winter trainer. He was a bit chunkier than me, though, so I think it's a bit overweight for me. Feels indestructible for schlepping around town though. It's 59cm and tbh a bit small for me - that's a Technomic stem at max height...

Paint is getting a bit trashed on the driveside chainstay & elsewhere these days, have been thinking about getting some rack mounts added & a respray in a more jazzy colour (maybe with a fade...)

Price drop - still sitting on a shelf - any interest at £20?

...one at a time... more pics on request if you really want!

photos!

Bern Allston Neon Green, bought by my partner, worn a couple of times but it's too small for her head. Left it too late to return for refund, still looks immaculate, includes box etc.

More details: https://www.santafixie.co.uk/bern-allston-matte-neon-green-helmet.html

Note on sizing: this is the old Bern sizes - this one is labelled L/XL(57-60.5). My partner usually wears about a 59cm but this is too small for her - it's tight on the front & loose on the sides. As far as I can tell Bern have kept the shape/size of the helmets but relabelled them, so I think this shape/size is now described as M(55.5-59cm). My partner now has the same helmet in 2XL/3XL which is described as L in the new sizes...

EDIT: £20 collected from Brockley/New Cross (or within reasonable riding distance if you want to meet somewhere halfway...) - NOW GONE

More photos when I figure out why the attachment widget isn't doing what I want it to...

Possibly interested in the Holdsworth forks to replace a broken pair - can you give any other details, ie. length of steerer tube, rake (if poss) and whether they were for 700c or 27"?
Cheers,
iBob

For sale, nice old Freddie Grubb frame in need of repair. I bought this on eBay in Nov 2007, used for several years used as a fixed gear commuter until one of the fork dropouts broke when I hit a pothole. I assume it could be repaired by a framebuilder, but it was always a bit small for me so I'd like to pass it on as a project (sold as seen, obviously). Or you could get some cheap 27" forks to go with the frame.

I think it's pretty with lovely fancy lugs and a slightly faded & scuffed up purple and yellow paintjob, although if you were getting the fork repaired you might want to respray the whole thing at the same time. It has the Holdsworth-built 1956-1963 Freddie Grubb headbadge http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nkilgariff/FGimages/badges/FHG.jpg, but the later crossed-flags decal on the seattube (probably an incorrect replacement at some point).

Seattube is 22.5" c-c, 23" c-t. Top-tube is 22".

£50 ONO, ideally collected from Stoke Newington or Herne Hill, or possibly somewhere on my route between them ( eg. Liverpool St / Farringdon / London Bridge).

Loads of stuff like that on retrobike.co.uk/forum , if you do want to pursue it. My personal recommendation (if one comes up) would be a 90s 21" Orange P7.

Parked up outside the Vortex jazz club in Dalston tonight to see a gig, somebody took the top off my seatpost & my just-bedding-in-nicely basic honey Brooks B17. No distinguishing marks (other than a few scuffs), but if someone offers you a cheap Brooks in the pub, drop me a line...

still for sale?

Price drop - £30

One-in-one-or-more-out, so this old frame needs to go!

It's an old 531c Raleigh, resprayed a nice orange by Armourtex:

Size is as follows:
seat tube (c-t): 25"
seat tube (c-c): 25.5"
top tube (c-c): 23"
Dropouts are 120mm.

The good news is the sale includes:
3ttt Status stem;
good-looking old Campag headset;
170mm Stronglight cranks (130bcd I think);
and a used 42 tooth chainring.

The bad news is: the stem is currently stuck in place, and the driveside crank bolt seems stuck (the bolt that attaches the crank-arm to the bottom bracket). The non-driveside crank bolt comes off fine.

The frame is a bit mucky & scuffed from being a hard-working commuter, but would make a nice beater.

Looking for £50 ONO collected Stoke Newington / Hackney. Sold as seen.

SOLD! Thanks for interest.

I've got one that dogsballs gave me for free, I've got no use for it, you can have it for free if it's any use. It's an old-school one, though, that just narrows down at the top, so it needs a clamp in order to actually attach the saddle.

Have you measured the BB shell size? It's 65mm on my Grubb, I found sticking one (or more) of these between the BB and the frame helps:

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product-Sturmey-Archer-Sturmey-Archer-Sprocket-Washer--HMW127-531.htm

Out of curiosity, what serial number is it? I'm currently riding a '51 Carpenter road frame (serial 46xx) that I got at the cycle jumble sale last October. This page has more info (including some serials)

http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/builders/carpenter.html

Mine was resprayed before I got it with new decals, gold luglining, etc. by API http://www.apibikes.com/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomward/sets/72157602782190873/
(Photo isn't current - added Brooks saddle since then...)
(Btw Dogsballs: this is where that GB bar/stem ended up)

Shit - just saw some little black kid going the other way down Blackstock Road totally out of control on a blue Fuji track that looked about three sizes too big for him. Looked at him thinking "that's so stolen", but I'm a dumbass and didn't think until five minutes later that I should have maybe chased him down and confronted him... Don't know how far it would have got me anyway... Hope nobody just lost one...

Gotta be "Winnipeg is a frozen shithole"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBTutlX4Mzw

lucky - damn right on the 50mm prime - it's an awesome lens!

I've got a nikon d70, like it a lot. My housemate's got a d40x, partly because I encouraged him to buy Nikon, and he seems to keep finding features missing on it vs the d70. Exposure bracketing is the most annoying, but also flash commander mode, and a few other bits and pieces. No real technical reason for the omissions, it's just to encourage people to buy the more expensive models...

Have a play in the shop - most of the reason I got a d70 against a canon 350d was because it felt good in my hands...

superprecise: that's Bobbin Bicycles - do they count as a chain if that's their second shop...?

What's the deal with Freddie Grubb frames - both of those current orange frames have the decals like they were made by Holdsworth, but they've got 531 stickers - I thought Holdsworth used plain-gauge on all their Freddies? ( from http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nkilgariff/FreddieGrubb.htm )

hmm, same problem seems to be happening with the swift: on brookssaddles.com the chrome swift is ~90, the Ti swift is ~175; on wiggle the "Ti" swift is ~90... shurely shome mishtake?