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Now that summer's rolling in I'm looking to build up something geared. I have a 1950s holdsworth monsoon, but its a tad long (57cm top tube) and I want something designed for 700cs and a tad more modern - for part-sourcing convenience and compatibility sake.

Seen a few frames on here recently, namely the '80s Gazelle AB frame that was on last week or so (had no funds at the time), but I have cash waiting now.
Ideally something european (but not too fused), 80s or early nineties lugged steel. Has to be designed for 700cs.

Something 55/56 c-t-c Seat and 55-56 c-t-c top tube.
And hoping to pay in the region of £80-150 (but might stretch a bit higher).

cheers.

what's the clamp diameter on the milremo stem? and rough length? (c-c would be good) cheers

Someone going at a steady old pace over Waterloo bridge a few mins back- was that you ed? Sorry I had to burn you- t'was too tempting.

I haven't had a hangover this bad in a while...

amen. and I think this is the first hangover that's moved all the way down to my feet.

Southern Chicken (or whatever its called) saved the day with much needed protein + carbs after. good one to all the organizers!

What is the fork-crown race on the 105 headset like? thats the only part I need really...
potential dibs

this the newer HDMI version?

Me and some mates are planning a trip out to SF next summer with bikes. As part of planning i've been putting together a googlemap of places I remember from my trip there this august.
its a bit overkill; and maybe only some of it is relevant to you, but hope it helps anyways.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=118094526483984719812.00047bf490e273b16ff45&ll=37.749238,-122.421448&spn=0.010384,0.022402&z=16

I dunno what he had it locked up with - ill post when i find out more (though i don't know how much help thatll be).

cheers - it seems to be getting mad out there...

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Hello all;
Not too many posts on here, but recent circumstances call for abandoning my lurker status.

My mate luke just had his Bob Jackson stolen; he's not really on here, but some of you may know him anyway (he worked behind the bar at Duke of York over summer / been riding fixed for about a year now).

His bob J was stolen from outside UCL (Euston Sq. Tube) on saturday (21/3) night.

current setup:
Black BJ
H+son front
brookes
Blue Tange oldschool grips (pretty rare i guess)
Duct-taped rear disk (tho that would probably be the first thing to go).

Sorry about the quality:

I'm gonna go try put his number in the numbers thread.

Big thanks to anyone that has any info - better still reward for whoever can recover it.
Cheers

That's really clean looking... though watch out for those little cable tabs on the toptube; on mine (dunno about others) they are really cheaply forged/stamped and are really sharp.
totally fucked a new pair of jeans on them the other week... my boy duct tape is now holding down the situation... (on both jeans and toptube)

I just finished converting one as a beater - its not bad at all, and really not that heavy once you've stripped all the stuff off it.

word of warning though; the drive-side rear dropout is deceptively short. As in, there's not alot of room to pull back the wheel / tension the chain. Weirdly there's loads of room on the non-drive side dropout... I dunno why they put 2 different length dropouts on them.
So look into magic gear ratios; or half link chains (how i did mine).

you sure?? You shoulda said earlier man!

sometimes theres a few people down east street market...other than than that I can't think of anywhere other than BL really.
Had a look for you a couple of times down southbank tonight- thought that maybe if they had already sold it, some silly fucker might be out riding... no luck, but ran into Mick and spread the word...
I'll def try and make it down sunday morning to brick lane with you.

blue 3rensho passed me on waterloo bridge this morn, 10am-ish...
Brake + strap-less? Whoever you are I wish you luck...

@ASM - yeh; mine's pretty much always out front of the library; its a pretty background bike though, white track with black wheelset... we spoke briefly outside southampton row once.

apologies - have been lurking for an awfully long time...
I'm on 1st yr fine art at CSM... was on foundation at chelsea last year so am familiar with a few of the faces (davey + adam, as well as some other confessed lurkers)
anyway, this looks sweet - i'd be down to help in whatever way at CSM charring x (though by the sounds of it you've got alex on that)...

Yeh, there seems to be mixed comments on wether the RD gives a 45mm (some have said it gives 42mm? I'm guessing by doing what you suggested?).
Have people been using a similar setup without problems? I dont mind so much about it being less than silent... as long as it wont de-rail.

Ok cool, so sugino BB it is. will i be confronted with threading questions if i go get one?
I've got an old (probably 60's) holdsworth track frame: logic tells me that would be an english BB thread right?

I've got some Gran Compe hubs; and want to get a set of sugino RDs for a new build.
I've had a look through the transmission database, but cant seem to find a similar setup.
What length / type of BB would i need to run RDs with the gran compe's 42mm chainline?
I dunno what difference sprocket type makes; but I'll probably be getting DA as it seems sort of the standard.

cheers in advance of any help...

The Japanese have better swords.

...and sweeter frames.

cheers flickwg. I found a 110 version of that hub, but cant find one in the UK. Looks like I'll be ordering it. I'll pm you when it arrives.

oh and, tasteless joke on the metalic/aeroboke/purple drops...

How did you get round the non-threaded bb shell? I've got one of these frames, tis V light and well made; but apparently the shell makes changing from the original BB pretty much impossible

was in there earlier; a few things marked as reduced; but nothing jaw-dropping. I didnt take a thorough look round though.
Is it supposed to be on everything?