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thanks for the advice man. I'm not convinced if I should have a go yet or not, but if / when I do you'll have really helped, so thanks.

you were robbed

seeing it sell for that price nearly reduced me to tears. It's not a massive amount more than I splashed on my old (not in the best shape, but ok) road frame that I've used for my conversion. If I knew then what I know now...wouldn't have gone to BLB for a start! I love my bike, but seriously. I'll just take solace in the knowledge I've got some parts pretty cheap so it's not too bad (must keep telling myself that).

can you only tighten the bearings on certain types of pedals? I've got some MKS sylvan that i'd like to tighten the bearings on a bit if it can be done, but don't know how.

Cheers.

about 9.10 this morning saw a chap on a light blue emien (sp?) with white deep v's next to Euston fire station. my lip reading isn't the best but from where I was I'm sure the guy next to him said "No brakes?" (in a friendly looking way - not a hater). I was then passed by the same dude on Woburn place at the lights as he nicely wove his way through traffic.

the ultimate anti theft device.... awesome

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/tesla-antitheft-device-eye-of-sauron-237663.php

Ha, that is excellent.

I see the same chap, usually dressed in black, with long hair, a black lid riding a black IRO, pretty much every weekday morning at about 9.10 heading towards Euston on upper woburn place.

Ha! You should see how much they charge for Settlement. £750 by post (6-8 weeks) or £950 (same day) AND you get to be treated like shit for 5 hours for the privilege. Not a "value for money" experience.

i'll add my +1 to this. I hate the home office. I'm married to a lovely American and in order to get married she had to first get a fiancée visa, then a marriage visa, then after 2 years an indefinite leave to remind visa, all of which has cost us well over a grand. and not only do they charge you a stupid amount but you also get treated like a criminal and there's not much you can do about it.

did you have to pay a visit to the lovely home office place in Croydon? going there was one of the most unpleasant experiences of my life. we were there for 7 hours.

I also hate banks. Incompetent bastards.

Also - aren't they the same cranks just with a different chainring?

think you're right actually, my bad. the old chainring was much nicer I reckon. I quite like the whole mono-chrome thing usually, but it's just too over the top here.

I prefer the look of his old cranks too. Shame someone so misguided had such a tasty frame to play with, I wish I had that luxury.

Think I'll be up for this if I'm not too late. A park would be preferable - I already play on Wednesday so don't want to have to pay to play again if I can avoid it. Football in London is really over priced.

that is so nice it hurts.

maybe to clamp a lock or light to a frame?

I've got a Giro Monza which is alright, not too bulky with decent enough airflow. the black one is currently on sale on the evans website for £30. I'd recommend going into a store to get your size checked and then ordering online if it's cheaper - best not to buy online blind as every make seems to have a different fit and you don't want it falling off!

hope you heal up soon man, it sucks even harder cos the chap didn't even stop to see if you were ok. My Gran's got a titanium knee and she loves it, so you should be all good with a ti elbow ;)

my band need a drummer. anyone play and looking for a band?

just saw a young lady in the back ground on the BBC news (at Greenwich) riding a white SS or fixed - looked like a miche crank set. You on here? nice work very subtly creeping into the picture and then riding off.

couple of private message sent, cheers chaps.

I'm after a frame and forks (or complete bike) of the ladies variety to build up for the Mrs. I am desperately trying to get her more interested in bikes and figured that a little build project would be good to do together and would also help educate me (I'm still very new to builds).

Anyway, does anyone have a ladies road bike or frame that would be good for a conversion to SS? I remember seeing one on the forum ages ago (it was bright orange) that looked pretty nice. Ideally, I'm after something pretty cheap as money is short.

Also, while I'm here we're probably going to be selling her Dutch bike as soon as I get a replacement lined up for her, £215 (without the basket - she wants to keep that), any takers? It's a unisex 3 speed (hub geared) Dutch bike with a back kick brake (+ normal front brake), mud guards and chain cover for grime free riding, dynamo lights. It's only been ridden for about 20 miles! Only selling as it is a bit on the heavy side for her and she struggles on hills with it, which isn't too good now we live in Cricklewood. And she can't easily carry it up the stairs to our flat, which is a problem when I'm not in.

Cheers,
Toby

Love the fact that bike porn is now 'sticky'...

sticky porn, nice.

no sold like this...looks good with the black arrospok though, that chaps has done a nice job. I reckon they look like pretty decent frames to use as a basis for a project, complete bike is £850 though. (also like the thumbnail thingy on the new forum, good work!)

I'm quite partial to these Trek's, never seen one on the road though.

rare vintage bates roadie!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bates-Frame-1950c_W0QQitemZ110237095620QQihZ001QQcategoryZ22679QQtcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

tasty forks

first my bike and then me. This is my first fixed gear bike and I'm really pleased with how it turned out. I've got got a few bits that will be getting changed (saddle, stem, bars) but I've used what I had lying around to try to get myself up and running as quickly as possible and I think it looks pretty nice. I've never really ridden fixed before and it's certainly a lot of fun. Can't skid yet, but my stopping is getting better which is nice.

If you see me around feel free to say hello.

42.8mph!

keirin's on in a minute I think...