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cake Don't know if anyone else saw this, was down brick lane early yesterday, probably around 9-9:30. Loadsa community support officers and few coppers were with some market inspector type people. They were selling off bikes that they'd confiscated off the little crims down there. Spoke to one of the community officers and he said they'd tried to track down the original owners with no luck.
Only really took notice because out of all the usual mountain bikes and hybrids there was a black Langster, chopped and flopped drops, spds etc. small size sold for £120.
I dunno how hard they try to track people down, but may be worth checkin there in the future...

This news really really scares me... the police are now the fences. Not even funny.

fatbloke [quote]SküllheadWilderness I notice you've got OpenPros on there... were the original rims 700c as well?
You've reused the original front hub I think - what is it?

Front wheel is what it came with - 700c old-skool Mavic rim on a Racelite hub. It had a Campag qr skewer, etc, but swapped that out for something non-nickable. Not sure if that's what it was built up with 42 years ago - I've only had it for the last fifteen years, since I was eighteen!

But where are the mudguards?! ;)

I have a dull, dark green Langster for when it rains. Pretty bike only comes out in the dry. I am a ponce, I admit. But fuck, it rides nicely - the rest of my 'collection' is feeling a bit neglected.[/quote]

Nice hub. Is that like Airlite, by British Hub Co.? OK I didn't really look at the picture, so the front rim's still the old one. I have been pissing about with 27" wheels recently - I'm glad for your sake you've got 700c. There's no rims around and hardly any decent tyres to be had.

No you wouldn't want to put mudgurads on that beaut. I was only being cheeky. Not at all poncy, if you have a 'hack' too. I'll say hullo if you see you about on that...

except insults

Aidan: I can tell you're only telling me to shut it, not spoiling for a fight. So ta. Seriously. £2.25 and some dairylea triangles do ya?

Hi wink. Sorry, that was a bit lairy of me. But your bike invites comment, no? If you wanted to blend in, you would have bought something black.

Aidan not sure who else I offended. I will try and be a bit more respectful in future with people who are friends of yours (or each other). Do you want my dinner money as well?

Put mudguards on your bike, thieves can't even SEE bikes with mudguards on (unless they've got condor written on them).

ibob Yeah, ;) , that was us...

ewww I feel sick

flickwg haha - this was what i was thinking of, forced my whole family to stay in london so i can ride my bike

this pic was in another thread and it is what inspired me to go riding on christmas day

dreamy

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Cheers - I searched for Arrospok, naturally!

Nice work fatbloke. I think the paint looks in wonderful nick in your photos. I've recently finished a '61 Claud Butler 5 speed to fixie conversion - mines a more chipped than this but like you say, 'patina' is all good.

I notice you've got OpenPros on there... were the original rims 700c as well?
You've reused the original front hub I think - what is it?

Enjoy it.

But where are the mudguards?! ;)

you bastard!

actually a lovely record, SAW are sorely missed in these days of acid raving.

I think you're a great designer, Matt

dogsballs tommy, what's the BB and chainset like on that. looking for something vintage. yes, i know the perils of cotterpins, but with a 1950's bike there's no other way. :(

Hi dogsballs
The Italian guy (rough sleeper?) who rides around a crazy two-bike catamaran thing and fixes peoples bikes has a good-ish williams crank and chainring from about that era. Worth asking if you see him.

Hi someone please, at least, help me find the origianal You Look Arrospok post. I have searched but I don't know how it was spelt on there... go on... please

PS I was at Cantelowes about four weeks ago when someone broke their leg BAD on the hip. The ambulance took something like 90 minutes to arrive! In the middle of North London! Can you believe that?

eww.... but he looked happy when they gave him nitrous oxide..,

Sorry no idea on the trivia, Mouse.

I loved seeing that Sean Goff... takes me back... was that a Deathbox number?
I just bought a freestyle board for my nipper, now who remembers those?

Yep when's fixed gear cycling gonna get the intellectual Iain Borden-style anthropological treatment instead of action video sequences? Own up if you're in pre-production right now media whores...

teenslain [quote]le car my main worry is the brakeless backlash. It's gonna happen when people actually realise what is going on on their streets and we're going to be labeled murderers...

I agree with that, still think peoples are nuts driving brakeless but that's probably just me showin' up my crap skillz... Hasn't the whole pisto scene in Tokyo seen the backlash already? I hear there've been a lot of accidents getting a lot of media exposure out there...
Re: Original point... Who cares?[/quote]

The moral panic about bikes seems to me to be abating a bit, doesn't it? Maybe cos there's less of us on the road now its coooooold. Brrrr. I hope to Dog the Standard don't start a brakegate panic.

Is there anything (besides your weight) holding bromptons open? Can they close up if you get air off a speed bump?

Yes! I've seen a middle aged dude in a suit getting 'air' bumping up a smallish kerb and it folded underneath. Scary. He looked calm enough though, perhaps he knew he was the vanguard of the Next big Thing on the streets. Coming soon... freestyle fg folder gangs doing chainring grinds on those Horeditch benches. Cool people will think its stupid, which is cool... Stupid people will think its cool, which is also cool...

Seriously though why not just have QR thingy that allows them be to locked open?! And lose the rubber bushing. I don't get that.

SküllheadWilderness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9cY1MxKqrk

maybe someone can click this link if they could be arsed?

thats better

Cheers peter

tomasito, I do not pretend to the throne ofTynan, Deal or No Spok was awesome, such good comic timing.

addie Alas, the video doesn't seem to be working anymore.
But is that an arro I see before me?
yeah i just uploaded it again to make it the right ratio (perfectionist me)

SPOKBUSTERs

http://vimeo.com/61935413

I know I know I'll get there eventually