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yeah i'd watch that one... dodgy!!!! ;)

one of the bloke in Evans have a London Langster, obviously they're dodgy.

lpg, you didn't just paid for that 'bike' did you?

I have one of those small kryptonite that I always carry with me, my main concern is usually theft who saw a lock and assumed that an expensive bike will be there at a particular time of day, or that's probably paranoid.

Well, the title is self-explantory, after I aquired my new bike, I'm a bit more paranoid about it getting stolen than my old Peugeot, so I use the heavy chain lock from my sister's old Vespa (that incidentally got stolen, not locked mind), is it alright for me to leave the lock in certain location around London? so I don't have to carry it with me all the way as it's heavy as fuck?

I've planned to leave a couple of locks from King's Cross, Notting Hill and Shoreditch.

thank mates, that sound advice, I'm gonna do that to my Pista, no worried about our being matched in the street of London; I'm getting some velocity coloured rims either way (probably metallic maroon).

Everything is stock except for:
-Mavic Ellipse Track Wheelset(Radial Front,2X Rear)
-MKS Pedals and Clips,Toshi Double-straps
-Chopped down Viking handlebars

As for stripping the decals,I just used a Paint and Varnish remover.If you do use this stuff,watch out though cus its lethal.I had gloves on and everything but I somehow managed to flick some onto my face,burned the shit out of my skin.Also,bike looks shinier in person,it was pretty dull went I took the photo!

that it? does it actually also removed the sticker too? or you'll have to removed it by hand after removing the layer?

AFAIK the decals on a bianchi pista are under a layer of clearcoat?

that what it is? blah, I was hoping there's an easy way to removed them, if only they use normal sticker, hand and white spirit is all I need to removed them.

Bianchi Pista minus decals?

yeah it is (I can tell), I'd love to removed the decals, how you go about doing that? I'm not sure what kind of decals that look like it's pretty much welded to the frame.

Trust an Aussie to change the group into a London Burnout Car and Oval Racer instead.

Sold the old Peugeot, got a new Bianchi Pista that's slowly getting certain part added (well, removed mostly).

Hars half decents? no mate, properly decent that's what you're getting for £400, it's just cost extra if you like to have the frame in some different colour, rims colour, specific theme and such.

but as far as a basic fixie go, £400 get you a very decent and reliable fixie.

ive had friends who have worked at Evans and Halfords. I certainly wouldnt have given jobs to those that Halfords hired, bless their souls. Evans in Kingston on the other hand has always been friendly and informative.

even the one in Victoria, quite small, actually do have knowledge on fixie, which is nice when I ask them my rear wheel need to be tighten a bit since it's a new chain and they immedtially go 'right right, we'll do that' getting what I meant.

Difference between Evans and Halfords

A while ago in 2006 I have a Kona Smoke, a black 2005 model, i loved that thing as it's my first hybrid bike and it's steel to boot, changed tyres from fattie to slick and it's a nice sweet handling bike, every compound is sound, gear changing, braking, the mudguard even is perfectly in sync, I got this at a discount from Evans.

it got stolen, right outside my house, someone managed to cut my £50 lock and actually took it with them, after a while, I got an insurance replacement but the bike's in Halford (well, Bike-hut, but it'll forever be Halford to me), exact same one, just the next year model, and after recieving it, it's not exactly smooth, gear is quite clackly, the brake shudder (you know, like shook back and forth when you squeeze gently), mudguard rattle a fuck-load that in the end i removed it, and the rear wheel isn't even straight! it's a fucking singlator and it's not straight!.

i suspect that it's less to do with the bike, more to do with the quality and care of putting the bike together, Evans did their well, but Bikehut just despite some of them looking rather.. knowledgable, they're just shabby, thank fuck I didn't buy the Bianchi Pista off Bikehut.

is this what you usually get? or is it just me?

i spend £250 on my old peugeot including the bike itself (the most expensive is the rear wheel that needed to be built for fixed gear), sold it for £200, and then add another £240, got the Bianchi Pista.

I cannot believe how shit my Peugeot is until I rode the Bianchi, I mean it like I've been drinking decaf coffee all my life and finally taste the real thing.

Fixed Gear London could build you a fucking* basic no-frill fixie for £400 actually, I spoken with them a while ago (after mentioning I can't do phone and profoundly deaf, the email conversation seemed to cut completely fucking* dead, hasn't heard from them for a fucking* week, hmph), and they said a basic would be fucking* £400, but for something original, spend £500 or more, talk through them via phone to see how they do it and what you want your bike to be like.

a great fucking* starter and complete bike would be the Charge Plug, it's quite light, dunno why everyone said it's heavy, I weighted one a while ago and it's quite light (and if you'e coming from an fucking* MTB bicycle, it'll be light as fuck to you), it's comfortable and it'll attack anything London fucking* will throw at you.

Or the fucking* Bianchi Pista, slighty bigger gearing thus harder to slow down with pedal, no brake (you can just knock up a new brake and BMX brake levels for £30) but fucking* beautiful and handle fucking* wonderful, I just picked mine up today and damn it's heaven.

For those who fucking* own one; why does it feel heavy when I weight it? I thought my heavy-tubing Peugeot fixie would be heavier but oh no it was a fuckload* lighter than the fucking* Pista!

*swear word added to help the Aussie to understand me, no one swear as much as they do!

Even the cheapest Brook B-17 saddle is comfortable as fuck, any will be fine thought, the B-17 doesn't make your bike look racy mind, it look more suited to a relaxed cruiser bike (like a Kona Smoke, well mine at least).

swallow could be a good one, and remember it be weird and uncomfortable (but not sore) at first, until the saddle slowly molded to the shape of your bum, it's heaven, even thought there's no cushion.

Welcome to the LFGSS forum, where half of the posts in a topic is full of wittiness.

i am 14, soon to be 15 (in a weeks time)

mate, you're 14, why do kids always add 'soon to be' at the end? just to give a sense of being older than you should? in that cause I'm 22 but I'll be 23 soon.

when I fill in an application form, I put '22 but 23 soon', since it does make a lots of sense that.

Agreed, I really have no idea how he got into office.

We are living in a city of idiots.

because people's actually vote for him because he's going to get rid of the bendy bus, that all, that's all the reason he's well liked.

fuck sake, bendy bus! simply add a conductor on the bendy bus and the problem will (kinda) be solved, rather than spending £100 million on a new routemaster, which is nice, but with 2012 coming up, it's a bit too much when there's already a lots of investment in public transport and the like.

Got the following film cameras...

Olympus OM1, gathering dust a bit!
Lomo Diana which I am just getting grips with
Lomo Colour splash that I take all over and usually shot slide film and cross process.
Currently looking for a Polaroid SX-70 (loads around, but looking for the right one.

Also have an Olympus Mju Digital, not as good as my girls Canon I got her for Christmas!!
Got a flickR account, but need to put pics up on it, I'll get around to it some day!

The Polaroid SX-70 a gorgeous piece of camera, clever too, felt very weak (note: felt that is, not actually weak), it annoying that everytime i open the camera i took 10 years of it's life out of it.

Diana are a bugger to use, but the result is more rewarding when the photo's finally exposed, more rewarding than the easy strong Holga.

I can't believe ppl are prepared to pay £80 for an LCA. Shocking.

Hate the Lomographic society.

do you really want to learn how much the Canon 450D cost normally? that'd make the LSI seemed generous.

I paid £80 for it 5 years ago actually, from Bulgaria (custom tax buggered it up).

actually, do anyone here have a Flickr? it would be interesting to see other's photography.

Yep, a Yashica T4, and a Nikon FM with a 50mm f1.8.

The Yashica T4 is an excellent camera, I have an T5 (weatherproof kind) cause I have a Contax T3 in for repair and needed summat to temporary replace it.

pentax k1000. best film slr body ever.

I grew up with that camera, my father have been using it for 30 years and it hasn't even got a change of lens, same old 50mm F/1.4 and camera, it was until I obtained a Pentax Spotmatic when I realise how modern and angular the K1000 is.

my camera collection is a bit big but I use only a handful

LOMO LC-A - my beaut everyday camera, it's flaw is why I love it, I have to work a bit harder if i want a great shot, that the camera that taught me to slow down after I sold my Nikon D50 (£80)

Contax T3 - my professional everyday film compact, you don't need a big SLR to take quality picture when this is perfect, and easier than owning an Leica (£300).

Canon EOS-1n - professional camera for my HNC Photography course, usually for outdoor, street, event etc. (£150).

Bronica SQ-A - ditto as the Canon, depth of field is amazing on medium format, perfect for studio and portrait (£100).

Holga - modified with a working aperture, rarely use it cause I'm used to a rectangle format, and frankly London's not exactly an idea place for a camera that need a LOTS of light to exposed a film. (£20).

I got other camera, but it's never been used and I only got it for aesthetics reason (which is the first rules of photography, it's your eyes that's important, not the camera, they're just light box), I add the price to see how cheaply you can obtain one, especially the Canon, as it's the same as the Canon 5D, just in film format.

Apart from the Contax, but then, there's no such thing as a full-frame digital compact yet.

i have that nikon 50mm f1.8 on my dslr, love it! (sorry to semi hijack the thread)

50mm is useless on a cropped sensor digital thought, the lens become an 80mm F/2.5 lens, far too long to be a useful everyday lens, your best option is a 30mm F/1.4 from Sigma, that give you an exact 50mm viewpoint to be used as an perfect everyday lens.

i love film, but just don't have to time to sit in front of the film scanner and scan them in. I love Lomo for it's ease of use and toughness being lugged around everywhere. I also have old russian zenit SLR with fisheye, tele, wide and macro, Rollei 35 + 35s, Ricoh 35Z, Yashica Electro 35 and a few others, all great, just big and cumbersome...

why the hell would you sit in front of film scanner and scan them in? simply go to the labs, ask them for a "develop and CD only", cost about.. £5 to £7 depending on the labs, and bingo, you got all the photos in high resolution in a CD.

True enough, but... developing! What a nightmare. I'd never be likely to do my own developing, which means learning on a 35mm slr (my dad has an old olympus - OM10/OM20 i think) becomes costly. I'm thinking £5 developing and a weeks wait for 20 wasted shots to see what I did right!

this is london mate, you got the best film labs here, plus, shooting 36 exposure allowed you to slow down and have a higher chance of a 'good photo' than shooting 100 of the same shot hoping for the best.

the fact that it cost a bit allowed you to actually concentrate properly, stop shooting like an American kids with an AK-47 at school, just keep it steady, shoot something you really think look great than randomly shoot summat for the hell of it.

a couple or so weeks, you'd notice a difference.

plus, I can't afford a digital camera, I can easily afford an Olympus Epic 35 (£5 in portobello), excellent camera that doesn't even need battery and it's auto-exposure, and then a couple of weeks learning to shoot with film, you'd end up getting a better eyes for shooting than paying £200-300 for a digital camera.