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Did you sort this? . . .i may have an idea

ditto. when you need it done?

bugger. give it some time and it should do. sorry folks.

hello folks. i have been offered this bike and was wondering what other people thought about the value of it. Its a 26inch wheel fixed specific (no disc or rim brake mounts) custom built frame by dave lloyd (the cycling coach who used to be a frame builder too) for a guy called greg or gary someone who was a track rider in the 80's? anyhow, its an aluminium frame (not sure what tubing yet but might email d llyoyd next week to ask him to rack his brains), pace magnesium forks, goldtech hubs front and rear (fixed fixed), destickered rims, rear is slightly v shaped, front is normal shaped and has a braking surface (there will be a magura hydraulic rim brake fitted). seatpost is easton carbon as are the bars, stem is looong race face affair and cranks are some FSA boring mountain bike ones. i rode it and it was real nice though small but probably ok, thought that stem needs about 50mm cut off it and about 10 degrees more rise. its a shop, they want 450 for it. they already took a hundred quid off the price "cos its you". just wondered what people thought. check here for the pics....

http://whatfriends.fotopic.net/c1504376.html

cheers folks.

yep, reckon im in on this one.

1. BoBoB Brothers
   
2. smeear
   
3. bombadil (?)
   
4. Object - fucking yes!
   
5. whatfriends
   

thank you. i first started seeing it on old bmx listing and couldnt get new old school out of my head. it made me shudder thinking that it could have been that. 2 thirds right though. cheers

what the hell does NOS mean in listings? any ideas.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/shimano-DURA-ACE-SQUARE-TAPER-CRANKSET_W0QQitemZ180237520441QQihZ008QQcategoryZ109118QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

not track but someone could do something with them?

whats all this talk about? read the add. it says " The best thing about these bikes are that they've got no gears"... good luck. i'd love it if jos had to fred flintstone this bike round all week cos it had no gears. but still, i do love this whole thing. wish i was a local to come see it on sunday.

sweet, cheers for that. oh and nice commute. i assume you have a commuting bike soley for that purpose!

not personally. however my local shop built one for a local lady with a rollhoff hub. she loves it. i wish i'd got one instead of a second karate monkey built up as a tourer.

just found this site www.mapmyrun.com turns out my route is 8.8 miles or 14.13 km. however, i am being a spud and cant figure out simple maths to find out how fast i was going. any ideas? im doing 8.8 /33.56 then times 60. is this right or am i a maths nob?

b) and leave a note that they should contact reception + Tell the people at the reception / security desk.
Only if you can be bothered though!

what he said. even if you cant be bothered though. conscience says help a brother out even if its a pain and they are dum for leaving there.

did you know that the front wheel is actually a back wheel too? the spacing is the same. so like on that one you can have two ss hubs with different gears and swap whenever.

yep and im honestly serious about the dust included. i dont live in london but do visit a lot as my girl lives there. im driving up monday evening and may be able to do the drop then or tuesday. if not i'll leave it tottenham hale ways untill im in london proper, and i can ride to meet you. may be a couple of weeks time but if you want it its yours. cool?

hmmm i have had time to think and i may keep the job lot. however, if you actually seriously want a unicycle you can have mine for a fiver. including the layer of dust its gathered at the bottom of my stairs.

@whatfriend 20 quid the lot.

what? even though it said unicycle.i dont think you are serious. i would expect ofers along the lines of 20quid the lot minus the unicycle.

eek, scarey. i dont even know you.

fuck it, if thats the only way.

for sale.

7 bikes. varying degrees of fixed/gears/rigid/hardtail/full suspension/mtb/road/flatland bmx/20inch wheel trials/unicycle/tidy/tatty.

offers.

cold turkey it will be.

for a while, then maybe that steamroller i thought about. hmmm

nothing attract the same criticism as the langster. nothing.

hmm what about that lady journo who wrote that article.. Alice someone?

4 inches. blimey thats big. like i said, fun looking though. i'd like to try one and see what its all about but i get scared doing things like that as im trying to scale down the number of bike in my stable, or at least one in one out. not just add more.

a pugsley? in this country? what would you do on it? where do you ride those crazy 3 inch tyres? having said that, they do look fun. maybe that should be my next n +1...

oh also, the frames were the 29" wheel mountain bike frames, the Karate Monkey. one is built as a touring bike with racks and fenders disc brakes and a dynamo front hub, the other is my all weather fixed bike also with fenders and a front disc brake. great frames i reckon, sturdy, not light but i'd be amazed if it didnt last for ever. rugged. and versatile. i alsways wanted a steamroller, bought a fillmore and regretting it. shame. er only cos its the wrong size though. otherwise its grand.

not when i have done it on two surly frames. i mean, dont hold it for ages or yeah you'll have issues but it was so quick and clean and easy compared to just picking it off or waiting with a hairdryer for ages. and it makes you frame all warm.

get a paint stripper heat gun and it melts the decals off real eay. white spirits for the sticky and you are away.

and on that note i am going to bed. i have far too many important things to procrastinate aroung tomorrow to stay here all night conversating with an ever decreasing number of people. so i bid you all goodnight.