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I sold one to a friend but he's recently bought a new one. Its green/chrome. Want me to enquire for you? Probs £70

I'll have a bloody mary shelley.

I've heard they're pretty good with tabasco and garlic.

Actually I don't think it would be that hard to frankenstein something like that from current saddle designs.

Haha!

If you decide not to go with gear integrated levers, I have some shimano r600 non-gear levers going. Really light, here are some on chain reaction: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=13673

Please state your price if you've got anything like this (or similar) going... Thanks

I find people like Schindler and this chap Bartali absolutely fascinating. I really couldn't honestly say what I'd do in their position. But the idea of putting your life right on the edge, risking being executed, to save others is absolutely mind boggling. It's easy to say "yeah I'd do the same" but who knows... I think these were truly open minded people who didn't just follow the rest which sadly happens far too much...

Thanks for the interesting bit of knowledge!

Bloody hell

would you take 80 for it? (JOKING!)

so you "stumbed on somthing intriguing" twice?

Basically, I stumbled across that thread while searching for whether bostik glue would make a good substitute for rubber solution. Noticed a "Tynan", who seems to be quite a discussed individual on lfgss, said "ooooh I'm intrigued!" and made the thread.

...then I thought it probably wasn't that interesting/I haven't been here long enough to be part of the in-crowd who make snarky jokes about this alias or that so I edited to something that I found AMAZING. Though that was yesterday.

Wasn't the video before though. Was a link to a bike radar post by a 'Tynan'. Cheeky edit.

Changed my mind. I do that a lot. What, are you the forum police or something? :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=081dHOYY6IE
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120704508994

Unrelated, but buy some lime green for a good cause here:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120704508994

Evil!!!!

I was thinking of buying a few on launch day to sell at double the price raising money for nice bike bits. Didn't do it in the end and I'm pretty glad, they're not going for that much on ebay.

You reckon apple is losing it's touch?

I'd actually really like a pro coffee machine with metal parts etc. They're so bloody expensive though.

Currently making do with a trusty caffetiere.

Who in their right mind would put a £1000 carbon fibre aero wheel on their Specialized Langster and ride it on the hazardous terrain of South London??!

Who in their right mind would buy a £1000 carbon fibre aero wheel for general a to b city use?

Bought this for £60, now it has been stripped of all the stickers using a hairdryer and then a bit of cooking oil to break down the residue. I was in the process of ripping all the gears off. Now she's a very smooth riding single speed soon to be fixie as soon as I find a reasonable wheelset.

There was a big patch of surface rust which I painstakingly sanded off and painted with enamel paint.

Was going to respray but actually the colour and character has grown on me. Plus its less likely to be stolen. There's no rust at all now anyway.

Bloke going eastwards down the hill at Pentonville road, looked across at me while I was going up the hill westwards (both waiting at the lights). About an hour back.
Guy with a grey Rapha top, white bike (didn't catch brand)
Chap with blue top, green bag.
Both going down through St Pancras about an hour ago.

I was on a light blue raleigh that I've recently bought, massive frame, all stickers taken off.

Most things I've read say NO to vinegar for descaling coffee machines.
The ones that are suggested tend to be citric acid based which doesn't taint the machine with vinegar.
Puly stuff isn't supposed to be citric acid either so they've got something funkier.

Why not just use lemon juice? Theyre pretty full of citric acid. Probably much cheaper too.

I will do that.

What does it say at the top of the document, Singspeed? If there is a name I will do some lookups, see if I can find out more about this chap. It looks like he was called George A Cowell and he was from Coventry, is that right

Yes, that was the name on the top of the document. It must have been put into the seat tube of the bike so it could be recovered if stolen. I've heard that was common practice. It's a good idea tbh.

The frame looks pretty vintage, I'm just not sure how I can date it. No information whatsoever about Stokes of Coventry on the internet (apart from stuff they built in 1890). It IS a 531 though. Unless it's just a sticker.

I just found a rolled up document in the seatpost of my coventry made Stokes bike. It's too small for me so I was stripping some parts off it for a frame Ive just bought:

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Here's the bike I found it hidden in:

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Interesting stuff! Is this common practice?