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I rode my Fuji all last winter. I love it.

Its a good bike. Please anti jinx me... no problems, its very quick, rides great, its fast as frik, nice size and riding position for me. It does creak a bit (a lot) if you give it hell out of the saddle. Race blades took a bit of manipulation to fit well (but they always do I suppose). The saddle got worn pretty quick, but I suppose that depends on how and how much you ride. Its a track bike I suppose but the forks are oval though which is nice but its still brutally responsive. But I suppose thats why we ride tracks.

All in all, for value for money I think the Fuji is great - hence I bought it!

Peace

Get the peddals, then your build will be complete and you can learn to let go, start a new project and move on.

Nothing worse than seeing someone get completely stuck tinkering with the finished. The stickers are ace, your friend is wrong, your one step away from being finished and being able to ride without worrying if your bike is right or not.

Peace

This thread is deadly! haha.

Some very funny stuff.

I suppose the thing about bikes is they are one of the worlds great inventions, and people are enthusiastic about that in different ways. Like with cars, some people like tuning them to preform, or making them look nice, or fitting speakers, etc. Bikes are the same. I totally appreciate people who go to great lengths to make their bike look really nice and individual and I appreciate people who put in mad hours in the saddle working or training.

That said, there is a total hollier than thou attitude. God just spoke to me, he shone a beam of sunlight in my window, which reflected off the animal bar I was about to eat, (which he knew I was going to buy and thats why he made it summer weather) and it blinded me.

Peace

Really?

You never leave your bikes unattended? So do you have a second bike for commuting or working and have a nice bike for the weekends and stuff? I can see myself maybe making a recreation bike but then I'd actually feel guilty for my work horse bike.

A scene accessory is just a way I describe (to myself since I have no friends interested in bikes) things like a cross bar pad, or a vintage leather saddle, etc. Things that I feel if they were on my bike would get lifted in a second.

The more I see people riding really nice painted and rimmed bikes the more I feel like I can peel off all the ugly tape and show my bike off to the world haha.

Peace

I often wonder about this.

Only a recent inhabitant of London I see sooooo many people cycling really flashy bikes. I feel bad for my bike as I have parcel tape wrapped on it, bar tap on my cross bar, race blades and insulation tape covering the decals. When I leave London and bring it back to Ireland I'll be able to ride it all shiny and nice but until then I worry about it being stolen.

How do you guys manage to keep your vintage tracks with every scene accessory from being stolen?

Peace

Anyone encountered the bus drivers on old kent road? It's like they are actively trying to kill me. Cant say I blame them though. Peace

Thing is, I'm totally chilled. Why would anyone get heated about this!? Ders more to Ireland den dis! hahahahah Peace

New Cross to Islington topless yestertag. And around Lambeth topless a couple of times during the week. It makes ALL the sense in the world and therefore, I ALWAYS ride topless. Well kinda. I wear a chrome and it never bothers me. Peace

it was just a point of reference as he looked grubby as fuck

Sorry man I totally misunderstood! Irish is and always has been a point of reference for "grubby as fuck" sorry. I'm totally "chilled" about this. Why would I not be, after all its you that displayed overt racism on two occasions. Now, I WOULD be pretty angry if it was me being racist and not even knowing it. Then, like you, I would resort to swearing. Well done for standing up to the likes of that thief too! No really! Peace

I'm Irish. Totally not cool to say that because the guy was Irish its more likely that he's a thief. Ireland (according to the Economist) is the number one country in the world to live in. We dont come to London to rob bikes. It would be very strange if Irish people made up the bulk of bike thieves in London, its probably Londoners. Like Markyboy said, if you said the thief was black and therefore worthy of more suspicion than a white person it would be clear your racist. Anyway, if anyone sees an Irish man on a Fuji Track around new cross I didnt steal it - I know, shock horror!! Peace