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deathskid time...

watch out for walls in camberwell ;)

i know people driving, they'll take my stuff.

the bigger the cusion the sweeter the pushin!

This year's line up is unbelievable! Bruce Springteen! Crosby Stills and Nash! Neil Young! It might aswell be woodstock 69! I'm going to benni this year too although the line up isn't nearly as good. I'm seriously considering riding it (to glasto, although could pedelo to benni) but don't know how i'll make the ride back afterwards.

mega thanks to Radius for mole wrench help!

wehey! i'll buy you and you and whoever brings a headset press a shared drink! woo!

oh and a mole wrench ;)

yo! is it too much to ask for someone to bring a headset press tonight?

stock bianchi pista: risers, blue grips, locked up at my school (thomas tallis). Alot of bikes always there but no fixed gears, congratulations on your shiny new birthday present. ;)

17 bids!

person on Lordship lane last night, i yelled 'do a skid' and they kindly obliged.

Meee! so you were the fairly tiddled looking guy crossing the road, i was kinda worried skiding as my back tyre is utterly worn down to the thready stuff underneath the rubber, hadn't done a single skid all of that previous week.

Sorted now.

Thank you very much to retro di corsa for the beautiful wheel and stem!

its a shit wheel anyway, and i love an excuse to buy new bike stuff, i know i'll fuck up attempting re-lacing a wheel, plus it means new spokes/spoke

just once really, unless another one of these hubs comes up again. i'll give you a quid or two if ya like, but its very kind of you to offer.

After a spoke went flying from my front wheel the other day before riding critical mass, i absent mindedly careered into the back of a black taxi on the way home (to the sheer delight of the driver, already put in a good mood by the mass) Thus, somehow i don't think a bent 31 spoked front wheel is ideal, so i'm looking for a new one...

700c, no preference on colour, smell or taste, the cheaper the better

I also need a 1-1/8 a-head stem, 26mm clamp size

i've got around £40 to spend in total,

cheers.

anyway, i still need a cassette tool (with 2 notches) which i believe looks some thing like this : https://store.nexternal.com/icycles/images/pyc1015.jpg

and now i need a headset press as well, don't mind if it's home made or whateverrr.

still in se14, the closer the better.

whatever generation you are from, i think we can agree that people and time are more valuable than tools. i can understand that tools and cycling are a great passion of yours but i think on this forum there is a real sense of community. maybe you could use this as a medium to share your passion for such things.

its not that they are 'relying' on the kindness of strangers, i'm sure if people wanted to they could get these tools themselves, the fact that they know what a crank puller or bb tool is probably means they know how to use it and where to get it. But firstly, tools like these don't get used that often so while its only a few quid that gets spent, thats still money that could be saved. secondly, no one is asking you to 'cross town' to lend them anything. The reason we specify where we are in london is so that tools can be shared localy and it is generally expected that he who borrows the tool goes to wherever the lender prefers, and anyway i've met people (clearly kinder and more charitable as you put it, who have cycled a long distance to lend a tool. Finally, we should embrace the fact that this is a community, part of the joy in lending and borrowing tools is meeting new people and sharing a passion for cycling!

no worries dude.

i also forgot a lighter, so had to walk 20 mins to the garage at 1am last night to get a lighter, my parents don't have a single lighter or box of frikkin matches in the whole house!

gas hob? grill?

In general, though, there seem to be a few posts on this thread from people who are missing really basic and quite cheap tools; crank pullers, lock ring tools (fixed or cassette), BB tools etc. who need to HTFU

i have a crank puller, just an extremely cheap one which the threading got wrecked on (managed to use it in the end). Also, you've gotta remember that there are a lot of people (who aren't feeble minded) who have bought a bike ready built, either otp or second hand, who don't immediately need any bike specific tools and have no desire to build or work on bikes. And anyway, if you don't want to lend out your tools dont bother, but i think its a good thing that people are willing to help out.

ok crank puller no longer needed, cassette tool anyone?

hey! urgently need a cassette tool with 2 notches as well as a crank puller.

Im in new cross (se14) anyone nearby who can help me out?

old kent road halfords don't have any, my mate works in the bike hut and couldn't find any when i went there last week.

no monies mayn, anyone up for riding it with me? ;)

not sure how im gunna get there, its pretty far but i'm considering riding it, dunno what i'd do with my bike once i got there though, any secure places there to lock up? anyone else riding it?