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and what would happen if say the handelbars were bent in some way, as can happen.

as with all perfect things, just keep developing every possible practise until you reach the pinicle!...
ohm :-S

this is a good design but it's flawed by the fact your unable to change your handlebars if need be

attachments? bar end plugs? glued/welded in?

Clever, or stupid?

debatable - from an ideal point of view, its nice to do as it shows your love and attachment for your bike
but from a practicable point of view, there are plenty places in our glorious city that are bicycle un-friendly and so you could find yourself restricting your life to choices where your bike can remain by your side... which come to think of it, might not be that bad a choice :-S

on second thoughts, such an idea might attract unwanted attention from the sort of people who go into stealing bikes as part of making a living, and so vandalism may be sure to incur...

• i dunno how well it would work with a Sheffield stand...
  

my first picci post :-)

not sure if it exists or not - heres the article

I also got a 6' chain and lock for £19 reduced 'cos they reckoned the lock wasn't secure enough.

im on the market for chains at the moment - model name?

They also have an open plan workshop

u mean like @ blb, where the mech is working right next to the front desk? or is there more to it than that?

Bikehut isn't Halfords. it's a sort of franchise, although how that works I don't know.

"And because Bikehut is **backed **by one of the UK’s best known, long established retail names..."

ah - i see :D

9 grand and it's got a messenger chainset? :S

messenger chainset bad? or just cheap?

I'm saying mad dudes in banged-out 3.0l Capris and Mantas ragging it down Kingsland road

+1 - a newly licensed 4x4 just pulled out on me down hoxton street (parallel to kingsland) - went right in to the spare tyre - knocked my bar end plug out and set the handlebars off - had to go down to blb to borrow a tool (sods law that i didn't have mine on me at the time :-P)

id cycle on it just to see if the security guard could keep up with his hand chained to the bike :-P

the ad comes with coupons for 10% off bikes + 20% off **selected **accesories
runs out 22nd june - i guess thats when they start charging :-P

...when you click on the link it does say: Halfords bikehut : home

no no - the website is cool for that - its just the ad in the paper didn't mention it at all - not even in the "blah blah is a registered trademark" section
i dunno why i was i was looking out for it, but the fact that my suspicions were confirmed suggested something that i seemingly half hoped was true :-P

reckon it'll be just another evans/cyclesurgery supplying all the fluro office folk.

yeh - my thoughts really, just hoping on the possibility that it could be something more than that... :-(

yah - tis a charge plug!

A new bikehut was opened in st pauls today by nicole cooke - the ad in the metro went on all about how it was run by cyclists for cyclists, but nowhere mentioned that it was run/owned by halfords - i was wondering if this blatant distancing act is justified? - is bikehut a good shop? or is it just as shit as a normal halfords, different only in appearance?

the website, for those interested, although not much on it in terms of products, but the about me section says: "And because you’ll be joining us at the very beginning, you will have the opportunity to shape Bikehut’s customer offering and develop the business as you see fit."
surely the customer offering will be pretty much exclusively inner London office workers and maybe the ocasional tourist? i cant imagine much more than that treking the distance just to go there...

No offence meant, but neither of those are track frames. If you want to build a fixed-gear conversion, carry on, but the Interclub and TdeF are road frames.

hows about the Mexico - my research sugests that its a fixed version of the TdeF, but does that still mean its better suited to my ideals, or would it be just the same as converting a TdeF myself?

• whats the matter with getting a road racer frame and only putting two sprokets on? how is a bike designed to be fixed wheel any better? (or have i just answered that with the question? :-P)
  

whut is that sadle???

grow into it - frank, how old are you?!

18 - nearing the end of my growth, but a few more inches are sure to come along, no?

"HHSB."

just out of interest, and a wish to better my knowledge, does hhsb stand for hip hop slave bike? or is that just another interpretation of a pre formed acronym?

cheers

sorry that post seems a bit over zealous looking back at it!

was only meant as a bit of friendly advice, to help avoid making an annoying mistake.

hahaha - nooooo worries - i only hope i do grow, otherwise those 2 cms may not be enough!!!! :-S

5 foot 3 and a 54cm frame!!!!????

think that might be a teeny bit big for you!

i'm 5 foot 8 and ride a 52cm frame

my inside seam is 78cm
my current bike frame is a 54cm
it is 76cm from the top tube to the ground
so yes, i suppose it is a bit too big for me, but its new so i need space to grow into it anyway :D

+im more 5"4' really :P

Gitane Interclub ... with the Reynolds 531 tubing

seems to be that the none of the Interclub's were made from the 531 tubing, and that to get the tubing i have to go for a 70's/80's Tour de France model

I love my Godzilla poster which I found in my college common room. It came with some paper about a month ago.

twas from the guardian matey - they had a free dvd an all! :-P

http://www.gitaneusa.com/catalogues.asp

after due consideration, im probably going to try for a Gitane Interclub - green frame, preferably with the Reynolds 531 tubing, as its history is testament to its great craftmanship!
(if any of you guys see one, im 5"3' - around 54cm frame)

Try volunteering at a bike co-op

what is a bike co-op? is it any shop that isn't a chain? or is there some other specification?

Putney Cycles are lo0king for a predominantly sales person

nah - i really want to start at the mechanical level; just emerse myself in mechanising, y'ken?
(+i live in stoke newington, and so i'd probably appreciate an easier commute every morn!)

you can volunteer at the recycle bike workshop in Walthamstow that i mentioned last week, they teach you to rebuild / recycle the bikes that are donated. its run by the coucil, they are often requesting volunteers: more info: call Gina Harkwell 0208 496 3000

on a plate for you

yeah - i've had a look at these guys on t' internet

• i may be doing something similar with the bikes4africa project as my matey works with them

• looks to me that knowledge is key (tis a rhyme! but not so good on t' time), and that any and all knowledge i can pick up before going for a job is key to my future success. i plan to be reading up on the Zinn books, as well as the Sheldon and park tool sites
  also, cycling forums recommended reading a few John Barnett books as well - any recommendations for him?

• cheers all for the plethora of advice

if you go to www.gitaneusa.com/catalogues.asp look at the catalogues they go back to the 60s so you can find your frame and see where it stood in their line up. i think most years they had two pistas, a super pista made fully out of 531 with chromed dropouts and a pista mexico which just had the three main tubes in 531 and normal droupouts.

cheers for the link (and cheers for the edit, provenrad)

where did you find these awesome reviews? i have never read a review of a gitane pista. i got a super pista frame recently and now have the trouble of building it up as it has french threads, ive heard they can be a bit more trouble than they're worth.

not much doing on this forum, but theres a few lying around on the other cycling forums - [ame="http://www.cyclingforums.com/showthread.php?t=10808"]this [/ame]is the thread about quality differences - 3rd post down
and heres one complaining about the foreign threading - read the **notes
**as to high quality riding, just look around at the Gitane tracks on velospace and you'll find plenty of praise for 'em

Side entry bottle cage is my guess

+1 - it would explain why theres a wire round the top of the bottle as well; side entry would need plenty purchase