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I bought my Fillmore from Brixton cycles earlier this year, and I absolutely love the bike. However, there is one thing that makes me slightly unhappy: For some reason the BB comes loose after a while, which results in a clicking noise on each revolution.

I was at the shop already, and they fixed it, but after a week or so the same stuff starts again.

Now I wonder what's the best way to address this. Shall I get a tool and tighten it up every now and then myself? How would I do that? What tools are needed?

Or should I get BC to change the BB for me.

How much does either solution cost?

"This has to be one of the most hand-wringingly middle-class threads in Utopia."

Guess middle class is what I am :/

yep ... and maybe some panniers even?

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2006/jul/02/comment.internationalaidanddevelopment

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- Bjorn Lomborg: Our priorities for saving the world[/ame]

yep. that and and all the other atrocities we see everywhere in the world. Like people wading through chemicals without protection, or disassembling ships bare feet and without protection goggles, the whole body covered in toxic waste and oil ... that's just a couple of things that go through my mind.

Interestingly I heard some debate about wether it's better / more ethical to buy fairtrade from africa to support 3rd world economy or to use local produce to avoid green house gasses.

Just another point that illustrates that to make the right consumer choice is a really really hard thing to do.

I think I read some article once of a business analyst on the worlds problems and how to fix them by prioritizing them and then work through the list.

Malaria, AIDS and world poverty came on top, if I recall right, and somewhere down the line there was carbon footprint and global warming.

He argued that less poverty = less cooking with wood fire, less burining tropical rain forest and so on. Seemed logic to me at the time. I'll try and dig out a link for this.

Anyone ever considered mudguards? That might fix the whole problem at one?

"The rest don't know, don't care or don't give a flying fuck." ... or might not be able to choose. If you're sitting somewhere in a poor country with nothing to eat, I guess you don't really care if burning down some trees is sustainable or increases your carbon footprint, as long as it gets you through the next week.

http://www.howies.co.uk/content.php?xId=443&xPg=1

"So because it dispels odour and dirt, you don’t have to wash it as often. Which is good news when you realise that 80% of the environmental impact of a garment is caused by washing it."

I guess if things get picked for second hand usage it depends how much transport and washing is done to get it into a sellable state again? But I cannot imagine it to be less ethical than new stuff, tbh.

LOL ... no ... http://www.chromebags.com/contact/

None... usually wearing cut off army style pants without a cushion underneath but recently started to wear my lycra top I bought for running as it's thermal and has long sleeves, and it gets a bit chilly in the mornings ... But I am not really a lycra lover. Also there is a hint of hipster in me. I brought back a white and blue chrome bag from SF when I went visiting ... does that make me a fakenger?

Hey, it's ok. thought I would be scared for a while, but now, three months in, I am surprised how well I deal with traffic and all that. Do my 20 - 30 miles most days of the week, and contemplate to ride to Brighton or something just to see if I can (How steep is the hill there?) ...

HTFU as someone said on here ...

A bit late in the thread, but I am wondering about what you guys think are ethical choices for cycling products? And wether I made the right choices?

I bought my Lemond from Brixton Cycles. Someone told me they operate as a cooperative or something? Also bought stuff from howies, who seem to carry an ethical flag?

I find making consumer choices really difficult, and try to opt for the less evil shops, like John Lewis for electronics and so on. But I am fully aware that in a world where companies are owned by other companies, and where organic wool is transported via plane from down under to UK, my choices are not perfect most on the time.

Hello to everyone. Been following some time now and just registered to the board. Hope I am not to much of a commuter / nonstyler for you guys, but we'll see.
To give you an idea: I ride a lemond fillmore with straight handlebars, on the SS side, powergrips on the pedals and a rear mudguard. Wear a fat helmet as well. Love it.

first post here ... so hello everyone :)

I got a fillmore on SS and I love it.

The reason why I picked single speed is that I was scared of riding bikes for quite a while since I had 2 bad accidents in the past, both a result of standing in the pedals and the deraileur somehow not properly sticking to one gear ... hence a sudden shift of gravity and in the first one a good part of my skin scraped off on my shoulderblade, in the second instance some teeth knocked loose and 8 stitches to fix my chin.

Some 6 years later I decided address and overcome my fear, went to brixton cycles and picked single speed for the very reason that the chain is less likely to come off.