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good man, hehe glad u enjoyed any more info pics or the likes gimme a shout

so was being touched up by a priest.

christ how did u know, i thought i'd bought all the daily mails last week

Its funny, i have been riding SS for years, and fixed on and off for most of that, but had never really noticed any culture of Fixsters/Hipsters etc etc, probably because i live out west and you can go days without seeing another fixed rider - it never occurred to me that there would be a forum like this, and i only stumbled upon it when searching the internet for a powdercoaters in London, and Armourtex on here was one of the first results - having been on the forum it has exposed me to a whole other world of riding, most of my riding friends look at me as some sort of eccentric/mad professor when i bring out my fixed bikes, but here i found a place where you can more often than not spout shit all day to like minded souls if you so wish - it also made me intrigued to venture out east (somewhere i have rarely been since my messy younger years in the mid 90's at Tyson St in Dalston) and i was amazed at the amount of fixed gear riders there, but also amazed at the amount of them who seemed to have no clue what they were doing, and where clearly the bike was an accessory first, transport second (controversial maybe, but that was my initial reaction).

I have only been a member for about 6 months or so, but even between when i joined up (i think i am around the 2000th member) the forum has changed, not necessarily for the worse, but i remember thinking when i joined, fuck, everyone on here knows each other! Now it seems some know each other, but the majority don't.

The best thing for me about the forum however, is the social aspect - if you have never gone to drinks you should, because their is such a wide range of characters and opinions all united by a love of one cog, and that too me is what makes this forum great, that its not just a faceless internet site, but a real community that more often than not rallies to the help of others - the problem for newbs is quite often that they don't realize how many members know each other through drinks, and as such the off the cuff "cunt, fucker, hipster" abuse is mostly harmless banter.

Ultimatelythe forum is a victim of its own success, in that it is probably the greatest database of fixed gear/ss info on the net, hell google most fixed related topics and LFGSS is always near the top of the list, so inevitably people will log on to ask questions that we have all heard before . . .

Anyway - i am rambling!

good man, quaality craic

what on earth are you doing? are you trying to be annoying?

lol .. too soon?

get some white jeans.

..."it was acceptable in the 80's"

haha i know i know, just thought confessing would make me feel less of a clingfilm/bike perv

... i ws getting sick of the blue from my jeans soiling my white leather saddle so i gave it a mega clean and wrapped it in cling film to protect it when riding!!!

lol, i think i know the answer...

Quality Pics.....Mint Skyways!
I've still got a couple of the chrome blue bombers they're hard to find now.

certainly are mate and still have the comfiest saddle ive ever sat on

ahahah, glad u got a kick out that mate...

as for your mates u mean this one....

it aint mine but a mates
i gotta stop this now lol

yeah mate it is a bit of an issue,
they were never the best certainly not in terms of bmx, raleighs have awful welds and are made of granite
but you'l prob agree its what most of us were brought up on so it means more in my opinion, unless u were lucky enough to have haro's and the like i found investing in the burners really fulfilling

any help with that bomber u need give me a shout in terms of specs resources etc

Here are a couple of frames I found in just 5-10mins of eBaying..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sirius-Road-Racing-Frameset-Reynolds-531_W0QQitemZ150299871590QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item150299871590&_trkparms=72%3A1346|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 - dropouts look pretty small but you could convert it

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Raleigh-Road-Bike-21-inch-Frame-with-Matching-Forks_W0QQitemZ120313568399QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item120313568399&_trkparms=72%3A1346|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 - looks pretty much what you'd be looking for

thanks mate bit ashamed to have not done my homework
that raleigh frame looks awesome, will contact seller to see if he posts
cheers

i love the font on that ttpad. nice bike, and nice photo

cheers mate plenty more where that came from

raleigh made a centeinary model racer and did it in gold superchrome
its basically a film applied over a chrome frame which makes it look like solid gold,
doesnt age well and flakes off like a bad varnish not many people can redo it these days this had to be stripped and sent down south ( south as in england i was in glasgow at the time)
charge did a gold plug too eh??

hopefully i'll get an old raleigh racer frame i can really get stuck into
all the best dude
dave

ok, that makes sense.

i was starting to think you were talking about bikeguide.

hehhehe nice one

hey, those bmx's are beautiful, that gold one is jaw dropping. welcome to the forum, and i hope to see some of those bikes in the flesh at south beers.

cheers mate
heres another indulgent one of the gold supertuff

apppreciated,
will check it out
love london for those kinda places just dont get it in glasgow

http://www.raleighburner.com/phpBB2/index.php

http://burnerworld.8.forumer.com/

My first 'real' bike was a black and red raleigh burner I used it pretty much every day from the age of 6 to 16, I rue the day that mountain bike came into my life and my dad gave the burner to the next door neighbors bratty kids.

similar to this??

i built it up and sold it on pretty quick did minimum stuff to it as it was a nice survivor

Hi guys, take 2 with the wanted post

im on the look out for a raleigh race or road bike, preferably reynolds tubed to work on over the winter

other than that somebody's old first bike would be lovely, just looking for something to get me started and give me some fun in the winter evenings

21'' 53cm or thereabouts is ideal

can collect in London area

all the best
Dave

http://www.londonfgss.com/thread11360.html
my introduction should have stareted with this!

great thread guys and excellent result eddy
hopefully do something similar when i acquire a raleigh to base my project on

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[quote=big daddy wayne;323575]a proper radgy gadgy eh WD40_h?

the very same mate lol a proper wee bampot

sounds good tho man,
went to the bike film festival and seemed to be a good bunch son would be up for some rides once i get me a bike!

wow this is like a car crash in slow mo, I cant.... stop.... looking.....
( D14vd_h weather it out, and read more threads you'll get the idea)

tryin mate hehe
cheers

Stop boring me with

"I'm new, i want a nice 'fixie bike' for no money"

look at the forum before you start posting, if people have something to sell chances are they have already posted in the appropriate section that they have something to sell, why the fcuk would anyone sit there and read a completely pointless question and think to themselves "shit, that new bob jackson i've just spent an arm and a leg on is boring me so i'll just sell it for half its value to someone who is too impatient to get involved with "the scene" and wants one right away.

rant over, D742324VID its not entirely your fault your just one of a series of people who are too fcuking impatient to wait for what will probably only be 2 days for something vaguely near your size to come up.

cool glad u got your tuppence worth in tescos edward

you would say that cos you know nothing.

that the kind of thing you mean?

i think were over it now mate leave it alone eh