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meant to say... just like chris gee above, I end up with a link instead of an image + the thumbnail.

Still having problems uploading jpeg images. Help!!! When I upload jpegs I just end up with a clickable thumbnail. I tried clicking in preview, copying and pasting expanded image but end up with a huge image which is then rejected when posted. What is the optimum size for re-sized images please?

Spotted this in France.... It certainly works for me!!!

http://www.lfgss.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=49238&d=1328784040

Well I am pleased that the frame has gone to some one that will really appreciate it, the cash has covered the amount it needed to for a new bike for the kids and beginners , Ebay and paypal have made nothing on the deal and after a fraught holiday period for me at least some thing has turned out quite well at the last minute !

Last feed to do, quick rub down of the wee one with the calamine lotion and off to bed.... work tomorrow :-(

LUCKY ALLISTER - SOLD TO 'RUSTY MUDGUARD' - OTHERWISE KNOWN AS MARTYN PARKES - NOW BANNED FROM THE FORUM FOR THREATENING THE GOOD PEOPLE ON HERE - SEE THREAD: http://www.lfgss.com/thread79215.html#post2661485

Well I am pleased that the frame has gone to some one that will really appreciate it, the cash has covered the amount it needed to for a new bike for the kids and beginners , Ebay and paypal have made nothing on the deal and after a fraught holiday period for me at least some thing has turned out quite well at the last minute !

Last feed to do, quick rub down of the wee one with the calamine lotion and off to bed.... work tomorrow :-(

LUCY ALLISTER - SOLD TO 'RUSTY MUDGUARD' - OTHERWISE KNOWN AS MARTYN PARKES - NOW BANNED FROM THE FORUM FOR THREATENING THE GOOD PEOPLE ON HERE - SEE THREAD: http://www.lfgss.com/thread79215.html#post2661485

That explains it... few bikes get stolen in the land of the Toblerone

Saw this corker the other day:

I expect the owner was Dutch

Saw this in Holborn a few months ago. TWO new series Moulton's... about £5,000 a piece, locked with one of those crap fold-out flat metal locks. Couldn't believe it!!! Maybe it was a Police stunt!! (Sorry that the photo isn't up to much)

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R.I.P. fellow cyclist Henry

Maybe it'll contribute something to preventing such horrors if we all sign up for the Times 'Cities fit for Cycling' campaign:

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/contact/

R.I.P. Henry

Heartfelt condolences to his family and friends

This will be for sale early next week either 5 or 10 speed.
authentic Trevor Jarvis 1982.

Turn the forks around and you could get more for it!

To put peoples minds at ease I purchased this particular Baines (only one built) whilst at Sheffield uni during the late 70's from track ace Danny Childs. I can vouch for it originally being used as a Steyer as I had period pic's plus a couple of news articles featuring this very machine. I made it more user friendly by reversing the forks, fitting equal size alloy rims plus adding a front brake for road use. I understand that Trevor jarvis later modelled his Tony orme steyer on this early Baines example. Approx' ten years later I sold it to a keen collector by the name of Roy barrat, dunno the bike's history after that?

Seems like Rusty mudguard his pissed on all our bonfires after all!

Here is the stayer built by Trevor Jarvis in 1991 'modelled' on 'rusty highwheeler's" machine... http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/bikes/gate-stayer-rb.html This, correctly, has a top tube parallel to the ground so clearly NOT modelled on the lo-pro 'Baines'. The big collector of Stayer's is a man called Bill Corbett in the States. He thinks rustyhighwheeler's bike is a fake (as quoted by another forum member above) http://vintagetrackbikes-corbettclassics.blogspot.com/ It's worth looking at his blog... some nice stuff on there....

For comparison. Here is a 30's Stayer frame. Note the long headtube. Yours is very short.
The font fork dropouts on this Stayer are rear facing in line with the reversed forks. Your fork dropouts are forward facing. As would be evident on a reversed road fork. Note also on this Stayer the pre war Chater rear dropouts. Very slight.
I would be genuinely interested to see pictures of your bike's geometry as a built machine.

Definitely NOT a Baines and NOT a Stayer... you were spot on old chap! .... and he tells YOU to shut the fuck up!!! More of a garden gate than a flying gate.

It's a Caminade 'Caminargent' Touriste Dame Grand Luxe from the 1940's. The octagonal tubes are bolted into cast aluminium lugs. There is cork in the end of the tubes to stop them collapsing when they are tightened up! A close up of beautiful lugs here... http://vintagebicycle.wordpress.com/category/french-touring-racing-town-bicycles/page/2/

Vertical dropouts have been around from at least the 30's, on bikes fitted with mudguards, so the wheel can be dropped out without fouling on the guard.

A few more photo's of the run here....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldbicycles/sets/72157623716812695/

Do we know any more about the supervised bike parking at the end of the run?
Could Teddy perhaps clarify whether we will need locks for the parking, since locks make an unsightly bulge in one's plusses, and it would be absolutely marvellous if we didn't have to be so inconvenienced. Thanks.

I love quotes like 'Would make a very cool conversion to fixed or singlespeed' on the Colnago. No it would NOT make a great conversion!!! It would look crap. It has a whole host of braze-ons and would be much better returned to original spec. with GEARS!

Just in time for the Tweed run.....I have 2 pairs of cycling shoes for sale. One is an accurate size 37 and the other is a smallish size 36. Ideal for the dainty footed girls out there! New Old Stock probably from the 50's-60's. They are all leather - upper and sole, and of top quality. There is the name 'Vedette' and Olympic rings printed in gold on the tongue. Price is £35 per pair + postage at cost. No offers, that is what they cost me and they are well worth that. Please PM me if interested.

Hi Roxy, I'm the one with the gloved hand and no head!!

Check out Adam Scott's photo's of the run on the Flickr page, taken with square format Yashica on film.... they are fantastic.

Also noticed an almost complete lack of CARS in all the photo's in the complete album...... would be great if it were like that in the real world, as opposed to the world of tweed

Check this out.... monofork front and rear, made around 1910!!!

http://www.reneherse.com/Labor-monobras.html

There is tonms of fantastic stuff on this site, mostly from a private French collection.

Please let me know when you have more lumatwill! Loved your caps on the tweed run and want one!

News of the Tweed Run has reached Japan.......

http://www.beans-tm.cocolog-nifty.com/

The caption reads (roughly).... Wow, this is sooo cool! Young and older (that's me) cyclists, on both fixed and freewheel, enjoyed this great ride in London, which was also enjoyed very much by the spectators...

There's some good bicycle porn on this blog too

What strikes me about all those photo's of the event is the huge beaming smiles on everone's faces. It was one one very special day and a privilege to have taken part!