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That Cannondale is awesome! It's SOOO easy to do barspins, 'cause the front wheel was stolen from a bike a bear cub used to ride in the circus, and it's tinyyy..
Let's all go out and do an almost-bunnyhop above a small rock, maybe even cycle backwards with both our hands in our arse, while whistling some klaxons song..

I don't know why people even defend these bikes, if they're so incredibly bad..!
I mean, saying "Yeah, it's great bike! Mine's all original except the BB, crankset, wheels, seat, chain and bars..but it's on the heavy part though.." doesn't really mean it's a good bike..

For 200£ you can get a great bike if you can just use a set of normal tools. Get a cheap old pug (like, 20£ probably), keep everything but the cranks and wheels. Use the rest on second hand cranks and wheels, and you have a bike that'll actually hold together. I mean, even if it's a Pug, it's still survived 20-30 years when you buy it, and that's gotta count for something!

Haha but it just says 40 nothing else. . . which is annoying, reckon im still entitled for my money back?

There's probably an invisible L next to the 40..it stands for "Lol, you bought our shit jersey! Don't contact us if you feed it after dark or get it wet, we won't refund! P.S. The 40 isn't degrees, it's just a random number..like 12, or 24"

Sorry, that wasn't very helpful..I'm getting bad manners from this forum here..

How's the paypal dispute going?

If there's a label on the jersey saying it can/should be washed at a certain temperature or less, and it says 40, then you're entitled to your money back! 'cause it ran colours at 40..!

Omg, we've won the case! Cracked the nut! Fucken pissed in his taco! :)

@Lucas: Haha! :P I think this puppy is already slaughtered..It used to be a road bike, but now it's a fixie..
The kit isn't all original, but it has good parts (MKS pedals, Campy cranks, headset & brake, mavic hubs etc)..
Now I'm starting to hesitate about the repaint! I want it to be abit more "personal", but I guess I can to that with my tiny pug Galibier frame..

^

Please do not kill it.

Kill it? As in, repaint?

New bike/project.. It will most probably get a new paintjob (dark purple) and my own wheels with black rims, and some decals for Transformers G1-project..:) Thought it'd be nice to have a theme..
270£, don't know if it's a good price or not but importing stuff to Norway sucks due to customs, and the frame has Columbus tubing..Wheels are Weinmann deep v's I think, looks like it by the decals..
http://www.finn.no/finn/viewimage?finnkode=17835633&reference=3/178/356/33_-265233282.jpg

File a complaint with your PayPal account and I don't think it'll be a big issue to get your money back..

Long story.

Some time in late 2007/early 2008, I got a call from someone, asking me if I had aerospokes for sale. He said he'd seen my name on a poster in brick lane. I told him "er, no..." and that was the end of it. I never found out who he was.

About a month later, I remembered this and thought I'd ask about it on the forum. That turned out to be a bad idea. It was picked up by PJ, who called me several times afterwards at silly hours asking for spoks, and it was then propagated by many of the more evil & long-term forumengers (I call them the 'lifers') as a sort of in-joke.

Since then I have received more or less 1 PM a week about aerospokes, as well as others asking for bianchi pista concepts, and most bizarrely, inverse shims. Which are a logical impossibility, yet this seems to escape an alarming number of people.

Haha, I see! :P A lot of nice people on this forum.. I figured it was a joke when, after I PM'ed you about those spoks of course, I saw several other threads where your name was mentioned about getting stuff dirt cheap.

maybe I'll tip off some of the norwegian fixie-crowd about your spok-stock! ;) jk

About those inverse shims, yeah I kinda broke my head yesterday trying to figure out what the hell was meant by that!

i was there the other week was amazing got a bike a gazelle 5 speed
seen 4 fixies and like 1 messenger

Awesome, those gazelle bikes look lush! Real comfy I believe?

Thanks, guys! =) Will check out the other threads..

Lol, asm, I'll PM you later about it! ;) Still waiting for a reply about those aerospokes though..

Out of curiosity, how did you become the "guy that can get anything for 5 dorrah or less"?

Inverse shim..? Whadda you mean? It's wobbly at the top though, 'cause the thing that holds the seat to the post was broken and I had to put on a random one on there..

Thanks, andy! I see they're not exactly common, I'll see what I can do to keep the seat on place without stripping the bolt.. Atax was mentioned in the link, and that's the brand of mine..I was slightly skeptical 'cause I've heard their stems had a tendency to fail unexpectedly and with the worst timing..

Hey guys!

On the new Pug frame I got there's a seatpost that expands internally with a big bolt, just like a normal stem..
The problem is that the seat-clamp thing is broken, I put one from another seat which kind of slightly fit, but the seat is somewhat wobbly..

It looks like there's no room for an "external" seat clamp on the frame, so I kind of depend on the internal expanding thing..
Haven't seen any of those for sale before, is it hard to get a hold of? And what is it called?

Going to amsterdam next week, but I've heard that there are surprisingly few fixies there despite it being the biggest bike-city in Europe.

Anyone knows of any good shops where I can pick up some fixed gear-friendly stuff? =)

P.S.
Haha! ^^ No fixie-skidder in my thread title!

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Here's my "new" frame all built up..I don't like it one bit, it's 52cm (which is about 6 cm too small..) and even though it looks decent, the other side looks like it was dragged behind a car on its way to the recycling station where I found it (together with the Gitane btw, so it was a nice day..^^)..
It's noticably heavier than my bent Moto (which is behind it btw), but I guess it'll have to do until I find a big enough frame..the bullhorns are there 'cause my knees kept hitting the drops when I leaned to skid.

Edit: And yes, the brake is just out of the frame (lol, the picture-frame :P) but is going to be on the frame (bike-frame) tonight..

Haha, dear oh dear that was amusing:

That's a funny movie! =) And megan fox..! yum..

I had quite a lot of surface rust on my previous Pug, and removed it with some spray-oil (WD14 I think it's called) and steel wool..worked like a charm, and didn't damage the paint around it either..

I weigh 100kg as well, and ride 23s without any problems! Just pump them up enough and you're good to go..=)

I'm riding Vredenstein Tri Comp and real happy with them, they're fast and they haven't shown any skidding wear yet (I only learned how to skid recently, so that might have something to do with it)..

There are several people here in Norway with these "create" bikes and unipacks..
Don't know if I should warn them though, they are so pleased with having a fixed gear that I don't want to shit on their good spirits..:)

I actually almost bought a unipack, but luckily found this forum and respectfully closed the ebya page..

Haha, I kind of cracked up while reading Ben's posts..=)

Ben, I suggest you take the list and some pictures to a real bike messenger and ask for their approval/disapproval of the different bags here, rating them from one to ten, then eat it and soak in the knowledge!
You really serious about this, aren't you? How do you know that none of those bags are "real" messenger bags or are uncomfortable to ride with? Where's the PROOF?? You're asking for some "bags that real supapro fucken 1337-messengers" use, while having absolutely no idea how all those bags would feel. A messenger bag doesn't absolutely have to look like a Chrome Metropolis/Kremlin bag.. so, since you want confirmation from this forum about which bags are used by real messengers, I ask you to bring me confirmation that no messengers use any of the bags in your FAIL-list..

Until then, get the fuck out, nobody likes you! :) Go get yourself some "real messengery" bag that can take your 2 km rides to work with your pressios lunch in there, 'cause "it's real important to have a protective water-resistant layer or otherwise your ham sandwiches might get wet and soggy"..

EDIT:
And you first write "I didn't mean to offend anyone" and then call the people a "forum fag "gang"".. but of course you're a good and nice guy and I totally like you, but I can't get over the fact that you're a total douchebag and I wouldn't be surprised to see you riding your bike with a dildo in your bottleholder, just in case..but don't get upset, it's nothing personal..=) if you can take a dick, you can take a joke, right?

Nice. 1974 - 1977 Gitane. It's not a Tour de France or Super Corsa as they were Reynolds 531, but perhaps a Criterium or Super Olympic or something like that. The vintage is that of Lucien Van Impe when he won the Tour, of Bernard Hinault when he first turned pro. Old gitane catalogues here: http://www.gitaneusa.com/catalogues01.asp

I was wrong, it actually is 531 tubing! It looked like a 0 to me, but I online how the sign looks and it's definitely 531.

The SUper Olympic from 1975 looks pretty correct, at least the decals, colour and the groupset match.
http://www.gitaneusa.com/images/catalog/1975/FR_1975_02.jpg

I thought it was that one as well, but mine has no head badge and chrome forks..

Damn, that's a good looking bike!
Can't help with info, but I stare at it some more though..

I agree with Mattty, I think it was just thrown out. It's squeeking here and there (the brakes and such) and the chain is pretty rusty, so I don't think it's been in use in the nearest past.

I do feel lucky as fuck though! Thanks wibble, I guess I'll clean it up and crease everything and try riding it. It's a bit big for me though but nothing extreme.