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slightly off topic but somewhat related. i've bought a knife for a mate as a wedding gift and spent more than I'd ever for myself, now need to get it engraved, i've googled and there are lots of places, i just can't afford to get it wrong though...wondering if anyone can recommend an engraver?
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New, I already have one of this size, actually looking for something shorter, sells on Amazon.de for €55 yours for SOLD. Comes with both keys, code card and mount. Collect from Dalston/Old Street.
Specs: https://www.amazon.de/ABUS-Fahrradschloss-47-150-HB/dp/B00P2AOEUU
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any good ones?
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right, so nothing new has come up? i need something cheap and unnatractive as this bike will be parked in Angel and Hackney during the day for a few hours at the time. any suggestions?
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What are you guys running when you don't want clipless but still would like some sort of pull?
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wow nice one, cheers @dancing james 247 pages long, is there an app or the quickest way is to snap the driver and send it to https://secure.met.police.uk/roadsafelondon, although I didn't find an upload button on that form?
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I almost got run over by an addison lee driver on Saturday, I was cycling on Berwick Sreet and the driver came from Noel St simply crossing in front of me, I managed to avoid the crash but if I was a few seconds earlier or just a little faster, well, luckily I wasn't. I could see the driver panicking then driving away...
So today as my girlfriend left in the morning on her bike, as she does every day, the Saturday scene played back in my mind and it made me really worry about her safety, it sounds silly but I couldn't stop but think some reckless driver would not slowdown and check for her, and honestly I felt pretty powerless, so this got me thinking and a few clicks away I was here, I haven't visited lfgss in a while but it was my first port of call, I wanted to know what was going on in london and what the sentiment was, then I got terrified by learning there's a new section called Rider Down, reading that gave me the chills, specially reading the offences listed by @spindrift committed by the same driver that killed Alan Neve after jumping a red light.
In December 1997, he was convicted of drink-driving for which he was disqualified for 18 months.
In July 1998, he was convicted of driving while disqualified, which he had committed in June, just six months after his disqualification.
In December 2004, he was convicted of driving a lorry with a skip which carrying a dangerous load, in other words was overloaded; displaying a tax disc which did not match the registration of the vehicle; driving without the appropriate operator's license for the vehicle.
In May 2007, he was again convicted of driving with excess alcohol and disqualified for 36 months which would be reduced to 27 months if he undertook a driving course.
In July 2007, he was convicted of driving a van whilst disqualified and give a further 12 month disqualification.
In September 2008, he was stopped, driving whiles disqualified, a 7.5 tonne lorry. He gave the police a false name because he knew he was both driving whilst disqualified and driving with no insurance; he was disqualified for a further period of 14 months.'
In addition, he has previous convictions for assault, criminal damage and drug possession.
courtnewsuk.co.uk/?news_id=40464
This is crazy, how many near misses has that driver that almost hit me on sat had? No one knows. But I could have snapped a photo of his number plate and quickly uploaded it with geodata to an app that would track the incident, then if someone else had had an issue with this same driver I'd know right away.
What do you guys think, does this app already exists? I want to use it! If it doesn't exist, would this be useful? I googled and found nearmiss.bike and collideosco.pe as web based versions, but no mobile apps, hey nearmiss and collideosco.pe, mobile makes more sense, you should make one, so I'm hoping it exists but if it doesn't, we could make one, I can design, is there any coder here that would like to collab?
Apologies for the brain dump and lengthy message :) and peddle safe!
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Condor Pista w/ Phil Wood Hubs Sugino Gran Mighty 54cm
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Posting here just to make sure that someone else buys this (please - it's only just up the road from here and if someone doesn't snap it up soon, I'll land myself in all sorts of domestic trouble!)
http://www.gumtree.com/london/40/39810240.html
Thanks Paul
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English fail. i totally misread that, cheers. if anyone buys it, please let me know when you receive the bike, and if you ever want a buyer for the frame, do get in touch.
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i was interested in the pink moser for my wife, contacted the seller yesterday because he mentioned the sale of a Bianchi but has no seller feedback, he wrote back with the item number 140319759532 but still no positive feedback. he also says:
"If you want the bike, you should buy it today, because I will remove it from ebay. Tomorrow I will parting out it."
asked why he was going to remove it from ebay, has not replied.
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reeeeeepost fail
sorry, still a good price, hope it helps someone
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**Vintage Roy Thame (Holdsworth) 10 speed 23 frame racer
going for £195, 45 minutes to go, 58cm
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53cm
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regarding the size, she's got long legs and I believe she wouldn't have a problem with a 53 seat tube with a short top tube, am trying to keep a flexible range of frames due to short notice. pm sent
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My missus has signed up for her first triathlon...without a bike.
Would prefer a steel frame with campagnolo groupset, but not picky as she needs to get some mileage asap, so any set up confy for 60k rides will do.
budget max £500 for something sweet, really looking to spend £300.
all help very much appreciated.
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Thanks Waffle - I see you found the video of my mechanic prepping the frame for sale! Yes, Benotto as ridden by Moser to victory (?) in Paris-Roubaix.
hi psychlist, not sure what happened with the pm, can you send me one with your phone please?
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I've ended up with Kingcutter's Bianchi so want to sell now!
psychlist, that bianchi is gorgeous. I'm ready to buy the benotto now, am in soho, have sent you a pm last night.
cheers
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I've got a nigel dean 531 not as near yours but we could talk...
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ok, so what could we do to help the police? silly as it sounds, I wonder how many have registered their frames in here, I haven't registered mine yet, and when I locked my bike at Oxford Circus today I couldn't stop thinking that this would be the first thing i'd do when back. Than what? completely forgot about it.
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They are interested in bike theft--we've always campaigned to make this a police priority, and some years ago following research by the Met strategy unit, it happened--, but it isn't actually that easy to successfully prosecute and charge someone like that. Well done to the police. It's great that you got your bike back!
Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum, but pretty concerned with bike theft, and the sale of stolen bikes. It does come as a surprise the fact that you recovered your stolen bike Matt, where it should come as a surprise that it's so easy for thieves to sell and get away with it even when caught.
Does anyone know why it is not that easy to successfully prosecute and charge someone selling a stolen bike?
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well we don't know what the reserve is yet!
someone just bid 50 quid on it...so long going cheap...
what sort of wheels would you guys recommend to this frame?
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Gazelle Bike Frame, too big otherwise it would be my next project...58CM going cheap
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tough one, hope the council has looked into how to prevent people from making short term profits like this...perhaps the house would have to go back into the right to buy scheme at their listed value, i have no idea...