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The way i deal with most driver encounters is the sarcastic thumbs up, a little less aggressive but i cant help but think they get the wrong message sometimes.

Ive never been served the tax comment, but it would be good to have a dummy tax disk mounted on your bike to point at when it comes along.

People really are baffling sometimes.

i wouldn't mind having a go on the yellow one.

Although this one has more braking prospects.

^^^ Is this facebook group a joke?

and SOOOOO much more hard core anti porn right here

Jaw dropping the whole way.

I was talking to someone at college about there new bike. I was shocked when he said that he had stolen the saddle, WTF! The saddle in question is a Brooks B73 One of the heavily sprung ones and i also know he took a 25mm seatpost with it as well. I have just got a new brooks myself and i was sitting with a friend who had her brooks laden bike locked next to his bike. Needles to say we both gave him a mouthful.
If anybody knows of someone who has had a B73 stolen let me know i'm shore i can persuade this idiot to give it back. I do know him fairly well so i can probably find out where he took it from and make him remorseful enough to correct his ways.

Yes i saw the aftermath shook me up a bit, a very nice looking yellow and blue brompton. a pile of clothes, a small puddle of blood and a full evans bag. what was weird was it was not near a junction at all.
The bike and the bag seemed fine so hopefully the guy/girl came off all right too. The whole street was closed and as starfish and coffee said there were people taking photos of it which i thought was a bit strange aswell.

Thanks mdcc, very helpful you really are a bank of knowledge. I'll have to weigh up the options. I might just have to try out the Sram, its no record but if it works it works. also Just to let you know i am a Bristolian myself.

Thanks for the breakdown mdcc, it looks as if i have a battle ahead of me. Ill measure it up once i find my metalrule. Im thinking sourcing a more compact chainset may end up being a more practical route, any suggestions?

Those bloody incompetent Bristolian's can't do anything right.

Bet you wish you had one of these
http://www.lfgss.com/post1195412-25892.html
Yes, yes I do.

Frame design fail, methinks. The inside face of the spider is only about 3mm outside the BB face, so with short stays and a large PCD spider, there is always scope for a problem, which the frame designer should have foreseen by dimpling or curving the stay.

What did you have on there before the restoration?

I had some rubbish yet very compact 110bcd chainset very briefly, no problem there. I don't understand, you would think that Argos would be able to design a frame that functions properly, surly 144 is pretty standard. Any suggestions on correcting the problem, without changing the chainset?

Nope its a campag centaur BB.

Need a little help here, i have a bit of a problem. I have just fitted my bb (111mm) but when i put the chainset on (i haven't even tightened it) the spider runs so close to the chain-stay it might aswell be touching. I was thinking i could space the BB along with the sprocket accordingly to correct it, what do you guys think?

On a lighter note i just had my headset fitted which i'm pretty chuffed with:

Serios blud, watch this all the way through you wont regret it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_thFIwpUCQ

I was going to get the pro's and then realised royce was only a bit more expensive so went with royce.

Royce = best hub.... imho

Im jealous.

No just standard goldtecs, if i was splashing out on the pros i would definitely spend that little bit more again and get Royce i think.

"The" seatpost is not needed, the tubeset is the version with the rounded top section of seat-tube, it takes a standard 27.2. The wheels are DP18's on Goldtecs.

Hi, thanks for everything i have learnt from you guys, from the months of lurking ive done.
I have just got my frame back from renovation, its (obviously) an Argos and made of fillet brazed Columbus AIR, tear drop shaped aero tubing.
here is the frame, wheels and chainset:

The Photograph makes the frame look black but it is actually dark racing green (in natural light anyway) I have a record headset and a centaur BB in the post so completion is not far away.
Thanks again, heres a picture of the headtube (sorry about the large images):

£2000 for this Ferrari bike.Its made by colnago but it looks like a load of wank.

Ive only just joined, but would be happy to pay 3quid.
I think Velocio is being pretty honest bout the situation and defo deserves not to lose moneys.

O i just found out these haro style levers require bmx bars. soso.

Has any body had any experience with these? Are they CraP? They look fairly nice.