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cant do tomorrow,
next sat ok?

Sure, I'll PM you my mob.

Work until 4:30 at least on Fridays and I do tend to lose track of time - the weekend might be better (or tomorrow I guess). If you're trying out a new bike I figure you don't want to do it in the dark, so maybe about 1/2ish? The KN playing fields or park might be good for that.

I live in Bearwood, yerself?

Kings Norton, near enough the station (Cotteridge), just off the intersection of the Rea Valley and 55 route to Redditch.

2Squeak, sure, when/where? PM me. I will swap over the Trans Am saddle at no charge if you like.
dan, I'll have no truck with f-n' thatcherism, though I am shocked at the interest in the Kingpin (wtf is wrong with a carbon fork ffs?)... Oh, did I miss-type the price of £125?
DFP PM-ed first, £25 at a place and time? PM me.
mastershredder, I have a 26" wheeled S-A 3-speed step-through (even has dynamo lighting and mudguards) which my wife used to ride, so would suit 5'8"-ish. £50-ish if you're interested (wait for it .... )PM me).
Someone buy my carbon seatpost!(maybe I should have put a "buy the seatpost" clause on the Kingpin?).

For Sale:

• Selle Trans Am, a bit of wear on the "Trans Am" but practically unridden, £5?
  
• Dawes Kingpin (the Dawes version of the Raleigh 20, without the Raleigh only sizing), complete with mudguards, two racks and S-A 3-speed £25?
  
  
• Revolution Courier Race. Extras: Mudguards, Velo Crosbow (or summat) seat with a hole in it, Ergon Grips with the stubby ends, Comedy ScotOiler, ScotOil refil. £100? Bike has had some reflective tape wrapped on it, to make it look more Tim Burton. About 1500 miles on it, but has been retired in the shed for the last few years (so is not the 2011 model). Suitable for 6'2" +/- a few inches, depending on your preference for large/small frame sizing.
  
  Planet-X carbon seatpost, 27.2. They sold them for about £90 but I only used it for about 20 miles and then swapped it for an alloy. £30?
  PM me if interested, feel free to make me an offer on stuff, I can always say no.
  Wanted:
  Track Cog, 19 or 17 tooth, 1/8 pref but 3/32 is fine. PM me.
  

Selle Trans AM, barely used but the "ANS AM" is a bit faded. Looking at about £5?
PM me if interested.

Bike wanted: something cheap, needs no major work for getting to work on (12mile commute) to suit 5ft 4 rider, WHY or if you come across anything knocking about. Unitl I source a bike i'll be commuting 12 miles a day on my polo bike. woop \o/. Would like something I can fit rain/mudguards to.

Hi, 5'4"? We have a step-through 26" wheel bike, 3-speed S-A, nothing fancy but has mudguards and wheel dynamo with lights. Looking for £50-ish for it.
For double that I have a Revolution Courier Race, also with mudguards (and comedy Scotoiler) for sale, but I'm 6'2", so not sure it would fit you well.
PM if interested.

Resurrecting an old post, and apologies for not responding sooner, 27.2 diameter, still on offer.
I struggle to find my posts in the barrage of posting, so PM me with questions and/or if interested.

Hi,
Are these folding tyres?

Yes, though they are now sold and in the mail, sorry.

SOLD
FS: 700c tyres with (non-agressive) knobbies.
Specialized Houffalize CX 622-32
Vredestein Premiato 622-30
Each used once, but I've since decided that anything that requires knobbie tyres is summat I don't want to ride. They're about £20 each new, I'll go for half that.
Posted from bhx. PM me.

SOLD
FS: 700c tyres with (non-agressive) knobbies.
Specialized Houffalize CX 622-32
Vredestein Premiato 622-30
Each used once, but I've since decided that anything that requires knobbie tyres is summat I don't want to ride. They're about £20 each new, I'll go for half that.

Using some spoke calculators out there, I reckon I want about 283 spokes ... what is the tolerance on spoke lengths, do they need to be spot on or +/- a mm?

might give it a go then. maybe over a couple of nights. On the plus side half term is looming.

Hey DFP, how long do you reckon it would take?

http://birminghambikefoundry.org/

I thought they did training. I'd love to build the wheels myself (I have the book and access to sheldon's website and a spoke key) but I don't have the time to do it with the little one now, and I don't have the space to have half-built wheels and a child at the same time. Obviously, if the consensus advice is it will not take me more than a couple hours...

Is the rear hub going to be flip flop?

Yes, though I have yet to pick the hub.
I'd have guessed that sourcing the right spokes for a 650b would be the issue?

Couldn't find a similar thread in the Brum forum - looking to get some wheels built, 1 year old son precludes building them myself - I need some 650b wheels built, got the rims already. So, Scotts or Sprockets (or other)?

As we're talking services in Birmingham, I'm partial to St Nicholas on KN green, the eve services (though avoid evensong) - though I also found the Quaker service in Cotteridge pretty good.

I went once. A few things put me off but mainly the guy wearing inappropriate skimpy running shorts with his balls practically hanging out who allegedly used to hit on every female cyclist he met. If you look up twat in a dictionary you will see his name.

Didn't he used to run pushbikes? He had quit when I started and that was 7+ years ago

I used to mass in Birmingham up to about 3 years ago (when I started a PGCE) and when I went I was going every month for years - the low point was when 2 guys from london turned up and al,most doubled the turnout (3). While we don't hit the huge numbers we used to, numbers have gone up (or they were when I left) and the vibe had changed from a bunch of ant-car people to a pro-bike party.
You'll always struggle to run something that accomodates for 50+ yo bankers on carbon bikes at the same time as a bunch of fixed wheel punks, I say pander to the base that actually shows up.
Oh, and I fliered once a month for a couple of years, brum uni and city centre. Not one cyclist turned up because of it.

nice pompino i think ive seen this around cotteridge is that you?

Possibly, as there are a couple random other Pompino riders about, but I do the cotteridge double roundabout twice a day.

@Belgian.
Nice Carlton!

I forgot to add that I removed the freewheel (yes, with no rear brake) and replaced the front brake which had too long a reach to brake at the front. It's purely for sentimental value, used to belong to Shane - the late owner of the late Selly Cycles.

My camera skills are second only to my computer skills...
A totally inappropriate track bike - tubs, toe overlap and all:

Pompino, winter tyres (from last winter)

Revolution Courier Race (emergency bike)

I'll post the 70yo "lightweight" when i have an "after" picture to compare the "before" with.

@Dub - If you are after some NOS moustache bars I have a pair of Nittos that I bought a couple years ago and never fitted. They're to fit a mtb stem.

@SprintKing - I think it would be inadvisable for you to buy a car, because, with lessons insurance etc, it will cost you about £5k before you drive it anywhere with a further £2k a year insurance until you're about 20 - so about £13k without any driving. If you have that kind of money, or your parents put you on their insurance and the car is free (etc.) knock yourself out, but you'd stay in better race shape (q.v. the Cannibal) and save an enourmous amount of money by not driving. Why not buy/fix a folder and multi-mode?

@anyone - I'd post my bikes, but can't figure how to do it from flickr because I am far too stupid.

So, can anyone remind me why "common knowledge" is that it's better to ride fixed on ice?

Lee Cooper could do it, though Scotts probably would do just as good a job of it. As I don't drive I've dropped a frame round to Scotts for them to deliver to Lee for me. I'd start with them.