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I think the suggestions made on a forum should be taken with a pinch of salt (unless you're salt intolerant).

You should be aware that he's a grown man(possibly partially educated) so your advice really does go with out saying.

I have mild tinnitus(can hear it at night going to bed and in quiet situations when I make myself conscious of it), disappointing/ annoying considering my age but hey, another thing to add to my growing list of ailments. There's a lecturer in the School of Media in the college I'm in who wanders around in headphones the whole time to detract from his severe tinnitus. Bad times.

I wonder what smoking a doob would do for it Eightball?

so much love for this

possible stayer, possible shits and giggles.

probable re

Bait X Asics Gel Lyte III Basics Model-001 Vanquish. Bit of a mouthful. Mouthful of Marmite.

Finish in terms of what? Paint? Components? Build?

From what I can remember the crankset, chain and hubs looked crap. I can't remember much else other than it was obviously thrown together any old way by the shop and my mate didn't know any better. This was 2011 actually so they might have made changes possibly. Have I just nullified my own point?

looking forward to seeing this built up, really interesting. maybe it's just the photos but the new paint looks a bit thicker making the gussets look more graceful.

It's rare that I hate every single part of a bike. Wow.

You mean the Italy flag?

Sunday morning market, probably was Italian, and yeah, Leamington spa parade.

Looks pretty orange-ish on my monitor. Saw the flag and the dirty Transit and the fact that the setup looks more condusive to selling pirated copies of Gravity than pesto and balsamic reduction.

even less!

My GF had one of these, I've moved the parts onto a better frame since.

heavy frame, but parts are acceptable, sealed hubs and bottom bracket, decent cranks.

For £200, you could replace the tyres for something better.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Viking-Fixie-FX-Flatbar-700c-Road-Urban-City-Commuter-Bike-Blk-Singlespeed-/380787156192?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&var=&hash=item58a8aee4e0#ht_1881wt_1170

A mate from college bought one of these, I found the finish to be quite poor. I wasn't expecting anything very good though so if you have low standards then I suppose it would be fine. That's not a dig at anyone by the way.

At the end of the day, you pay for what you get and that really applies with bicycles. If I were you I would trawl the classifieds on here, gumtree, ebay etc. you should be able to find a nice and respectable steel conversion for 200 odd.

giz one o dem. banging set. same with krystal klear. such funk, wow etc.

someone jump on that orlowski, almost too cheap.

would love this if it was waaay bigger. this could be a really cool bike.

incredibly awesome. so much want.

shout out the probable pikeys in the background flying the tricolor.

good shout. cheers

wonder why they changed. the newer, slacker fork is one of the main things putting me off considering a gazzetta.

Current rat, using until the new frame arrives.

fork? looks different and way better than current standard Gazzetta fork.

You better not be the kid who failed dramatically today at Stoke Newington.

I don't live in the UK. Elaborate.

mon den

fav forum bike. not a single bother was given.

Please just put a 700c wheel on that.. this looks ridiculous...

The $$$ required for that doesn't play into my poverty spec build. Have a DP18 to formula front wheel but this is way more fun. High BB on the cursa means there's no practical problems.

a lot of bike for the money to be sure.

some winter additions, risers and an arse flap, clean and regrease. NOS french made michelin slick up front is squirrely as shit. swapped out old diagonal power grips for new footbelt style power grips on modded ody twisted PCs.

Having a ratty bike isn't about posting pictures of it on the internet and thinking it looks cool. its about making it look shit enough that nobody will nick it whilst it still rides as well as ever.
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direct hit. every one of my bikes has looked totally abused, scratched, well weathered etc. but set up meticulously. i love getting the first scratch/ nick on a new frame/fork, as then i can stop worrying about it. like Steve Peat upon receipt of every new custom painted Troy Lee lid, the first thing he'd do is pick it up and drop it on the floor from a few feet.

building up the PX stealth pro carbon i just got will be my first endeavor into building a proper "sunday best". I have a feeling it's going to go in favor of a battle scarred, keirin framed road warrior though. i don't think i'm ready for a "nice" bike just yet, in the traditional sense anyway.