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Grease on the rims? ...

Yes - "stops" chrome rims rusting in winter and errr in 'summer'

Ta mate.
1959 Raleigh Lenton on Velocity Deep V rims. - iconic BNIB yellow stickers should giv'em away ;)

Love the mix of classic and modern

Indeed, hope you recover well and swiftly Mandy

fair point, I am aware that accidents happen and the fault does lay with the HGV's but I'm also saying on the way into work I see some cyclists pulling stupid moves with regards to cars.

I know that it isn't popular to hold these views but I have to agree. I've shuddered to see cyclists pulling out into traffic for example without looking and assuming that the traffic will make way for them, leave them enough room. I have to admit I almost did it yesterday in front of a bus but thought better of it. In that case the bus/ HGV would not have been at fault even though it would have hit me from behind.

Its too simplistic to assume that all HGV/ cyclist from behind accidents are the fault of the HGV. I'm not saying that its the case in any of the incidents listed above, but to assume that cyclist are never at fault is obviously wrong.

70 cm? Way too big for me unfortunately.

Gah, memory fail. Your is the right badge on the headstock, duh, sorry. Dunno what I was thinking!

I'll go and shut up now!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120455642323&ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT

I was going to bid but had car troubles so decided against it. I mean its just a generic frame with Dave stickers on it. I'm sure its a decent frame else Dave wouldn't have put his name on it, but meh, maybe I should have.

Dave sold frames that he didn't make. Only the frames he made carried his special badge, and carried a serial number personalised to the person he was making the frame for. What size is the frame? A frame he supplied but didn't make sold today on ebay for £87, that was for the complete bike not just the frameset, so the value is going to be really down to if its one he built himself or just bought in.

Is that a Dave Russell frame or just one supplied by him? It doesn't have the normal headstock badge for one of his - does the serial number start with two letters?

NO I DON'T FUCKIN STEEL BIKES

Hmmm, what about alloy ones?

Man that sucks, hope you get them back. I also hope the toerags fall off the next 5th floor balcony they try to steal from!One word of warning though. Now somebody knows what bikes you have there and how to get onto your balcony, they'll also expect you to have 2 new replacement bikes soon. This happened to me when my mountain bike got stolen, a week after getting it back the scumbags returned and it was stolen again :(

Yeah, its normal with break ins - they return about a month later when you've had chance to replace all the stolen gear with nice new stuff.

normally they'll record your details with the bike reference, and if no one has inquired about it within 28 days of your letting the police know, then you automatically become the legal owner of it.... in cambridge anyway

I'd go with this too. Its how I now own my Stratton, which might be an old beater, but its a 531 frame made by a good builder with a Shimano 600 groupset. Not worth a lot, but it was free! But if you think it came out of a skip then no need to bother.

A good penetrating oil will get inside, something like Ferrosol, but normal WD40? Probably not

BSA were owned by raleigh, the bicycles sold under the BSA name were of the budget bikes below the quality of the cheapest raleighs.

Ah that might explain why, when I bent the forks on mine by riding into a gate that someone had inconsiderately left closed, the top tube pulled out of the headstock lug.

Just delete the item from your won section. You can change the flag to payment sent or something else if it really bugs you.

I don't see why it should be a problem for them. Generally speaking it helps to give you a bigger target for your hammer (and punch) to leave the nut on - not done up tight of course, just on enough. That way you also tend to mash the nut not the threads - and it can be hacksawed off if you do loosen the cotter pin and can't undo the nut.

I saw some toe clip buckles up for sale on ebay the other day, don't know if its what you are looking for cos I don't know what double toe straps look like!

T-Cut? Ouch! Not good, not good at all, not even for its stated purpose.

If you want something OTC then go Autoglym Super Resin, at least it has chemical cleaner in it as well, plus fillers and it'll leave a polymer coat behind.

Family condoms? wtf!

OK, interesting, but exactly how is this more appropriate for a fixie? My conclusion from the above is that it helps people lay the bike over (and maybe cyclists have an innate fear of doing this), but this is not a good thing with a fixie (even if it is necessary).

If you are building your first fixed, personally I wouldn't be looking to economise on the brakes. Actually I wouldn't economise on the brakes at all, but thats just me.

And yeah I know there are a lot of skidders out there, but thats a learning phase not for beginners at this.

Getting pissed because of throwing away expensive cassettes which were worn out on one gear and pristine on the others. Following a guy riding a single speed racer and hearing about the messengers in London. Which led to a conversation with a roadie lbs and then running a suicide config of spun on track gear w/o lockring and only front brake.

Of course this was back in the day when you could have a conversation with Sheldon. Against his advice I rode a BMX chain tensioner, which didn't self destruct, but then I couldn't brake with the back end. Which made for nervous riding in the wet, but who cares in the dry, the back is airborne anyway under hard braking.

Hard as hell. I used to ride one back in the eighties. Not pleasant to start with but you quickly get used to it and then it doesn't notice.

I have a B18, but I'd guess that isn't what you are looking for, not unless you like a really hard ride.

OK, so where do I get this oxalic acid and framesaver? Because I've been considering powdercoating the arse of my currently rusty (aka thief deterrent) frame, but it'd be nice not to lose the original graphics.