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Hi y'all

So this appeared at my parent's house yesterday:

This is the second time I have owned a frame like this - the first one was an Edge (it ended up getting some original decals and tastier wheels). Someone had gone to a lot of effort into a really, really nicely-done paint-job. I gingerly poured paint stripper on it the first minute I could. Unfortunately the painter had keyed the frame with a rough blasting first, so the surface was pitted to the point where it couldn't be polished or brushed without looking awful. The glass bead finish was done by a specialist surface engineering firm in Northampton and was quite an eventful day - my car burst into flames on the way home and I never saw it again.

Eventually I fell out with the frame. I'd built it with new DA7700 parts and they'd taken time and money to put together - unfortunately I hadn't prepared for how it would cheerfully consume itself when attached to titanium. I had to replace the chainrings when the originals became rotten; when I noticed the replacement 7700 chainrings had also started to corrode I dismantled the bike and sold everything. Subsequently I have been consumed with regret and I've been on the look-out for another Edge ever since.

Ideally I would have prefered an 853 Edge but a Forte Ti came up in my size.
I'm interested in opinions...

The frame is in excellent condition. It is bead-blast finish but this marks fairly easily and it does look very 'used'. I have a set of new decals on the way. Do I:

• Scotchbrite the frame. I've done this a couple of times before and it looks great - but these bikes never came in this finish. On the other hand I could make a start on it now.
  
• Have it soft-media blasted. It would look the same as it did when it was new again - however, the frame would have to be put in a box and sent away to get the work done. Might end up costing a couple of hundred all-in.
  
  

Gruppo
I've got quite a lot of stuff kicking about. I've got an alloy Campagnolo Centaur group with the new-shape levers (with alloy blades and Ultra-shift) and I've got a DA7800 that I never really used. I was originally going to build it using the DA but I much prefer riding Campagnolo. I was thinking of selling the DA groupset and buying Chorus 10v - so, the older-style ergos and the alloy / carbon derailleur.

At the risk of pissing in the wind, I'm looking for a GT Edge. This is to replace the one I had and sold for some reason.

• 54 cm;
  
• Preferably 853, don't care about condition;
  
• Will definitely go for another Ti;
  
• Don't really care for aluminium, but let me know if you have one for sale;
  
• Definitely not one of those hideous 'aero' ones;
  
• Definitely a triple-triangle bike, not a 'meh' recent one.
  
  

Kisses -
Alistair

I realise this was a couple of weeks ago, but ...

... this is fucking depraved.

Sir,

A minor detail fo' sho, but I don't think that's a Classic rear - looks like a Classic Cross to me.
Incidentally, I have a pair of green Classics that were bought at different times and they are totally different colours. I don't think it is sunlight, rather slight variations in different batches of anodising.

Lots of love,
Alistair

These frames are wicked, my mate had the stainless chip race for a while.

I've got a white Betty Leeds too...!

Sir,

I'd either go and post some inflammatory comments in 'Bike Porn' to instate your PM privileges or drop an internet-letter to alistag at gmail dot com.

No takers, so I guess I'm closing the thread and shuffling off to Bikeradar with the saddest face imaginable.

Drop me a PM if you have a fancy for the frame and feel like talking turkey.

A road frame branded Fixie inc.............

Yes.

Wish I could afford this...

I wish you could too :(

Fixie Inc Chip Race 325 Frame and Forks - Unused, as New

Times are tough up North, and simultaneously having no job and a fancy unridden titanium frame lying around is now untenable.

• New, unridden and super-rare Fixie Inc Chip Race 325 titanium frame
  
• Medium size - see the sizing chart
  
• Arguably the prettiest bike you'll ever see in 'Ice Wide Shut' and bare titanium. Check the star cut-out in the chainstay brace and the dropouts.
  
• Included are matching Easton EC90 forks and a brand spanking new Chris King headset. The steerer is at a sensible length to take a Thomson stem and 15mm of spacers.
  
• The frame has had bits attached (like wheels and brakes) but it is still yet to see the light of day.
  
• Condition is excellent barring a small mark from storage. It was like this when I got it. The headtube badge hasn't even been attached yet - you can do the honours.
  
• As reviewed on Bikeradar - so you know it must be good
  
  
  

This originally had an RRP of £2.5k!
Looking for a thousand quid including delivery within the UK - S O L D

GT Edge
Preferably the 853 version:

I knocked a NOS one back on ebay.com because the seller's price was well ambitious. On the other hand, it was fillet brazed and the exact right colour - royal blue with yellow GT decals. It didn't have original forks and I would have fitted Wound Ups fo' sho'.
I regret selling my own Edge Ti almost daily. Here it is when life was a bit better - wearing full DA7700, a Dura Ace seatpost, a Chris King wheelset, and leaning next to my Lynskey ...

Anchor RNC7
For me, this is absolutely, positively the most desirable steel production frame available.
Ultra-rare in the UK, I was actually offered one of these by someone on Retrobike and I refused it because I thought it was 1cm too small - dickhead.

Pegoretti Big Leg Emma
As many a single gentleman will attest, an interest in pornography starts broadly and, over time, increases in specificity. Like photos of men dressed as sissies or people openly weeing at bus stops in front of bemused passers-by, I appreciate chainstay and dropout porn is not going to float everyone's boat -

• but the paint-jobs are to die for ...
  
  

Dekerf Prodigy
When I see Chris' wishbone stay and Tuning Fork it makes me feel sick with want. I exchanged a few mails with him last summer but the $$$ saw me off nicely. This bike is even in the exact right colour (but with the wrong fork):

Others: Cervelo Prodigy, Kona Kapu (Columbus Genius), a steel Land Shark.

Sirs,

As one of the UK's many joblesses I have much time on my hands, and during that time I do a great many things: I ride my bike; I wallow in self-pity; I form emotional attachments to celebrities on TV, and start watching out for hidden, coded messages they might be trying to send me through the screen; I push the boundaries of how early in the day it is acceptable to open a bottle of wine. And sometimes I think about all the things I could buy off the internet in order to improve my lifestyle.

Here are a pair of H+ Son SL42 rims I bought from the internet in the belief that they would improve my lifestyle. However, my thinking now suggests that this was both a waste of time and money, and building them into a pair of wheels would waste even more time and money.

So, in summary:

• Black H+ Son SL42 rims;
  
• 32 holes for your spoking pleasure;
  
• Machined braking surfaces;
  
• Unused, unmollested and untouched - still in their frilly protective enclosures;
  
• Will make your fixie skidder look like it sports crabon wheels but without the 'will-they-or-won't-they' worries about composite failures and braking performance.
  
  

I'd like eighty quid for them, and for that I'll pack them up and send them to you - because, for fucks sake, I do hope none of you live in the same godforsaken, desolate hell-hole where I am.

My next trick: photographing and posting a new, unused titanium Fixie Inc Chip Race 325 frame in size M with a Chris King headset. Message me if this tickles your fancy before it is exposed to the masses.

Thanks for your time -
I-AM-IRON-MAN

*Edit - too cheap? - now sold*

Same here. Might have something to do with the bike in the background being ugly as hell.

I worry it is to do with his bronzed skin, beautiful face and butch pose...
... it has also made me think I want a Nishiki.

Don't we all?

Edit: I can't stop staring at the picture. He has hair like a lion. Am I gay now?

Much gets made of poor city driving - and rightly so - but the off-piste motoring out in the countryside is beyond mental. I'm very defensive and always expect trouble - which was why I was ready at the side of the road with my foot out the pedal - but later the same day I had to unclip and take my right hand off the bars because a car passed so close I thought it was about to clip me.

This year I have had to pull in and stop twice because of overtaking drivers:

• Transit van, heroically and bravely overtaking despite both a corner and a dip in the road ensuring he had no clue what was oncoming - quite scary - I was really squalking at the van, he ignored me totally but the driver in the overtaken car shot me a 'Fuuuuck!' look as he went by;
  
• Little old lady in a tiny car overtaking on a long, sweeping bend on a flat road with plenty of visibility, but at the slowest speed imaginable. I could see it wasn't going well and had loads of time to stop and pull a 'what the fuck are you even doing that for?' face - even though she had plenty of time her near-side had only just started to creep across the white line by the time she passed me.
  I loved how she didn't make eye contact because she was so fixedly staring at her rear view as she inched her bumper in front of the other car with zero room whatsoever.
  

Did you get a shag?

Negative. If I had, the poor driving would have been incidental to the story...

'I nearly got wiped out by a Corsa. Anyway, I immediately texted this girl saying I felt a bit upset and that she should probably come over...'

In this instance, the problem was the lady ragging the tits off her shopping-trolley car down a single-lane road as she attempted to navigate a bit of a bend in the road where she couldn't see what was oncoming.

If there'd have been an oncoming car, she'd have hit it;
If I'd have been ten metres further down the road, she'd have hit me.

This happened to me yesterday - reminded me of the lady that hit the man on his bike and then told everyone about it via the Tweeter service:

• Minding my own business on a narrow country road I've ridden countless times;
  
• I hear the sound of someone revving the tits off a one litre engine and brace myself for evasive maneuvers - it is common for drivers here to try and squeeze past at speed;
  
• White 2010 Corsa piloted by a young, blonde driver hopelessly over-eggs a tiny bend in the road directly in front of me, sees me, and in the small amount of time available her reaction is to shit herself, wildly turn the wheel and almost bin the car into the ditch on the right-hand side of the road;
  
• Sensing impending danger I come to a halt at the side of the road. Unfortunately there's nowhere else to go, to my left is a big hedge.
  
• In order to avoid the ditch the driver then steers violently in the opposite direction, causing the car to start to swap ends and make upsetting noises. Realising the car is now out of control, my bum jammed itself in the 'open' position and will not shut; my only recourse is to initiate swearing at the driver, a bit like this: "Fuckin' 'ell! Fuckin' 'ell! Fuckin' 'ell!".
  
• Driver manages to keep the front of the car pointing forwards but more through good luck than good judgement and just gets around me - she looked away from me but managed to beep her horn - I'm still deliberating over the significance of this;
  
• She drove off whilst I enthusiastically gesticulated and voiced my concerns over her exuberant driving style; it looked like she was going to stop but continued, albeit at a snail's pace.
  
  

Disappointingly my immediate response was to pull out my phone and start trotting out a text to a nice girl I met the other day, words to the effect of "I just nearly got mown down! You should probably come over tonight, etc etc".

Love to hear if any ones got/ had one.

I can only wish I could give some input, but I have never had one.

However, I wanted one since seeing a Mondonico with a wishbone pop up on eBay - too big and pricey for me to buy - I think wishbone models are now out of production.

I'll do anything for a triple-triangle GT road frame.
Beggars can't be choosers, but caveats are:

• Needs to be 54cm;
  
• Not made of aluminium;
  
• And that is all.
  
  
  

As I say, I'll do anything - up to and including topless massage / happy ending and beyond.

Thanks y'all
Alistair

the paint job on this is actually loads of pictures of women with there baps out and lezzing off. not posting in here cos possibly nsfw but here is a link to the pedalroom http://www.pedalroom.com/bike/bianchi-mega-pro-lussuria-10272

I implore everyone to look at these photos. My observations:

• On the first photo I looked at I was confronted by clear view of a lady's Mrs Mimsy;
  
• On the next photo I think I saw a lady kissing a fellow's unit;
  
• The same photo reveals an act of raw genius. Please check the owner's solution for hiding the downtube boss;
  
• The back of the headtube has a free-floating lady's gob, reminding me of David Cronenberg's cult 1983 body horror Videodrome, obviously starring James Woods and singer Deborah Harry. Specifically the bit where the telly is a lady's mouth.
  
  

I almost admire the work that's been put into the frame (although I'd rather stare directly into the sun than own it) but the build is stratospherically shit.

Retrovelo are at it again:

Pea?

Needs more brown.

http://ysroad-charley.com/ZUNOW_04.jpg

Fuckinell... I'd never heard of Zunow until just now, and now I power-want one more than I want any of the bikes I actually own.

and fap comes before nom?

Fap comes after vom but before nom, IIRC.

Beautiful sideboard, Sir.

Yes, this really is a £1.3k Kona Paddy Wagon...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kona-paddywagon-700c-fixie-custom-road-bike-56cm-frame-/271150060003?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item3f21cd91e3

I haven't bought this ultimate OTP because in my excitement my fingers started hitting the keyboard so hard I damaged the keyboard and injured my hands. I type this with a head-mounted typing wand.