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There are some on eBay - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394763237849

Not much cheaper though.

Thanks for the enthusiasm everyone. @Josh I’ll keep you in mind 😉 - I but let me finish it off first. Aiming for mostly silver finishing kit but went a bit wild a while ago and bought a set of Whiskey Parts Milhouse bars on the basis they looked cool and quite like the MK1 DMR Wingbars I have - I hope they feel alright.

I had something Speedvagen Urban Racer inspired in mind - that is to say a hybrid. After having some Phil Wood singlespeed hubs built up as 29ers for something else I got them rebuilt as 27.5 for this - an expensive change of mind. It has Planet X Rivendell copies on the at the moment but there is space for something a bit chunkier.

Finding the right forks really slowed me down. Dekerf tuning forks are rare and expensive, I had planned on fitting a set of Pace RC37s I have but the steerer was just a little bit too short. After a lot of half arsed searching I saw these De Salvo’s on eBay and got them resprayed by Colourtech in Dartford - they did a pretty great job at colour matching them to the frame.

Given this is a fixed gear and single speed website, I thought I’d post my current single speed project. It’s a Dekerf Solitaire that has been sat in my cellar for more years than I care to remember that I have finally got round to building up. It’s a parts bin build insofar that I have been slowly but surely accumulating parts for it - but I think I have most of the bits to actually get it built up.

Or the S&M Covid cruiser

I was going to suggest a BMix - I have a frame in the cellar somewhere.

I’ve got a Gaggia Classic I could part with.

I actually do - I never put them on the bike I was going to so they’re as new and unused.

What! The Radavist?

Great work - I guess the pump track build is going to wait until the spring.

Glad to see it being put to some use. Can someone organise a bike jumble in South East London so I can clear out some of the remaining 7m^3 of bike parts I have.

I’ve got a 90mm 15 degree black Thomson stem

I used Restore brick - the stripping of the front of our Victorian London terraced house was about £3,500. Then roughly the same again for repointing. They did a good job, ie they were pretty gentle with bricks - but were not good to work with overall (broke the down pipe, were not that reliable - especially the repointing) so probably wouldn’t recommend them.

I’d like to thank Neilson Powless for my victory.

FYI - I think I have your tonic fall guy. It’s a lovely bike. I’ll give you first dibs if I sell it.

Hi - sorry, want to keep the frame and forks together.

Yep still have - In terms of sizing, I’m 6’1”, I think you could be a be an inch or two smaller and be fine but much more would probably be pushing it.

I don’t think so looking at the picture of yours - I’ve got an ECM barista - but the internals look very similar.

@dancing james I had the exact same issue with mine, including getting hold of a suitable socket. Once you’ve stripped the whole machine, taken photos so you can remember how to rewire, pulled the old heating element out, found a bit of tape to make sure the threads don’t leak, refitted, reconnected the wires and put the case back together it’s quite a quick job (it took me almost an entire day!)

I think this your next bike: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Independent-Fabrication-Ti-Planet-X-Cafe-Cruiser-/353817401197?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

Is that from the Radavist? And was it ten years ago already?

Yep still have it if you’re interested

Aren’t you building a Thomas Frischknecht era Ritchey?

Hello - I’d take both if possible (I have a CX and a mountain bike) though you might want to keep a set for your next respray in however many years. Happy to pay £60 for both sets so you get your money back.