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Hello,

Im looking to get a Road campag freehub wheelset. Ideally veloce to complete my groupset but im not too fussed.

Perfect wheelset would be veloce 9 speed on Open pros. if anyone has anything like that give me a shout.

looking at spending £100 but could stretch to £150 for something special

Clinchers too please.

cheers

Phil

Me DAS'd on hackney Rd at about 9:30pm, sorry I didn't oblige, worn cleats!

there is a guy that I see on my route to work quite often. on the hipster highway from hackney road through to clerkenwell rd usually at about 9:15. The guy has a 50's/ 60's burgundy road bike, and a lime green bmx lid. Has absolutly no consideration for anyone else on the road. weaving in and out of everywhere, undertaking and RLJing. anyone else seen him?

Coventry eagle, do you have a track frame too? Ive seen a purple hewitt knocking about on kingsland rd before.

I'm not sure, when I bought the track frame the guy didn't know what it was and hasn't got any decals on it. Was gonna ring Hewitt at one point see if they had any info on the frame number. The Road frame is 531c tho

yeah you can get bottom brackets that have a shorter spindle. for example:

Miche Primato Track Bottom Bracket(107mm x 68mm shell, BSA)

the 107 is the total length. you need to measure yours and see if you can get a shorter one. One thing to make sure tho is that you have enough clearance inbetween the chainring and your chainstay on your frame.

With the track grips, I wasnt making use of the area where the grip finished and bare bars started so have gone for cotton tape.

Thought id put up a thread for my bikes.

This is my current Hewitt track bike, built it slowly up over the years and this is its current guise. On the list of things to do it is build up a new set of wheels. currently have a set of Mavic pista hubs and looking to build them up with Open Pros or tb14's. Also a new paintjob as the current paint is strarting to look tatty. currently thinking a gunmetal grey.

Ive been looking to build up a road bike for a while, and ive just committed to ride from Stockholm to Gothenburg next year, so dont fancy doing the 350miles fixed. Found a nice hewitt on ebay last week and have got so attached to the track frame I couldn't turn down the idea of building up a hewitt road bike and bought it.

Need some work doing to it, need wheels and levers for a start. needs a respray too. Tempted to do it the same as the track bike, gunmetal too. Anyway ill put up my progress as I go along.

Crappy ebay pic for the time being:

Phil

cross roads of Clerkenwell rd and Farrindon Rd. think they were pulling people turning left who had come from old street way

dibs, and Pm'd

2nd dibs the Jag.

I miss these every time damit

Made in collaboration with Toyko fixed gear and they don't have any in stock at the moment. don't suppose anyone have any they want to sell?

Ta, Phil

Came back to my bike on Kingsland road last night to find the bolt removed from my Paul E brake lever. Spoke to a taxi driver and said some shady bloke was having a go at it.

Is nothing safe on a bike these days...

Ive had boomers (battery ones) for about 4 months, and cant fault them. ive had a good few of the other ones in the range and have been disappointed with brightness and quality.

The boomers have a hardshell casing on the inside for water protection which is missing on the others, hence why they break so easily.

There proper bright too. they have a high intensity led rather than normal leds on the other models.

I cant vouch the the usb versions. but the normal AAA with some decent rechargeable batteries last about 3 weeks with about 40mins riding a day before needing a recharge.

hope that helps

I drew and screenprinted this:

more pictures here:

http://philmcneill.co.uk/bike_print.html

Dibs for £35, ill send a Pm now

cycled with a guy on a steel blue fixed who had just picked up a frame from armourtex
from hackney through to angel. Hello if your on here

Guy with a black Dolan and black and white bar tape passing me going up essex's road towards angel today, also spotted you yesterday at the same point

yeah good to see you, my first spot on the forum

Snap, im running 44-17 atm which is great for getting of the lights but it gets too spinny a little too quick for my liking.

Who was I having a bit of Cat 6 with on Balls Pond Road this morning? You: white brakless track bike, untaped drops, jeans. Me: blue jersey, grey bag, purple Bob Jackson.

Morning!

Not often someones up for a bit of a play in the morning.

review here, brings up some good points

http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/cycling-accessories/a-new-bike-lock-accessory-seems-like-a-strange-concept/

There was one of these at the top of broadway market yesterday, it was painted a terracotta brown and the tag on it said 'rusty - £700' I was going to get a picture once Id come out of the shop but it had dissapeared

Guy on a stickered up red dolan in hackney central, and a yellow stickered frame and bullhorns on old street

Surely if your getting marked on something you should do it yourself...

Last night on my way to new cross, Guy on a Pearson and lfgss cap, having a chat about my new chrome spds. Nice to chat to someone for once, my usual rount is the spice route and no one is friendly up that way