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Thought someone would have taken it by now but seeing as it's still there I'll take the Cinelli XA 120 stem please. PM on it's way now...

Based on what's been shown here, you cannot begin to compare with Argos, Jackson, Mercian et al. If the standard of finish came very close and at the same time was significantly cheaper, then you'd certainly be on to something. Significantly cheaper though is not enough by itself or we'd all settle for powder coating on our best bikes.

Terrible news but thank goodness he's still alive. Sounds like he has good family around him and I hope he makes a full recovery.

An excellent trackframe at a very reasonable price. £185

Sometimes I struggle to bite my tongue and not give in to a torrent of sarcastic abuse. I never thought self-discipline could feel so rewarding. Today is going to be a good day and I love you all.

52 x 53 according to the ad on Retrobike

same here. can't decide whether to press on, losing money or throe the towel in and buy complete.

Press on I say son, press on. You'll love it even more when it's finished even if you have to wait ages for those last pieces of the jigsaw.
This Rossin is a lovely bike and a good price too, but if I bought it I'm sure I'd end up finding another frame to put the 600 parts on then cover this one in mk1 Chorus or something similar. Hey presto, that would be another 2 bikes in the hallway. It's a disease I tell you!

Someone buy this please.

Oof! That'll do it. Poor bugger will probably never get it up again after that cure.

Thanks for your time timeo but undibs from me and over to the invisible second dibser...

check yo pms. dibs bag btw

Realise I'm responding to a months old post in this thread... but did any of ye ever read about the epic tour across Asia by the Crane Bros back in the mid-1980s? They rode across Kilimanjaro, the Himalayas, the Gobi desert, etc all on two custom-built 21lb Raleigh Ti bikes [fully-equipped] ...and they did it all with only two small panniers in the back...

The book is called Journey To The Centre Of The Earth, so called because it's the point on land farthest away from the sea in all directions. It is an epic adventure and an awesome read. Just finished reading it again for about the millionth time.
Journey to the Centre of the Earth: Amazon.co.uk: Richard Crane, Nicholas Crane: Books
Buy it, read it, keep it.

I'm in Bournemouth

I have a 531 frame and fork - 50cm(ctc), 52(ctt), 700c, 126mm rear end with horizontal drop-outs - that i want to offload. It's been my winter hack for a few years and ideal for a sweaty roller bike to learn on.

Not sure of the make (it had a respray sometime before I got hold of it but I'm guessing probably Raleigh judging by the cinelli bb shell, sloping fork crown and filed lugs I'd say it is.

It is absolutely straight as a die, with no dents or serious rust and rides lovely. Other than some light crazing under the paint in places and some surface rust on the tt, it's just a bit dirty and tatty. It would be an Ideal candidate for a cheap powder coat if someone wanted to make a presentable bike out of it at a later date.

It has a Tange Nova headset - surfaces in good nick, but needs new bearings.

I was looking for £50 if you can pick up? I'm just along the south coast from you. Let me know if any good and I'll send some pics.
Cheers
Andy

Uranus on a pole any good to ya?

£490... erm, what?

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][/COLOR][/FONT]Shit alive, do people really fall for this kind of bollocks? Ifelt like punching my screen when I read: [FONT=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][COLOR=#333333]Would make a valued addition to the life of a person 5'8" to 6'2" tall.[/FONT] You'd have to have a pretty shit life for this pile of old wank to add any value.

Think of the Hardon Collider as a giant aerospoke!!??
(Oh boy im asking for it)

fixed

Incidentally, the Sachs Aris freewheel you have should be spaced the same as, or damn well near enough the same as Shimano, but without the wave pattern cogs to aid shifting. Check out Sheldon:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/cribsheet-spacing.html

I've recently posted a wanted thread on retrobike for the same thing which came up with nothing. After much research I ended up buying one of these:
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/ird-defiant-mkiii-7-speed-freewheel-shimano-compatible-prod22876/
They're not cheap, and you want to avoid the Mk1 & Mk2 versions because they had shed loads of problems, but this one seems to be well sorted. It appears a really well made bit of kit and is (allegedly) a copy of the old shimano freewheel you're looking for. It indexes well enough with my DA 7402 8 speed levers.

Hope this helps

i was thinking about that one too
Now i just have to find one

thanks roadrash! ;)

^^ Looks like you might not have to look too hard noca :)

I paid over the odds for mine just because it was in exceptional condition. It was still cheaper (and so much nicer)than the reissued ones though. I did 70miles in the sunshine on it today. Happy days..

I don't about the saddle (any sugestions?)

A nice period San Marco Concor would look lovely on that and be about right for 1980 (I think they were released late 70's?). Good find - always nice to see a bike with provenance.

Put me down for 2 cobalt cages please Mr Costa. PM on it's way

Hi MrSmyth

I am not tynan, but I am a very very close friend of his.

Common Purpose have been a target of conspiracy theorists for as long as they have existed (20 years or so) - and especially so in the last 10 years.

You say they are supposedly something to do with the fabian society "but possibly something more sinister" - which suggests to me you think the fabian society are sinister ?

You would have to be a little less ambiguous with your questions to get a decent answer, it's hard to know what it is you are driving at.

I think their main problem (or more correctly the conspiracy theorist's problem) is that they conduct meetings under the Chatham House Rule, so naturally the misanthropist instinct kicks in with those who lens the world through conspiracism.

I've never heard of this organisation either, but as with all these things I'd say there's a fine line between healthy scepticism and crazy paranoia that the internet always brings out in people. There's usualy a logical progression of thought between the two sides at least, no matter how extreme - often sound ideologies in which we can all recognise some validity, yet with something our instincts quietly tell us to be wary of. Are we conditioned to think this way though?..
shuffles off to open 3rd bottle of red wine

Happy to pay the going rate on that well known aution site for a DA 7sp freewheel ;)

grovels in desperation

Any chance you want to sell the 7 speed DA freewheel on it's own?