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Canadian?

Likely, sounds insecure and whiny.

No, I said the most vague shit, there's a difference, it would've been more accurate to claim it's the strongest wheel for heavy duty touring.

The Rohloff crowd want to have a word with you.

Huh?

Hm?

I understand if none of what I wrote makes sense to you, but if only part of it has not been grokked, I'd be happy to clarify.

Usonian = US - I resent "american" being used to designate that country. The Americas consist of land to the north and south of that place, too. Also, that term came from one of their own.

UTS

Want!! Yours for a mere £3000

Worst Usonian take on an existing machine ever.
Those newsboys weighed a ton, with virtually none of the involved metal utilized for forward motion. Harleys without horsepower.
All machismo and ugliness.

Just a word of warning. Most early Shoppers are designed for 20 x 1 3/8" wheels which are quite a bit bigger than 20" BMX wheels such as Skyways. If you try to fit Skyways to one of these bikes, the brakes won't reach, even with long reach callipers. You need to look out for a late Shopper preferably from the 80s.

See here (20 x 1 3/8 in the fractional table and 20 x 1.5 - 20 x 2.125 in the decimal table)
http://sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html

20 by 1 3/8 = 451
20 inch BMX = 406
So you would need a brake with a drop of about 23mm more than what was on the bike previously. There are units out there that go as deep as 95mm, so, no problem.

I don't know how it works in your country, but over here I can just refuse shipment at the door with no penalty as long as Paypal has covered me for the disputed order.

Sadly, Icebreaker is now and has been for at least 8 years or so Made in China. I'm not dissing them, but it's sad when a small company makes good and immediately heads overseas to "ramp up". The usual reason given to me by reps of these companies is either lack of local quality manufacturing or inability to produce the volume required. To my view, that smells of greed; growth is not always necessary or even useful for success. Rant over.

Terrible pic, but I think it deserves it...

Might want to rework that phrase, if you like that bike.

I need a super lightweight lock for these times that I can stuff into a saddle bag.

Wow, this just gave me a better sleep last night; it made everything better retroactively.

The shortest distance between two points...

I followed FinalHours (and, in a way, also OJAWs) idea and won a pair of Balilla levers on Ebay for just €1.50.

You're welcome, bloody E-uro-bay. Jealous.

what are those tektro levers???
never seen them...

http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/brake-levers-up.html

Kids In The Hall dominated, I miss that madness.

OJAW: Tektro, the classic italian manufacturer with a rich heritage

Cool, get with the Nitromors and then get a jeweller to inscribe Balilla on it.

Photo not working on this one... for me, anyway.

Me neither

These are the ones I like.

I rode one for a couple of weeks but my testicles shrank and I started watching Friends.

Mine just kind of shifted and Mighty Boosh suddenly made sense.

Print out required pages, still ultimately uses less resources than purchasing complete manuals.
Says the guy that still buys books, though mostly second hand.

Books for this purpose are moot nowadays, there's tons of online instruction from Park Tool et cetera, and lots of stuff on youtube, I haven't looked at my books for years.

I would go for a B66 or B67 as they have springs. Comfier ride for sure. I don't know how much different from a normal saddle the B68 feels.

A lot different than a B17, that's for sure. An obviously wider platform, and a different profile too.

Found this on eBay, won for £67. 653 frame & forks, Campag dropouts and Cinelli BB shell.

67 pounds? I hate living in the middle of Canada.

OK, I promised my frankenbike submission, and here it is - my girlfriend's build:

There's a variety of mods to it - dynamo hub, 27" alloys instead of the original steels, etc. I think the thing that tips it into frankenbike territory is probably the headlight which I ended up having to mount in the front of the basket.

That's more http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/ porn

than Frankenbike to me

I just use the entire shed, and keep it so messy that no-body else dare venture into 'MY' shed, that way I know exactly where everything is and have no worry of others touching/moving them.
:)

This is good, but because of seasonal changes I keep having to move between the basement and my shed. Takes at least until mid-season to shift everything. Bah.

I've not tried the women's B68, but the Men's version is on the bike I ride the most.
Though I've sold it on, the B17S that I had was perfectly fine, and obviously a little lighter than the B17.
Give it a go, they're fairly easy to resell.