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First functional incarnation.

Budget Weinmann DP18 wheel set. Check. Fully greased up, hubs adjusted, sprocket, lockring and freewheel, $120.

Off to the Pedal Depot to pick up some bits I put aside yesterday including the same Sugino Mighty Fluted cranks that I have on my bike at home. Should be $10 or less. Win.

Oh yeah? What sort of monstrosity are we talking? I'm imagining a neon tall-bike.

^^Thanks, I may take you up on that.

I found a few interesting bits in OCB yesterday but didn't want to buy anything until I had the frame sorted. They had a white set of track drops. Too much?

Crank set and wheels still the priority.

Frame acquired. A bit of surface rust and maybe a touch small but overall I'm pretty happy.

He even chased me down the street to give me a saddle and rather nice fluted Sugino seat post.

http://www.facebook.com/ajax/messaging/attachment.php?attach_id=83927db4828e67aa078ba53c37b07bd6&mid=mid.1362954860133%3Aec294a4bc8fcbf6905&hash=AQChkRnBQyH4rEeO

I now realise that theres no seat pin as I was expecting. Perhaps an over site on his part but a minor thing to get hold of.

Looking good! There'll be no missing you.

Yeah, judging by the head tube, that's way too small. Very pretty though.

Or these:
http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/bik/3583569411.html

Rattle-can?
http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/bik/3638141626.html

Hey skrtluv, the Bianchi sounds good but I really need a 60 c-t-c minimum.

I'm also very much up for the bike rave. PM me. I'm definitely up for meeting some new folk out here.

Others have mentioned OCB in Vancouver. I'd already been told about them by a certain local who'd used them to fix up her bike (a desire for which I'd like to take no small amount of credit for spawning) so I've been to see them. Second hand parts galore. They're just around the corner so I'm going to head over there today to see what they have in terms of parts for this build. You can rent a work stand and have full use of their tools/grease/whatever for a cheap flat rate, so I'd imagine that most of the build will take shape there.
I've also signed up to volunteer there during my time in BC so I may well talk more about this as I go.

Plus, I actually quite like the look of the frame.

The other is this:

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/bik/3605609526.html

Known tubing and situated locally. Decent headset and bottom bracket. He's also dropped the price to $100 but pointed out that there's a dent where the head badge would usually be and that the paint on the rear brake bridge.

With this option I'd find myself building from scratch but, considering that I want to ride it fixed, it'll be mainly about finding a wheel and crank set.

A couple of options have presented themselves immediately as favourites, both with their own pros and cons.

This Raleigh full build is plenty big enough and would provide me with an immediate ride, but the seller has no idea of the tubing and lives a three and a half hour round trip away on Sky-train and busses.

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/rds/bik/3608226729.html

The components aren't exactly what I'd call top spec, but the saddle (which is apparently very much ridable) appeals to the hipster in me. It's also a 27" frame which would put me off immediately in terms of finding a fixed back wheel, were it not for this showing up at pretty much exactly the same time:

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/bik/3648136359.html

So, as one or two of you may know, I've just managed to score 3 months (unpaid) off my job and have headed to Canada in search of the new, music to play, places to ride and maybe there's a pretty girl involved too.

I got here on Monday (4th March) and have started to look for a bike to build/convert. My budget is relatively small but, hopefully, Craigslist and a few other sources will come up trumps.
My considerations for the build are

• low budget
  
• Size (I'm 6'4")
  
• Resale (not trying to make all my money back, just find a buyer fairly easily)
  
• Vancouver's extensive collection of hills
  
• Ease of finding cheap/second hand parts
  
• Fun.
  

I didn't know that. I like the fact that the "good guys" lost in the end, and I like how the moral issue about sterilisation wasn't clear cut. We were able to believe in Wilson, I think. I wonder if he really died...?

^Fuuuu... spoiler alert maybe?!

Adeel, who playes Wilson is a friend of mine and I haven't seen the last episode yet! Shan't bother now.

Ok, I probably will.

Balls, I'm going to be in Canada. Out.

1. apollo
   
2. Yankee Shit Bag
   
3. Robadob
   
4. desouz
   
5. Indra
   
6. jim1985
   
7. missmouse
   Hat8eard.
   
8. edscoble
   
9. HoKay
   
10. alfie
    
11. mrs_socks
    
12. cnkr
    
13. Rodabod (Roddy!)
    
14. hats
    
15. jdp
    
16. Branwen
    
17. Jayson
    
18. shinkuu kiss
    
19. Clever Pun
    

^+1

Dibs risers please.

Good to bump into you yesterday, Apollo. Always a pleasure.

Fixed possible copy/paste error with my username.

1. Arben Zilci
   
2. jackc
   
3. rwn
   
4. generalmalaise
   
5. Thomas_m (adding postage to DK)
   
6. amygdala
   
7. Vesalius
   
8. deSouz
   
9. noiser
   
10. Yankee Shit Bag
    
11. shinkuu ninja
    
12. rogan
    apollo 13
    
13. Spotter
    
14. Chung
    
15. Woah Cats
    
16. JB
    
17. Jingle Jangle
    
18. Brain Stew
    20.30N0R
    
19. Orko42
    
20. absurdbird
    
21. Pete
    
22. villa-ru
    
23. se1derful
    
24. Hats
    
25. Shoosh
    
26. CasaSteve
    
27. Clever Pun
    
28. Thoma
    
29. Hairy
    
30. Wrongcog (for what it's worth)
    
31. Mirius
    
32. kimpado
    
33. itsbruce
    36 Big Dave.
    
34. CapBreaker
    
35. WilliamJohn
    
36. MatchkeY
    
37. bothwell
    

^That attire would be enough to make the See sore.

1. Arben Zilci
   
2. jackc
   
3. rwn
   
4. generalmalaise
   
5. Thomas_m (adding postage to DK)
   
6. amygdala
   
7. Vesalius
   
8. deSouz
   
9. noiser
   
10. Yankee Shit Bag
    
11. shinkuu ninja
    
12. rogan
    apollo 13
    
13. Spotter
    
14. Chung
    
15. Woah Cats
    
16. JB
    
17. Jingle Jangle
    
18. Brain Stew
    20.30N0R
    
19. Orko42
    
20. absurdbird
    
21. Pete
    
22. villa-ru
    
23. se1derful
    
    

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1. Hats
   
2. Shoosh
   
3. CasaSteve
   
4. Clever Pun
   
5. Thoma
   

^The guitar deciding to get in on the action is just the icing on the cake.