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Edit: Collected - No longer available

FRAME ONLY - CRACKED

https://photos.app.goo.gl/qUPsB4nq9JZ2ZtWZ8

Bought this second hand a few years ago. Owner said he had barely used it, and only indoors - and it showed. That said, after riding it mostly indoors and after only approx. 400km total, I was wiping the first bit of road spray from the frame when I discovered the pictured crack around the seat tube. There may also be fracturing around the seat clamp - very faint.

CBR quoted the following to repair (Feb 2023):
Seat tube: £300-£330 + VAT
Seat tube clamp area: £200-£250 + VAT
Paint: £160 + VAT

Frame is Di2, rim brake. I think a 2016 model.

I will ship but at your expense. Otherwise collection from Lewisham or Green Park.

If no one claims it, it's going in the bin unfortunately (girlfriend says its can't live in the corner of the room forever!).

Anyone looked into cycling to Stowmarket and getting back via Cambridge? The Stow-Cam route on National Rail says no cycle reservations required - albeit only 4 spaces. Reading Anglia’s DD policy it doesn’t seem to indicate we can’t use this service.

Neglected to post here but inviting any mad cyclists on here to join a Group ride I am organising this Friday evening at 10pm. Details below.

Date and Location

Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022
Distance: 160 km (100 miles for the uninitiated)
Climb: 1,086m (flat)
Start Time: 22:00 (late)
Starting from:
Victoria Station car park, London (meet opposite bike racks at car park entrance to Victoria Place mall - see Google Street view https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4943836,-0.1452069,3a,75y,279.55h,84.48t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sIatozASroN-A0fOJ7u0DWQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DIatozASroN-A0fOJ7u0DWQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D189.26674%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656)

Route

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38655094

TLDR

Group DIY night ride around London. Starts at 10pm from Victoria Station (for pre-ride food, the 2nd floor McDonalds closes at 11). Post-ride brekky at Victoria Station Wetherspoons where I can confirm the taps turn on at 8am (opens at 6). A great ride to acclimatise to cold night riding, test lights/gear, all safe in the warmth of the city. This is an X-rated event - i.e. no manned controls.

Genesis

In late March 2020 we went lockies. Four weeks later the PM would announce “we are past the peak” of the pandemic. This ride seeks to replicate what it was like for the exercise-inclined during these unprecedented times. A bit weird, quiet streets, circuitous. Staying local was the (legal) order of the day. Non-essential travel was shamed. Hair grew long. We all know this so why am I saying it? Because it's sentimental!!

Accepting the guilt that if I rode outside the M25 I could be “hit by a car and take an ambulance from someone who needed it”, I set about creating and sourcing local London routes. If I were hit by a car locally, at least I could walk myself to a nearby hospital, the thinking went, or maybe the driver would take me if I were nice. The London Fixed Beers missions were a particular highlight for me—giving riders a curated tour of London’s boroughs while taking advantage of the empty streets (but for the ominous queues starting to form outside supermarkets).

I rode the first version of this “strava art” in April 2020, and one year later extended the route with the needle in commemoration of the vaccine. Ironically, as I rode down the Mall while tracing “the needle”, I went right through an anti-vaccine march.

Touring London’s boroughs on empty streets turned out to be actually quite nice. But daylight scenes reminiscent of Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later are unlikely—though not impossible—to return this year, and I don’t want to lose half a lung riding 160 km through London traffic, so this year I’m doing the ride at night.

Fee

There is no fee but I ask that you make a minimum £6 donation to the Lewisham Bank of Things (https://www.lewishamlocal.com/lewisham-bank-of-things/?fbclid=IwAR2SK-ZVIkmz3nLSO6a9zosCTa6zOidekBSToUJFYc7QEqJDCezWNfmN4Qk). An admirable project some of you may have seen on the news in recent weeks.

“The Bank of Things is a new Young Mayors Project working in partnership with Lewisham Local aimed at Young People aged 11 to 25 living in Lewisham. Former Young Mayors have used their budgets to develop the Bank of Things to address the issue of poverty and lack of resources for young people in the borough. We now supply everyday necessities to any young person facing hardship living in Lewisham.” - Lewisham Bank of Things

Upon donation, please message me at “ kowalskimark [at] gmail [dot] com ” to inform me of your intention to ride.

Finish

I would appreciate if you confirm back to me you finished (Strava/Komoot/ebrevet). I won’t be publishing a list of finishers anywhere but I will record you as having completed it for my own records. If the ride is popular enough, the idea would be to turn it into an annual Calendar event.

Riding in London

Be safe, bring a decent lock or bring your own food. Let me know your average speed and I can try and match people in groups. Though the Friday night streets of London may provide plenty of company!

YACF post here: https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=122436.0

Would love to come take a look. Just finished refurbing a Raleigh Solitude and have always wanted a Kingpin.

I am located nearby if Anna doesn’t want it.

-Mark

I think they’ve got secret bank accounts full of ££££€€€€ but a debt to gdp ratio of around 3500%. So they certainly like to spend!

Hah!

Touché. Probably too short, daytime only and needs nets. But you can’t knock the viewing gallery. This is in Luxembourg. They are a sporting nation so maybe we could petition the local authority for some improvements.

Think I found it.

If anyone has any questions or wants to follow along. I post little stories through my instagram when I have time. Per instagram I am in Montreal but in real time I just hit Winnipeg today (going west into the wind).

http://Www.instagram.com/kowalifornication

Thanks for the offers guys. Decided to go without in the end.

Thanks Vince. What are you looking to sell them for?

Looking, preferably in south London, for someone chucking an old set of aero bars that I wish to fix to my drop bars for a long haul ride I am leaving for on Friday.

I am located in Sutton and will collect from a reasonable distance. Normally I'd travel anywhere in the London area but busy busy preparing for the tour.

Thanks!

Whoops sorry! Didn't see that one. Will repost.

Hi Thrasher - pics would be much appreciated! PM me thanks.

Looking, preferably in south London, for someone chucking an old set of aero bars that I wish to fix to my drop bars for a long haul ride I am leaving for on Friday.

I am located in Sutton and will collect from a reasonable distance. Normally I'd travel anywhere in the London area but busy busy preparing for the tour.

Thanks!

Can anyone direct me to a good article on charging methods whilst touring? I initially thought I could buy a tried and tested solar panel to attach to my rear panniers but can't find a reliable cyclist source to confirm this is possible.

I want to avoid maps and take the easy way out with offline maps on my phone.

I'll be cycling around Europe, wild camping, so access to wall outlets will be limited.

Will assume all is still well with the world!

Thanks all!

Some, more than others, have put more effort into their responses, and I appreciate that.

Hey guys,

So I noticed some holes under the chainstays on a new used frame of mine. I've read that frames have holes in them to help release gasses during welding. The only reason I ask is that I discovered the same diameter hole in my last frame (underneath top tube) exactly where the frame cracked and I came tumbling to the ground. Is someone at my office sabotaging my bikes or is all still well with the world?

Any polo in the morning?

Building up a Reynolds 531st. So looking for something in a classic silver ideally.

Hey Charlie,

What's it like changing the tyres on these? And are tyres included? Also, presume 126mm/100m spacing?

P.S. Thanks for responding.

Building up a reynolds 531st. I am using a 6 speed screw on. Can pick up this weekend.

Do you really think that's reparable, GS? I did think it might be possible to take out the torn tubes and put new ones in but a) didn't know a frame builder available (thanks!), and b) it's possible there are other, new bends/damage to the frame. Like you said, might be cost prohibitive. But I will email them with the picture and see what they think. Prices on the website suggest £75 per tube, which isn't too bad. Thanks man!

Muchas for the sympathies, sensom. Ask him if he wants to sell it! Kidding. They are great bikes. Thank you.