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Are the shiny vans available in size 8?

Apologies dragging this up, but on the off chance. who got this bike and have they interesting in selling?

PM me a price including postage

3rd dibs If I am correct

On the hunt for a new Bike, will take fixed or geared as long as horizontal drop outs. Looking something with a nice frame road drops, no brakeless wonders. I like my knees. I'm in N. Ireland so need posted I'm 5,11 so around the 54/55cm mark. Any questions shot!

how much more hassle are tubs over clinchers?

how much for the spoke?

A friend of mine is considering selling me his old Saracen Tourmalet. He is not sure of the year believes it to be an 04 model. He put it through a bit of wear and tear changed the back derailer to something (cheapish)
Unsure of what else he has changed, should be going around at some point to have a look at it.
What parts should I be looking at? and what should I be looking for to verily they are good/original.
Also not really test driven a bike before so what should I look for when I ride it? As this is LFGSS let the flame begin :)

optimistic 6th dibs

anyone ever buy their jeans also at 150quid are they in any way worth it?

I'll go for a size 2 please I'm going off this char which I know I'm a size small

http://www.americanapparel.net/sizing/default.asp?chart=mu.shirts

I've got a geared carrea tdf it's a few years old aluminum bike. Dented the back rim and the gears are a little so-so. So I'm faced with the options:
do I get a new back wheel rebuild and a tune up
Or
do I simply get a back wheel from Varno, a new chainring and strip the gears and brakes off it, fit a front brake to the drops and make this a fixie?
I think they would prob end up costing the roughly the same.
I own a beater fixie http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3323461.htm
but I could prob shift this for £100 notes to fund the project.
Would this be worthy bike to convert to a fixie or would it be marginally better than my beater?

sadface I missed this!!!

Nollaig, are you riding brakeless with green grips? Might have seen your fixie parked next to mine a few weeks ago at Lavs

Guy outside belfast city hospital on a red fixie couldn't get any specifics. Seemed a little offended that I assumed he was on the free wheel from flip flop hub.

Pm'ed

would you do plastic pedals and spec bottle cage £5 posted?

I'll take one please andy

Hi Varno,

How much for just a rear road wheel, yellow; do you provide sprockets and what custom spoke designs are available?

Cheers Joe

Could only really find classified posts on these. Was looking for an opinion on whether they make a decent bike have seen a geared racer for £150. Was thinking would this be a suitable replacement to my carrea TDF?

Indeed WrongCog I am planning on waiting till I get there,
But I figure best to brush up my knowledge now and start picking ideas up what to look for here and there and what makes a part good, before I enter the rather murky waters of CraigsList. Take for Example Wheels, what means a wheel will stay true longer than another wheel?

Correct me if wrong steps to learning about bikes:

1. Be sarcastic
   
2. Don't talk about bikes
   ????
   PROFIT
   
   

:D

@BMX_Fred sound advice still on the hunt for a biking buddie as not many cyclist in Belfast. I'm more inclined if that's the case to wait till I hit stateside and see heads are there.

Ok Folks,

I've been riding bikes for around a year or so. I'm still pretty clueless :(
Two rides are:
Carrea TDF (bought from a mate which may be too small for myself)
Challenge fixie http://argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3323461.htm#pdpFullProductInformation (which I recently purchased better fit, thou 44/16 gearing is a bitch)

Now here in lies the problem :( I am clearly lacking the knowledge on what makes a good bike?

Now my basic understanding of the food chain are:
Frame
Wheels
after this I am somewhat lost.

I realise I am being a nub and annoying :( But alas the world of bikes is rather huge and I've heard that even top price components can even be shit too.

I'm moving to the states in the summer and want to spend around $1k on two bikes. A fixie for fun and getting me around town, when I need to going to the pub, visit my mates, go for a fun ride etc
A geared bike for commuting and long distance riding anything over 15miles.
I really want to get the best bang for my buck and therefore am considering entering the 2nd hand market especially for the geared bike as I know for $1k I would be struggling to get even a decent geared bike new.
I would consider building the fixie from parts and don't mind using the challenge as a Guinea pig to improve my mech (mainly on how to correctly change stems, forks and cranks). How can I be sure not to buy another Challenge, when entering the 2nd hand market.

Cheers

any chance you have a 19t sprocket?

willing to post pedals?