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Right, first up in my attempt to regain the inside of my shed and have some money left at the end of this month is a Coventry Eagle bike that was my commuter until I came off it a year ago. Hasn't been ridden since.

The frame is butted Reynolds 531 (main tubes) in fine physical and tatty decorative condition. Originally had 27" wheels, mudguards, pannier rack etc but I took those off. These (700c) wheels are both Mavic rims on Shimano Deore hubs. No tyres or tubes, soz. The freewheel on the rear has started 'slipping' as if a few of the splines are worn out, so will need servicing or replacing.

Other components seem to match the bike's vintage of early 80s (?):
Crankset: Sugino (one of the plastic dust caps missing)
Mechs and shift levers: Simplex
Brake Calipers: Weinmann type 730
Brake Levers: Shimano
Stem: SR
Bars: Sakae Custom

I taped the bars with BLB tape, but have since scratched the tape up at the same time as I was breaking my ankle. I re-cabled both gear cables with Jagwires.

Sizing: 60cm seat tube (C-C), top tube is 57.5cm. I'm just short of 6 foot.

More photos: https://flic.kr/s/aHskrMwT27

Bike is in Leytonstone, and with a bit of love would make a solid commuter/pub bike for years to come.

Does £60 sound fair?

Oh right, got it

Flickr URL why u no work?

I've been keeping myself awake on my commute recently by trying to build such a list. I know there's already a thread on RLJing, but I think there's a difference between jumping red lights (most cyclists do it from time to time, know they strictly shouldn't and so it is sometimes accompanied by guilt) and the phenomenon of seeing a red light and knowing in one's heart that for some inarguable reason it has an entirely different meaning for you than it does for others. The feeling that allows people to sail through those lights as if they weren't there.

My list so far (in rough order of prevalence):

Running late.
Promuter (wearing pro kit and thus officially a sportsperson, not a commuter).
Wearing Rapha.
Riding an expensive bike.
Riding a Specialized Allez my-first-road bike
Riding a Boris/Barclays/Santander bike.
Light only went red <5 seconds ago.
Light only went red <10 seconds ago.
Light about to go green again.
On time, but don't want to risk being late.
Currently beefing with all pedestrians.
Feeling threatened by motor vehicle, want to pass fear down food chain.
Self-aware dickhead.

http://jvs.webklik.nl/page/bouwjaren

+1 for a(nother) Gazelle ride in the future. Despite my avatar, my weekend bike is a CM Super-AA SWB and, having mostly lurked on here for years it would be nice to meet a few peeps...

Dibs custom stem, black saddle, shimano 600 front mech, PM incoming.

Spent a week in Mallorca last summer drinking mostly local lager/wine and then found a craft beer available in our hotel bar on the last night we were there. Can't remember the name, I'm afraid.

Turns out there's a reasonably healthy smattering of bars and bottle shops as long as you're in Palma.

Also this microbrewery in Alcudia.

I can recommend the Puig de Randa climb, too.

Dibs 3 and 4 please - PM on the way.

Nice to meet you, @Dick and thanks for the jerseys. Highly recommended seller and all round nice chap...

Dibs on numbers 5 and 7 (Kotter and Atlas) pending measuring the distance between my pits this evening

PMed on the wheels

Dibs on the Kask, PM on the way.

Thanks Ed - that would be whom, though? Is there even a consensus on which particular cycling body/campaign should be referred to here?

You know how these things work, I'm sure - journo will be looking for some local colour as well as (hopefully not just instead of) getting quotes from representatives of such bodies.

Hi all,

I'm mostly a lurker here, but have been as shocked and saddened as everyone else by the recent spate of fatal incidents. I've just had an email from an Evening Standard journalist looking for a comment specifically on CS2/Bow Roundabout from people working in East London (I work at Rich Mix on the Bethnal Green Road). I know the road and the issues well enough (though it's not quite on my commute) but if the question was 'what should be done' I'm not sure I'd have an answer I was confident was sensible.

So, question is: is there any sort of consensus amongst cyclists about best practice in the actual design of infrastructure like the Bow roundabout and what the design of CS2 got wrong?

I rode through there two nights ago, didn't use the segregated blue path at all and took the flyover, but not sure I'd advise that for everyone...

Dan

Or should I have waited for this week's weekly price drop? Ah well.

Dibs pending a question or two that will be arriving by PM.

HI, are the shoes still available?

Anyone able to report if there's anything left at Tottenham before I set off from Bethnal green?

Hi Dan, it's your future self.

Turns out there will be plenty of most of this stuff left in the Tottenham Aldi, with the exception of the men's merino tops. You'll buy some merino tights, a 'compression' top that will make you want to lose a stone when you try it on and one of the winter jackets and form the impression that the quality seems OK.

Also, Tottenham's changed since you stopped working there at the start of the year. It has a Costa Coffee now.

Oh, and we need to talk about your over-sharing on the internet.

Anyone able to report if there's anything left at Tottenham before I set off from Bethnal green?

As someone who rides past every day on my commute (need to change my username - I now commute from SW2 along the Rio Lycra) can I ask a possibly stupid question?

Is the name of the shop a pun on 'Cyclops'? Or is there another reference/pun I'm missing? I'm not being funny, it just bugs me every time I'm stopped at the lights looking at your sign, like when you see a hairdresser's or florist's or another business in a pun-heavy industry and you're not sure if you're 'getting it'.

Are lurkers welcome? If so:

1. Velocio +jersey +race
   
2. jonny + jersey
   
3. Kirth +jersey
   
4. Emyr +jersey +race
   
5. Ramaye +jersey
   
6. Sam_w +jersey
   
7. EEI + jersey + race
   
8. edscoble + jersey
   
9. HatBeard +jersey
   
10. WjPrince +jersey +race
    
11. Tyrrell +jersey
    
12. villa-ru +jersey
    
13. howard +jersey+race
    
14. Soul +jersey
    
15. middleofnowhere + jersey
    
16. cliveo + jersey
    
17. CheBeef + jersey
    
18. Beseku +jersey
    
19. Indra +jersey
    
20. O'Shane +jersey +race
    
21. 'brows + jersey + race
    
22. dry +jersey
    
23. bothwell +jersey
    
24. Lynchman+jersey+race :\
    
25. upstart +jersey
    
26. ap8006 +jersey +race
    
27. Drewzy +jersey
    
28. Temp + Jersey
    
29. wools + Jersey + absolutely zero intention of racing
    
30. roboto +jersey +race
    
31. Finger Jockey +jersey +race
    
32. ncjlee + jersey + CTT racing if such a thing exists
    
33. steves + jersey
    
34. Hairnetnic + jersey +race
    
35. rogan +jersey
    
36. BlueQuinn +jersey +race
    
37. Scoot +jersey +race
    
38. Chris_tim + Jersey + Race
    
39. BGA + Jersey
    
40. Snake Fist + jersey + race
    
41. crimsonape + jersey + race
    
42. Mi7rennie + jersey + race
    
43. Skully + jersey
    
44. betty +jersey
    
45. jakemcree +jersey
    
46. PQR +jersey +race
    
47. overtheroad +jersey
    
48. paramounted + jersey
    
49. privatepatterson + jersey [i'd like two if possible]
    
50. branwen + jersey
    
51. simy + jersey
    
52. Blackfoot + jersey
    
53. Shoosh + jersey
    
54. Wobboy + jersey
    
55. mjs110 + jersey + race
    
56. Pinkgottimobbs + Jersey (no race for now as in NZ)
    
57. Sam Dunn + jersey + race
    
58. fasih + jersey
    
59. T4 + jersey
    
60. blowfish+jersey+race
    
61. sumo + jersey + race
    
62. B0N0R + jersey + race
    
63. eone+ jersey
    
64. b&d + jersey (but + race when I return from excessive heat training)
    
65. HORRO + jersey
    
66. fade +jersey +race
    
67. BareNecessities +jersey
    
68. Nigel182 + jersey + race
    
69. So Gewurzt it hurtz +jersey +race
    
70. jdp + jersey+ race
    
71. Stonehedge + jersey+ race
    
72. rive gauche + jersey
    
73. dj + jersey
    
74. dublinkevin + jersey
    
75. AllezSzmyd + jersey
    
76. Arvy + race
    
77. Idiot + jersey
    
78. n3il + jersey
    
79. 'dan + jersey
    
80. kristian + jersey + race
    
81. Pete + jersey
    
82. Doctor Cake + jersey + race
    
83. Thoma + jersey + race
    
84. Aroogah +jersey
    
85. LongandWinding +jersey
    
86. BisonIncandenza +jersey+race
    
87. KamalRB +jersey
    
88. Stintane +jersey
    
89. Regal + jersey
    
90. almac68 + jersey
    
91. 5awyr +jersey +race(probably)
    
92. starfish and coffee +jersey +race
    
93. Clever Pun +jersey +race
    
94. danstuff + jersey
    
95. youramericanlover + jersey
    
96. poots + jersey + race
    
97. Saibot + jersey + race
    
98. 6pt + jersey
    
99. STE5 + jersey
    
100. Tommy + jersey + race
     
101. Jezston +jersey
     
102. Edmundro +jersey
     
103. Johnnyhotdog + jersey
     
104. JLaw +jersey
     
105. ChainBreaker + Jersey (a few as I didn't get enough of the Sharkpits!)
     
106. Inchpincher + Jersey
     107.A + Jersey+ Commuter Racing + Strava Member
     
107. umop3pisdn + Jersey
     
108. Tris + jersey
     
109. HairyChris +jersey
     
110. wildmaurice +jersey
     
111. richardaldred + jersey
     
112. SE1derful + jersey
     
113. Kat + jersey + race
     
114. h2o + jersey + race
     
115. Dull +jersey
     
116. Chung + jersey + race
     
117. hoefla +jersey
     
118. IAmNotARobot + jersey
     
119. lardboy + jersey + race
     
120. vunugu +jersey
     
121. Dramatic Hammer +jersey
     
122. mands + jersey + race
     
123. littleheather + jersey + race
     
124. Marco + jersey + race (if needed to try out the Velodrome)
     
125. 1+n + jersey
     
126. alfie +jersey +race
     128.seven04 +jersey +race
     
127. Khornight2 +jersey
     
128. desouz +jersey
     
129. Clockwork_killa +jersey
     
130. Colin the Bald + jersey
     
131. Tenners +jersey +(?)race
     
132. esstee +jersey
     
133. xsvcx +jersey
     
134. twitch + jersey + race
     
135. T P + jersey + race
     
136. N16commuter + jersey
     
     

Hmm, might pick a better username before getting it splashed across a jersey

Thanks, dicki. Haven't arranged collection of it yet, but looking forward to putting some miles in once I do have my hands on it...

I won this one on Ebay, paying £375 - did I do OK?

And does anyone know much about the components on it (Mavic chainset, Modolo brakes)? Not that I'm looking to swap anything out but wondering how good a match to the frame they are, quality and period-wise. Am I right in thinking the frame is very late 80s?

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/GAZELLE-AA-SUPER-RACING-BIKE-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/eQIAAMXQgyZSDS9M/$(KGrHqEOKpwFIDcvUZCqBSDS9L5mbw~~60_58.JPG

gazelle aa super ... no wishbone stay though
tonyme possibly your size although might be a bit big

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GAZELLE-AA-SUPER-RACING-BIKE-/321186467136?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item4ac8348d40