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cool, thank you!

thanks DFP, sorry to be a moron, but what's an example of a 70" gearing on a 650c SS? the bike is pretty light so it can err to the higher end but yeah, definitely something lower than the current one.

i'd rather stick with the current setup and just change the chainset/cog rather than go for a whole new rear wheel with a hub gear. if i could afford to i would.

hi forum,

i did UTS i promise, but it's an awkward call for advice from those far more bikexperienced than myself.

my girlfriend is asthmatic but is dead set on using my previous generic single speed bike rather than say, going for an old 5-speed town bike. she hates gears but doesn't want to go fixed.
my old SS has 650c wheels and has the stock issue 48/17 gearing which is shit for a SS bike in my opinion.

what do you folks reckon would be a good chainring/cog set-up for a 650c SS that is used mainly for flats/mild hills and wouldn't be too exhaustive to pedal? i'd really appreciate any suggestions. thanks!

the answer is yes

Premium rush tribute bike gang

that bike is basically darth vader.

halo twin rail couriers are £15 a go from wiggle, there's a black/gumwall version.

only had a 1 puncture in 3 months on them.

Iggy, pick one shop and go there so regularly that you know everyone's names... Best service comes from building a relationship.

Shops where I know I will get good service:
All the shops with people I know in them (plus A&J in south Wimbledon... But never bought a bike from them)

do you mean A&W cycles? i like that guy. he's really nice but was very confused by my drop brake levers that don't have integrated shifters (they're the TRP ones with lots of holes) and my bike isn't exactly complicated.
but ages ago i had a triumph 3-speed bike from the 70s that needed serious sorting and had odd sized wheels and such, nowhere had the right parts for it except him.

i've only been to BLB a few times but never bought anything, i was considering buying some soma tyres but they were bloody £33 each or something. that's bupkes!

basically selling this because it hurts my fragile, pathetic buttocks. it hasn't been ridden for very long and i've always worn clothes on it. everything is as good as new except for slight markings on the rails which i've tried to show in the picture.

£20
pickup from around SW london or i can drop it off to you around west/central london or something like that

saw a koga-miyata gentleman's racer parked on cambridge heath road last night
sure i saw it once it one of the for sale threads here
was a nice bike
the end.

i'm eating all the cornflake cakes from the office communal cake area

i'm basically near tooting broadway, but definitely could drop SW18.

Nitto B127 Cro-Mo bars - 40cm - (NJS)
basically brand new, mega nice, never used. was going to use these for a build that has been abandoned and i'd hate for them to just sit around. clamp diameter is 25.4 and there is space for a brake if you want one (22.2 clamp size).
£SOLD

Sturmey Archer FCT 48t 170mm chainset + BB
seen daily use for about 8 months, but still decent!
£SOLD

**
A bike stand**
£a nice coffee or similar hot beverage

i work basically next door to the royal albert hall, so i can meet nearby or in central if that's convenient.
cheers!

dibs + pm!

what is this scranus precious?

the delicate area between the scrotum and the anus.

thoughts go along the lines of:

checking out people's dogs (i want a pet dog)
boobs
anyone driving a 4x4 and thinking about how they must be a wanker to drive this giant vehicle through fucking SW19
my hurting hands
my scranus
worrying about if my san marco rolls saddle will make me impotent with all that scranus pressure
considering bibshorts or tights, what my life might be like if i clad myself in that kind of depraved cloth like the roadie going nowhere
judging other people's bikes (singlespeed with no rear brake? wanklord! being an example of a judging thought)
constant threat estimation of potholes and glass fields
is the chain too dirty? is the chain too loose?
wishing someone would just courier me an espresso
wishing i could somehow take off the fucking lame decal from the toptube
how long until i am home?

if i have a fixed gear bike that has two brakes, will i be uncool?

spending all that money on a new york lock and then not using it to secure any part of the bike?
i don't know
maybe whoever it was needed that painful reality check

1 – Black cabs swerving to the kerb to pick up/drop off passengers

2 – Pedestrians stepping out into the road without looking (and most of us do it on occasion) 


3 – Passengers hopping off or on Routemaster buses without looking 


4 – Vehicles turning left across you – even more serious if it is a bus or truck 


5 – Car doors being opened into your path

6 – Vehicle creepage at junctions

7 – Delivery vehicles parked in cycle lanes 


8 – Drivers failing to indicate properly leaving everyone guessing 


9 – Vehicles doing impromptu U-turns.

10 - Addison Lee (lolz)

such a good ten commandments

i'll be there like a tramp on chips

bump for price drop. anyone? will throw in a packet of smarties?

nothing cool about riding singlespeed.......

grip tape on everyday fixie, robotic vagina on weekend fixie

Could work

if only rapha would make a jersey that had this function built in

moving down beside a traffic jam on the CS7 when a white van suddenly lurches left into my path without indicating or anything. luckily since it was in a queue i managed to dodge it before i slammed into the side of the bonnet, but for fuck's sake. as of recently there seems to have been a thing with fucking morons in vans turning without indicating.

in this situation i feel like i need a balloon full of black paint i can chuck behind me as i escape.