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Lastly got the seat ordered, I'd long admired this frame/build on pedal room so as un-original as it may be I want to stick as close as poss to it,

Superleggera.

Waiting for these wheels to turn up, the headset too,

I got these ordered over the last week,

Dunno if the 3T Pista bars are quite right, and the stem looks too long to my eye,

Thank you for everyones condolences, there isn't a day that goes by without the urge to jump out of the world, hearing peoples kindnesses heartens me a little,

Just build what you like ricky2slicky, there is no better or worse for me anymore, just different, I'll look forward to seeing your STA500 and Barcode...

xx

My first Landy, or "The Ganja Bus" as she was affectionately known, constantly stunk of weed for some reason, this thing went everywhere, and was never locked as the locks didn't work, I'd abandon it for weeks at a time,
Once rescued 6 prostitutes in it in the Sheffield floods, was offered a blow-job, politely declined...

Og Defender is a thieves paradise,

I had an overland prepped 130 stolen from my drive years ago,
The next defender I owned had a pedal box lock, steering wheel lock, alarm, immobiliser, hidden kill-switch and lastly a ship chain concreted into the drive that wrapped and locked around the axle,
Sure, it wasn't stolen but was a massive pain in the arse to take all the locks off to nip to the shop,

A good friend of mine had his 110 stripped on the drive, they took the doors, roof, bonnet, rear door, seats and wheels,

I'd certainly never own another one, they were the coolest car on the road right up to the point where twats started buying them as status symbols,
And fuck all the "one life...live it" crew, what bunch of patronising, moronic bullshit.

Campagnolo Pista Non-Fluted Cranks

Desperately seeking Susan,must be in very nice order,

Cheers.

My old Landy Rover,

Street full of want.

That SM........Damn.

I keep coming back to tempt myself with this,I am sorely tempted!
Did it ever sell?

Has a free bump.

Like a boss, damn I wish I could still do that, good times at the track,

My sister lives at Nether Edge, I live over in the rough-as-fuck end,

Thank you so much, that's really kind of you, I'll make a donation to the forum, x

Last one, I don't want to piss anyone off, so I won't post them all,

Tonic Fabrications Fallguy , the most versatile bike I've ever owned, I rode this thing to the point of distraction, was a lovely thing, beautifully made, only my fat belly insisted it go down the road, if I ever see it for sale I'll buy it back,

https://www.cycleexif.com/t1-ti-barcode

S&M Holmes, genuine 90's not a reissue, my friend Alex Leech had it under his bed from new, fucking idiot for selling this, oh well,

https://www.cycleexif.com/sm-challenger

https://www.cycleexif.com/s-and-m-sabbath

https://www.cycleexif.com/standard-125

I thought I'd risk posting a few of my bike restorations/builds from years ago,

I'd built numerous BMX bikes but got tired of the constant chatter about the prices of everything, and I'd backed myself into a corner being a cunt about others builds if they weren't up to scratch, I gave up my job to nurse my old man through his last year of the cancer so ended up selling them all,

I was given this Dave Marsh frame by a friend, it had a knackered mech hanger and I'd never built anything other than off road bikes so had a play around with it,

That'd be amazing thank you! I'd got a saved searched on Ebay for the Look bolt, and was settled in for a long wait for one to appear for it, I'll happily donate to the forum if you like?
the frame was on Ebay for silly cheap so I made an even cheekier offer and the seller accepted, plan was to hang it on the wall as a bit of art but I keep thinking it might be nice to build it with a flat bar and the most modern groupset that it will take, dunno, I plan them in my head for a break,
And thanks for the kind words, it'll never get better, just worse, all the light drained out of my soul when he left this world, but I keep going to look after my family, parents, you know,

These are just as ornaments too, I like having them around,

I'm having a custom track frame built by J F Wilson here in dirty old Sheffield so will be begging for help with the specs for that at the end of the year when my slot comes up, at the same time I'm hoping that the LeJeune will get a new top tube,
I'd been reading about the previous owners plans for it on here and like the idea of NOT restoring it when the repair is done, instead I'll have a J F Wilson decal on the new top tube and then clear coat the whole frame,

This arrived in the post today, I think it's a Colnago, I'm not sure, it's an ornament for my hallway so it doesn't really matter what it is, the parts on it were just to get it off the ground and see it's silhouette,
I'd be really grateful if anyone could suggest some ideas for what parts it deserves, money and patience aren't a problem,

I've been building again as a distraction from the brutal grief of losing my son,

Like as a catharsis to give my mind a rest from the constant urge to shuffle off this mortal coil,

I'd wanted a Ciocc ever since I saw one hanging in the frame room of my local bike shop as a kid,

So built this one as a retro whatever, something pretty that I could maybe use,

Ciocc Designer Microf 84

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