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Bump - £150 ono if you can collect it tomorrow - moving day!!!

Yeah it’s done me proud for the last few years, 30km a day almost without fail, rain or shine. Oh no, wait, I mean “Dry miles only” etc etc….
Yeah u-lock holder is a bit of old chunky inner tube stitched in place and has worked surprisingly well if I do say so myself!

Random selection of stuff that someone might find useful..
Halfords Car bike rack. Barely used, got all the bits. £20
105 11-25 10spd cassette -£5
Cane creek levers (one missing clamp) - £5
Tiagra calliper - £5
Set of pads - £5 for both
Tubes (Lifeline) 700 x 35-45c - £5 for both
Stem (100mm) - £5

Seatposts/toe clips/gripshift/crankset you can have for free

Tooting Bec but can drop off in london within reason

Time for the mighty commuter bike to go to pastures fresh!
We’re moving abroad so need to get rid of some stuff including this fine steed. Been commuting on it for the last few years and it’s super low maintenance with almost nothing to go wrong.
When I bought it there weren’t many options for singlespeed disc bikes and even now you don’t see many. Chain adjustment is by way of an elliptical BB.

Size M (I think) - I’m 6ft2 and as you see it has a mast of seatpost out.
Stronglight cranks
KMC X101 chain new in Aug last year
Will probs need new tyres and pads for winter.

Racks will not come with the bike, nor computer mount.
The mudguards will - their Kinesis fend-off aluminium, with flaps both ends.
You can also have the old look pedals if useful, or I can put flats on.

Looking for £275
Located Tooting Bec, but can meet in London (within reason!)

Cheers

IQ-X has a switch on the back to turn on/off while rolling. If piggybacked and light switched to off would 100% of dynamo power flow to USB?

Doing 2 weeks ish in france in the summer and will be wildcamping/roughing it so would like a way to keep devices charged up.
I'm running the MasonxHUNT 650b dynamo wheels (SON28) and B&M IQ-X front light and thinking of buying a velocharger : https://www.spacycles.co.uk/m12b0s208p3515/ADEPT-ELECTRONICS-VeloCharger-for-Hub-Dynamo
It seems a reasonably priced option for getting some juice into a powerbank to then top up devices.
A) thoughts/feedback on the velocharger?
B) How to connect? Do I just use piggyback connectors where the current front light connects to the dynamo?
Thanks!

My mate just had his Singlespeed nicked this morning from inside the sainsbury’s local on Bethnal Green Rd (by boxpark shoreditch, E1 6HZ).
It’s a Brick Lane Bikes 6KU Fixie though running as SS. Photo below if people could keep an eye out please!
Unfortunately not many distinctive marks

they are wiiiide - no sneaking through traffic with them haha

What bars have y'all got on your cargo bikes? I'm not finding the standard ones on the Bullitt particularly comfortable - finding the hand position a bit cramped.

As a D lock i use the Kryptonite New York M18-WL which can be had at a reasonable price from Mr Bezos at the mo
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kryptonite-York-Lock-M18-WL-U-lock/dp/B000AOA3W6

It's a monster and also long enough to reach around frame/rear wheel and most bike lock infra.
Not been nicked yet, though it has only a been a week

Still for sale, reduced

NOW SOLD

New bike day!

Aye that's why I figured I'd replace both at the same time. Tomorrow lunchtime job - do like "W" FH on a Friday

Still feeling like there's a bag of spanners stuck in the drivechain so new chain and sprocket arrived today. Sucked it up and went for the spenny X101. It had better outlast the bike at that price...

Bike trailer now sold

I think the sprocket is probably a bit worn but chainring looks fine. I'd reached the max limit of tensioning so shortened it by an entire link at the weekend and we're back at the min limit - we'll see if that helps - might stop it dropping so often.
It does feel weird though, I get a rumbling/lumpiness sensation through the pedals. Will report back after this week's commuting.
I can deal with the rumbling, but it dropping off twice every commute is annoying as balls.

ok so dimensions of the load area: 75cm long, 50cm wide, 35cm high.

edit to add a photo of the axle fitting (wee bit rusty but works fine) :

Sure, I can measure it up this evening for you (:

There is an attachment into which it fits - suitable for both quick release and bolt-on axles, but not through axles (though there may be an adapter for this). Let me get a photo for you. Essentially you take the end of the quick-release off, slide the adapter over, replace the nut and re tighten.

yep, the park tool one and it's way over the .75 mark. If I pull the chain from the forward point on the chainring I get probably 5mm of daylight between chain and chainring.

I don't think I over tension it, usually ends up with a bit of slack at the tightest spot. I would have expected more as well - this is at least the third chain since I built the bike up (4,500km ago). Chainring is a Stronglight 48T which was new 4,500km ago as well so I wouldn't have thought that would be cooked already. Freewheel is an old one though.

I think I may end up swapping the whole lot out for new to start from a blank slate this time around

I'm curious to see what kind mileage people are getting from chains on their SS
I feel like I get through chains quite quickly on my bike - I'm buying a new chain every year. I've started tracking it using the Strava gear function.
Current one is a KMC K1 and it's lasted 1,800km but is now utterly cooked - it dropped twice on my commute this morning.
On average I'll do about 75km a week (12.3km each way, three days a week) - I would guess that I degrease and clean every 6 weeks which perhaps is not often enough.

Interested to hear others experiences and recommendations for the longest lasting chains.

Got a mate who’s decided to join the bike life and is looking out for a 125 for not much money (c.£1k)- anyone on here got one they’re looking to shift?
He doesn’t want to have to do any work to it so needs be ready to roll.

Got a classic left-hook maneuver pulled on me on the way home yesterday, southbound at the Clapham Common junction with Clapham park rd.
Drivist looked quite shocked when I smacked on his passenger side window and got all shouty at him. Stayed upright, no harm done.
Nice lady who had been flying southbound with me for most of the journey (I could only keep up because of traffic lights) checking I was okay was much appreciated!

Honestly a daily occurrence these bad drivers at the moment

I think ebay may be the one, get it roughly the right size. The Bullitt is on order so I'm planning these things out ready for when it arrives!
Also have some pine planking (old bed slats) I'm going to use for the cargo deck, and run some airline rails down each edge for lashing points.
So hyped

Has anyone sourced an alternative aluminum box for a Bullitt?
I like the look of the big square ally boxes, and being able to lock it for multiple-shop trips. I do however baulk at paying the best part of £500 for one from larry vs harry/ a dealer.

Shorter stoker would be fine - the rear seatpost will drop a few inches yet. From memory the driver's seatpost has quite a bit of height left unused.
How much taller are we talking? I'm 6ft 2 with a 34" inseam and as pictured is set up for me