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dogsballs ... Seeing we have adevertised it as free to a lot of people, i don't want to start asking £5, i feel dodgy with a coin donation as it is. Also with the big numbers i don't want to have all the prizes, plus potentially £500 in my possesion.
this was meant for the LFGSS community. also vb, the website is on all the pamphlet, so fingers crossed we will get some more members out of it. ;)
OK, cool - guess it's grown a bit bigger than you anticipated...
:)
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Hi Dogsballs,
Mentioned it in the email but it seems there really is a great opportunity here to raise some money for something worthwhile. Especially with such a big pot of prizes now on offer -
[puts on tin hat and ducks for cover :) ]
...most would happily pay a fiver to enter wouldn't they?
Could then be split - say a pound or two to the server/forum costs and spread the rest around a few charities?
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MrSmith [quote]Max MrSmith - are you one of those people who could cause an argument in an empty house?
Think it's more an 'old photographer thing' - long before geeks or forums on the internet...
FFS.
I like 'fixi' - even more annoying...
if the house has an internet connection then yes.
i know lots of 'old' photographers who definately never used the term.
as for a wind up it's more a curiosity so no guarantee of being thrown into an apoplectic rage .
also you disagreed with my question/statement it seems you are too easy to wind up "FFS"[/quote]Curiosity here too: why in the middle of a useful discussion there is occasionally someone who for some very odd reason goes off on a tangent and starts accusing others of being 'obnoxious' merely for using a slang term be it 'glass' or 'fixie'.
And when one bites back they don't like it.
Seriously, if you have been into 'photography' for a while and never heard the term glass as a slang term then I'm puzzled but then pics of plug holes puzzle me too... but each to their own.
:)
PS:
it just seems odd to say "i'm going to buy a new glass", "the new tilt and shift glass i brought for the canon is the dogs", " pass me the 70-200 glass", "that new image stabalised zoom glass from canon is the shizzle", " if the client want it changed i'm going to smash my glass over his head" . actually the last one would save me money :-)
Never heard any of these myself either - it's more of a generic 'Nikon's glass is better than Canon's' etc.
Rather than "I say Giles, pass me the Super Spectra Coated three aspheric elements Super UD 17-40 lump of old *glass *dear boy..."
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Yep, love it!
Especially sandwiched between the name of a major city and a form of two wheeled transport - and all guaranteed to wind up snappers of plug holes, pencils and cotton reels.
Marvellous!
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MrSmith - are you one of those people who could cause an argument in an empty house?
Think it's more an 'old photographer thing' - long before geeks or forums on the internet...
FFS.
I like 'fixi' - even more annoying...
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Not sure on your size but keep an eye on this:
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Re' SLR's - Canon for me but Nikon for many others. I always used to use Canon SLR's (BITD) - just preferred the ergonomics, features and glass. Focus speed was superior in those days but I'm way out of touch with digi stuff - have a basic Nikon compact for business but for pleasure/travel heaven is still an old Leica rangefinder, a 35mm Summicron and a pocket of B+W...
:)
You won't go wrong with either but technically they are both far more than adequate - feel is by far the most important thing really.
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Lovely Lemond (fan of the man and the bikes):
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Those Montanas are truly horrendous.
The Fuji pictured is the 07 model and OOS everywhere in 'normal' sizes - 08's (non-quill stem) are due mid March they say...
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Check with a straight edge ruler from centre of seat tube to centre of chainring = front chainline.
For the rear presuming a 135mm rear hub then measure your current set up - again with a straight edge but from inner face of RH dropout to centre of cog.
Subtract this from 67.5mm to give rear chainline.
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Standard chainline measurements are as follows but in practise can (and normally do) vary a fair bit:
Track and singlespeed road = 42mm
Road double inner ring /outer ring = 41mm/46mm
Singlespeed mountain bike = 54mm
Mountain bike triple; middle ring/**outer ring = 48-50mm/52-54mm **If using a normal cassette MTB hub to make a singlespeed then usually the front single ring goes on the outer position and the rear cog is spaced with thin spacers to match. If your front chainline is 51mm you will not want the cog all the way over by the inside of the dropout.
To be exact it will need to be 16.5mm from the inner face of the driveside dropout.
Within a couple of mm is ok though.
You will need about 5mm of spacers between the cog lockring and cog.
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OK, it's not going to be a great spec or build quality and the weak $ helps but £130 for the whole bike - almost disposable...
Big pic here, welding is neat enough:
http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/windsor/images/win_hour_silver2100.jpg
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He's going to be pi$$ed if someone did hit BIN for a joke - that would land him with a huge final value fee to arse about trying to recover...
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Simply beautiful bike^^^.
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chris crash thik its all good as long as its not your frist post and there is no arrospok
OK. Caroline- got this lovely little frame - silly light for steel, make a good fixed. :)
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Not sure on forum 'form' and promoting your own listings so will say no more but I have a frame on ebay that may be of interest?
:)
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If no luck and it's the standard splined type then these are excellent value - £5 posted:
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Hate to bring it up again but for some reason it reminds me of that Chuckle Brother's Langster from a few weeks back...
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Lovely Lemond for the money. Like the colour very much.
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There is enough there (just) but as dogsballs said a half-link will almost certainly be needed. Pain if you swap ratios too (ie fiddle with chain length/half-link).
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IRO has been removed/sold?
[edit - it's moved]
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Had an email from a Mike Ramsden from the BBC today after he had been on the www.londonfixiebike.co.uk website - sorry, had to throw that in :)
To quote:
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"........I'm a reporter for BBC London News (and a cyclist) and I've been asked to make a short TV report about fixies........so, is there any chance we could interview you and any other riders who're passionate about their bikes? Filming will only take an hour or so, and your shop would get a mention on the telly. The angle of the piece is simply that "more and more people are switching to fixies - so what's the attraction?"
"...it's just a conversation with me about bikes - no lines to learn, no tough questioning, no goofing to the camera...........can you think of any other fixie riders who would like to talk about their passion?"*
Afraid I'm a bit camera shy but if anyone here is interested in getting involved he can be reached at:
mike.ramsden@bbc.co.uk