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Hey,

My housemate is tired of riding around on his crappy busted up bike and so is looking for something new. He doesn't want something that's going to keep falling apart as his current one does.

He needs something around 56-58 cm, isn't fussed about brands, frame material etc, but is after something that runs nice.

He's a bit unclear what he's after, but essentially he wants a road bike with drop bars, geared, and with STIs levers. Can pay around £300ish.

Anyone got anything suitable? Newer OTPs or older bikes, all are welcome...

Saddle sold.

Hegs I'll email you now re levers.

Got someone after the bar ends too.

Yea they're still available Rogan. PM me.

pricedrop

Pedals gone, rest still available.

Embedded photos don't seem to be working, but the links are good if you want to check pictures.

Having a bit of clearout, so few bits up for sale. I'm out of the game on prices so if I'm way off let me know.

Selle Italia Max Flite Saddle. £25
Black leather saddle with blue material bits on the side/back. Good condition on top, slight rust on the rails where the clamp took the paint off and on the underside the blue trim is fraying a bit, but you can't see that from the top.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/440/img3472r.jpg/

Weinmann brake levers with suicide levers. £3
Working fine. White hoods, bit grubby.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/9/img3483oq.jpg/

Cinelli Bar End Things? £Free.
I have no idea what these things are but they're yours if you want them. Slightly scratched at the ends, but still use able (if you know how)....

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/209/img3480i.jpg/

Dibs followed by a PM please... Pickup at my work in Southwark, or around Holloway Road in the evenings.

Second dibs open pro if sale to jsabine falls through!

Dibs.

Bump. I've got money waiting....

Hi All,

I'm looking for a 700 rear wheel for my old road bike which I'm converting so need a 130 hub. Ideally a flip flop hub, and black mid-profile rims. If it's got black spokes I'll bite your arm off.

If you've got something please let me know.

not losing much here...i'm off i don't need lfss randoms to tell me i'm sentenced to go to hell for taking an abandoned frame. I know i'm not stealing and i have a clear mind

Correct me if I'm wrong but in the other thread where you initially started discussing this and before you edited your post, did you not say that you were tempted to steal it as soon as you saw it? Blatent theft, and you know it.

Gorgeous. My first road bike was brint orange - it's a great colour for a bike.

Next week you could go and ask on mumsnet how to seduce an underage child.

well, there's no magic to it...you need a bag of sweets the size of a big dog....

Fixed

This absolutely has to be a wind up.

It is certainly less dangerous passing stationary traffic on the right, for three reasons

1. Drivers can see you in their rear view mirror/ oncoming drivers can see you clearly.
   
2. The likelihood of doors opening on this side is much less.
   
3. There is more room for drivers to yield to you, and you arent stuck in the gutter.
   
   
   
   

This^

More and more of our urban riding is going to involve this sort of riding,
with care filtering past queue nodders is no riskier than other riding in traffic situations.
as an aside, it seems to me that more and more drivers are yielding to me filtering past, moving in slightly to allow room, it just makes sense.
what do others find?

This ^ again. I was passing on the right as I've found it a better place to be.

I second what you say about finding that more and more people will move over slightly to make room, but often I slow to a stop, pulling in to the queue of traffic. Whilst I appreciate the on coming car yielding to me, I don't always trust their judgement with how much room to give/speed to approach, and I don't want to anatagonise leave them thinking "stupid cyclist get out of my way". Whilst this view is obviously wrong, behaving in a considerate manner towards them will help to build positive relations with other road users (everyone seems to loathe the cyclist) and will hopefully mean that they behave in a courteous manner back.

This is pretty much it isn't it, you've got to look for that break in the traffic and the junction. This has to be one of the most common error situations?
It got me when I was on a motorbike once. Learn from mistakes, which I guess you will now. Lucky you're ok.

At the time I felt I was being quite careful, only moving out when there was no on coming traffic and trying to scan ahead. Evidently I wasn't and as you say, luckily I was ok. I'll definitely watch out for it more in the future, and filter up through traffic more slowly.

there's no point having right of way if your under a bus.

This

I think that providing I was in the left lane, I would have right of way but it seems unclear what happens when you move into the oncoming lane.

I agree with what you guys have said, that I should no doubt be careful when doing it and overtake slowly as it's only me that will come off badly from it.

I guess that because my route to work is basically one long straight road with loads of turn off's along it, and is backed up with traffic for most of the 2 miles I go along it, it's very difficult to ride super slowly along side the traffic. But as has been said, I'm the only loser in the situation should it all go tits up...

I guess people will rarely accept responsibility like that though. And even if they did accept responsibility in that case, would they be considered at fault had they not held their hands up?

This morning on my ride to work I encountered a situation which I think can't be that uncommon, and it got me wondering about the legal standing of what was going on.

So I was overtaking a long queue or stationary cars, riding in the lane for oncoming traffic. I couldn't see it in advance, but as the cars crept forward, one of them stopped to let a car pull out of a side road. He pulled out turning right just as I was a few meters in front of travelling quite fast towards him... Luckily he saw me and stopped before he'd totally pulled out into the lane so a collision was avoided.

Had he gone straight into me, who would have been in the wrong? Was it my responsibility to ensure that it was safe to overtake the vehicles, or was it his responsibility to ensure that the road was clear both ways before he pulled out?

Funny, I was literally just about to list my identical wheelset.

They're a really decent wheelset. Solid, reliable, dependable, spin nicely etc.

Uh Oh. Busted.

Code not working for me, anyone else having the same problem?

"The voucher cannot be redeemed; either it has been entered incorrectly or is not valid against your basket."

Over a 5's worth of stuff in it....

I remember reading in another thread that the vast majority of people disqualified from driving are able to get it over turned because it will put them under significant hardship (correct me if I'm wrong). This is the kind of thing I think needs to be changed. If you're not safe on the road and can't follow the rules, you shouldn't be there as it's simply a matter of time until you seriously injure someone. It's a privilege, and not a right; that's what needs to be reinforced, as it was with drink driving, and now needs to be with regard to cyclists. This is the kind of stricter liability I would be in favour of, rather than a size based hierarchy which would invariable penalise all road users involved in collisions with total morons. It would take dangerous people off the road, and hopefully get other road users to consider their actions as well.

However, I am concerned though that stricter liability won't necessarily make motorists think that much more... Being a dillignet driver who looks out for cyclists and checks mirrors before moving is a totally new driving experience to many people and changing the penalties doesn't necessarily mean they will be able to change their behaviour. A one off decision not to drink and drive is one thing as it's a decision you make once, and then stick too. It's quite different to remaining alert and giving cyclists the space they need on a longer car journey.

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/SASMROLLS/san-marco-rolls-saddle

Rolls for 30 quid. Bargain.