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Brings me great sadness posting this, but last night/this morning our shed door was bolt-cut open and locks cut through, taking both mine and my wife's bikes.

Hers is a Vitus Razor, mine slightly more distinctive, a copper Brother All Day with tanwalls, wide bars and a front rack. Both the bikes have baby seat mounts on the downtubes, as seen in the photos. Small chance, but if anyone spots anything there will be a reward for any information. Or at least throw a lock on it!

Happened in Finsbury Park N4, just off Brownswood Road.

Imported from Copenhagen from the now closed Track Bike Shop — https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Bicycle-Shop/TrackBikeShop-139572649428663/

This is a fun, fast and responsive bike that has served me very well over the years riding in London. Selling to make space for something more child-friendly. It's a bit mucky in the photos, but will be cleaned before collection.

A few marks and dings from use but structurally sound and never been crashed. All painting chipping seen in photos is due to locking up, not crashing.

This is not drilled for a rear brake so this is not suitable for a single-speed conversion and should be ridden as a fixed gear. Sold as seen but pedals not included.

Collection only from N4.

I'd like £400 all in — I'd prefer to not split if possible but will take any sensible and reasonable offers.

Photo album here — https://photos.app.goo.gl/RfrbXq3cnyjaiYzS6

Measurements and details below —

Frame

• Cr/Mo micro-alloyed tubing
  
• 58cm seat tube
  
• 58cm top tube
  
• 63cm down tube
  
  

Gearing

• 48x17 gearing on Sturmey Archer FCT66 cranks
  
• 170mm cranks
  
  

Cockpit

• 49cm Nitto B260AA risers
  
• 7cm stem
  
• Stronglight headset
  
• BLB brake lever
  
• Shimano 105 front brake
  
• Cinelli bar tape
  
  

Wheelset

• Ambrosio hubs laced with Ambrosio rims
  
• Gatorskin tyres
  
  

Seat

• Fizik Ares saddle
  
• Please note the wear to the saddle
  
• Also please note that the seatpost is quite stuck — this may need help from an LBS in removing
  

My friend Jowey has had his Stinner Refugio nicked from inside his flat in North London. It's a pretty unique and noticeable bike setup.

— Custom forks
— SRAM Red eTap
— ENVE wheels
— Compass gumwall tyres

Hit me up on here if you see this about or hear anything. Not an easy one to miss.

Cheers

Ripped a sweatshirt and rain jacket in a crash two weeks ago — sent off to Rapha for repairs and had them finished and returned less than 10 days after I posted them, practically as good as new. 10/10 next level service.

Unfortunately I've had it for longer than the Kask replacement scheme covers and I also do not have the original proof of purchase which places like Wiggle require in order to qualify for a replacement...

Cheers thread, will probably just bin it.

What does one do with a cracked helmet? I came off on Friday afternoon and hit the deck pretty hard and as a result my helmet is completely fucked. I'm guessing the best thing to do with it is just bin it, correct? Or can it be recycled somehow?

Potentially interested in a pair of the bib shorts pending a few questions. I'll slide into your PMs...

£25? PM me if you're interested!

Looks like the BLB one... I have one I want for sale if either of you are interested?!

Those are some fantastic photos! After a bit of searching around it's a toss-up between the XA and getting another Pentax...

Cheers guys, that's a massive help though and given me a good starting point!

Also the size of the Pentax was a big factor in why I liked it so much...

All the ones that came out dodgy/didn't come out at all had indicated that they were in focus and exposed correctly, so I guess it must be an internal/electronics issue. And as far as I know I've never got it wet... I do want another one, but the ones I was looking at on eBay the other day were about 3 times the price of what I originally paid 3 years ago!

Greater results than the Pentax? I was actually looking at the XA a few days ago...

And here are some of the slightly more successful ones...

Also I want to get something that doesn't automatically print the bloody date in the bottom corner of every photo...

Question for the LFGSS film photography hive-mind...

I've just got back from my honeymoon in Thailand and had 8 rolls of film developed — I took my trusty Pentax Espio Mini with me which I normally swear by but sadly this time it let me down. I took a mix of Portra 400, Vista 200, and Ektar 100. Whilst the majority of the shots I am happy with, about a 3rd of them came out completely, well, weird or completely out of focus which I've never had an issue with before. It's not a scanning/developing issue I don't think because it was only a few photos per roll that were dodgy. I could definitely feel there was something wrong with the camera though because it kept rewinding itself a few frames and misbehaving in other ways (which according to Google is a common problem with these cameras). Here are a few examples, the last one being how the majority of the photos came out...

My question is, it's going to cost more than the camera did originally to repair it so I'm looking to replace it with something similar but different, so what should I replace it with? Ideally looking for something sub—£100.

A restaurant in Soho serving crisps and only crisps (and dips)...

http://www.hipchips.com/

Hah — cheers! I couldn't decide so I've ordered Portra 400, Ektar 100 and Vista 200 so will see what gives the best results!

Haha no way — I had no idea that was possible!

Problem is that the Espio Mini sets the film speed automatically and to my knowledge that can't be overwritten, but perhaps I'll get a couple of rolls of the 400 and see what happens...

Cheers — I've never used the Portra, is it worth the price tag?

Question for the board — I'm off to Thailand in a month for my honeymoon. I'm taking my Canon 550D with me but also want to travel light and take my Pentax Espio Mini with me.

Currently I'm using Poundland's famous Vista 200 for shooting day to day stuff and overall I'm pretty happy with the quality. Is there any other film that anyone could and would recommend for for bright and low light shooting?

Price drop to £55 before I stick them on eBay - any takers?