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Spotted - that battered orange fixie with the rusty chain always locked up outside Withington library - smashed! Walked past it Saturday morning - the back wheel was ruined, and the stays were badly bent. Had the shit kicked it out of. Full moon the night before - all the animals come out at night. Hard luck whoever owns it.
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Cheers Rory - I've an interview this afternoon for an Oxford Rd cafe job that might tick the boxes - failing that I'll run on up to Specsavers.
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Holy funk. Cheers Nes, I'll have a squizz at that lot. Thanks!
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Job wanted! Getting desperate! Trained as journalist/proofreader/subeditor (not to mention three years TV bullshit as camera assistant) but also worked as office bitch, waiter, cafe cook, van courier, carpenter's mate and factory hand. Learn fast, work hard. Full-time/part-time/permanent/temporary. Help appreciated....
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Pics ?
Of his mum?
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Hey all - I'm looking for a book on the history of Keirin - not just Keirin as part of a larger bicycle racing history. There seems to be one by Hiroyuki Kouno, but I don't know if it's in English...? Anyone come across such a thing? Cheers.
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Cheers Will78 and Cranks Joe - it's about half a millimetre too long. Problem solved!
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I'm having no luck finding a solution to the rear axle problem on my second SS. I've got a lovely Raleigh Pursuit frame with horizontal dropouts and some very lovely Fulcrum Racing 7 wheels with a freewheel rear hub. Had no problems with the chain line or tension - but the first time I stepped on the pedals, the axle slipped and pulled the tyre across to rub the chainstay. I assumed I hadn't tightened the allen-QR skewers enough (new, "aircraft grade alloy", apparently), so I realigned the wheel and tightened them further - but found that I could easily pull the wheel out of place by hand. I checked Sheldon, checked LFGSS, decided I was being a wuss, REALLY tightened the skewer, and promptly snapped it, sending the acorn nut + snapped portion flying across the room, where it made a small dent in my wall. I went back to an old cam-based QR skewer, and tightened it to the point that I couldn't give it any more (bearing in mind I rock climb to 7a+) but still, the wheel can easily be shifted by hand. This QR system is the same I used on my first SS bike (also with horizontal drops), and I cycled that for a year without any problems at all.
Any help, please? It's a bastard to get the rear wheel in and out of the dropouts, but no worse than any other bike I've worked on - I can't work out where I'm going wrong...
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Has anyone got any cheap square taper cranks for sale at the moment?
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Alas, due to a weasel, my frame relisted - just a knockabout thing, but in pretty good nick. No reserve.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200387558114&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT
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'The Mister Cycle' head badge and others on eBay no reserve - cheers all...
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'The Mister Cycle' head badge and some other bits on ebay - cheers all...
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Voidcore, sent you a message.
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Hey - anyone got about 15mm of rear hub spacers kicking round?
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Spotted - going hell for leather through Withington on a sweet chrome Bianchi, blue satchel...?
Heading up the curry mile into town - didn't clock the frame, but the wheels were deep rim mirrored/polished...?
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Hey, are these any good? Brand new and unused, 1" diameter and 200mm steerer. £15 inc. postage. Cheers, simon.
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Free to a good home - well, any home, really - old cardboard bike box (Cervelo, no less), good for posting a frame or a wheelset. Collect from Withington by the library.