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Yes the frame takes recessed fitting.
Guess it's a hacksaw job.
The fork has a serrated facing but the rear bridge does not, does that make any difference for fitting/not fitting the serrated washer on the back brake?

Got these NOS brakes to fit to my SS project but never installed any before!
Where do all the washers and nuts go?
The allen nut is easy but then there's a serrated washer and nut and regular washer.
Also the bolts seem to be too long for the fork and bridge so can I just pack out the bolt with some washers to make it the correct length???

For a Phil low flange fixed/free rear and front matching hub and a pair of 32 hole Open Pros I have a nice set of DT Swiss spokes that are 294mm.
The online calculators vary between 294.2 and 294.4mm with 3 crosses so I thought going down to the nearest mm would be OK.
BUT a well known independent store says I need 296mm.
As I have no idea about building wheels who is correct and do I return to aforesaid snooty store and tell them to stick their spokes you know where and just get on with using the ones I have supplied?

Sending PM re: (9) 9cm 1990s NOS £15

Interested in chainset.
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This FirstBike is the version with a brake and it's a quality German made GRP kid's bike.
This has got a few scuffs on the saddle edge and the replacement tyre I bought has a different tread pattern to the other one.
Aside from that it's in great condition and has been a great bike allowing my daughter to move up to a pedal bike without even thinking about it!
Retails for £100 from Velorution so I'd take £60 for it.
Available from NW2

[quote=atomic.a;953638]Well they are cheaper than a car, and if I buy my mates Christiana it will be cheaper than shop price...

My daughter is 5 months old and just starting to sit up quite well which is why I was thinking now is the time to go for one of these. Initially I was thinking about bolting a car seat to the base of the boxes. I don't think a trailer is really safe enough, which is why I was looking at this style of bike.[/quote]I tried one out for an afternoon with my 2 kids and whilst fun it made me realise they weigh a ton, can be unstable and really only have one functional use-to carry kids.
To spend that amount of money on a bike just to carry kids you'd have to be pretty dedicated and use it almost continually.
It's really only useful for a couple of years.
At 5 months you'd need a car seat with some sort of strap to hold them in place. A forward facing car seat needs a seat belt!
Putting a car seat in it is only adding to the weight!
You would never voluntarily use it as a normal bike to nip over to your mates, it's just too unweildy/impractical compared to a regular bike.
There's little safety difference between a rear trailer and a "front" trailer.
I still believe a regular bike/kid seat/trailer is much more flexible.

They are just too expensive to really justify.
Babies can't go in unless they are supported and by 4 or 5 they are too heavy and should be riding their own bike!
Just buy a kid seat and then a trailer and buy yourself a new bike with the change. It'll still be cheaper.

I have used ones, blue and pink, for sale if you want a cheap one.

Thanks everyone.
It is a square taper Phil BB so it seems the best thing to do is just chase the threads and not face.

Should this NOS frame be faced before I install a Phil BB ?

awesome...dude

Only an hour to go, would bid but no money! Bargainous?

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some of the sprayed over rust patches looked a bit too rusty...

oops seem to have got some weird link in there, can I edit it out?

Try the "First Bike" push along bikes that Velorution stock.

Much better than the wooden ones-they don't delaminate for a start when you've left them in the garden!

They have a brake.

But they are expensive and probably too big for a one year old. It will just collect dust until they are big enough to ride it and you'll end up tripping over it and cursing it. Too big to go in most toy boxes.

I had the one with the fold up door.
It's a pain to put together but works really well.
As you could easily get to it down the side of the flat I also put a ground anchor inside it as a backup!
When we moved got the Asgard one instead which is better put together and feels a bit more substantial.