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@James Alexander Are those forks of yours chromed or have you just stripped and polished them?

They are chromed mate . . the BB is from an old raleigh so that the cranks could be fitted. The rear hub is from an 80s BMX and built into the rim so that the dish was equal on each side - sorting out the chain line

Leave that bike locked anywhere and it'll be gone in 20mins :-(

Is it that bad? nuts. Better buy another D-lock

Sturmeys should not be described as temperamental. My Dad's got loads of them, all about 3000 years old and VERY well used, all working as good as they day they were bought. NEVER diss a Sturmey, or i'll find you in London Fields...!

haha . . had some trouble with them myself. Maybe i've had bad luck

@James Alexander - Gorgeous bike. Working on my first project bike at the mo' (also a Peugeot), keeping my head down and reading the threads for info and ideas. Whats the reference to the Sturmey? Is that the rear hub?

Cheers man . . yeah a Sturmey is an old hub with the gears in the hub itself. They are pretty heavy and can be temperamental. They work buy pulling a wire through the hub to change gear . . you can pull it to the right gear and weld them up. Not the best way of converting to single speed, but can be done.

Good luck with the Peugeot . .

Where do you live? It looks lovely.

Nice work on the bike btw. Very neat.

This is taken at my parents . . in east yorkshire. Its lovely, bit quite tho. The village has a spa shop - thats about it.

Moving to the london fields area on friday however, havent even seen the flat. You know what the area is like?

T_M - really nice bike. Have to leave it that colour right? The chrome and maroon are lovely. The chainline is going to be spot on because of the Sturmey . . I would be inclined to get the rear wheel built up with a flip flop hub as the Sturmey will be heavy, but thats just me. Maybe just pull the cord from the hub to the right gear and weld it up, so you have single speed, that way you could keep the look.

yeah . . when they go thats where it will be, have been holding them at the bend in caution. Will only crack them out on special occasions - a weekend bar if you will ha

Cheers guys . . . yeah, welded the drop-outs myself. The bars weren't turned (don't think that shape can be turned?), hopefully I don't kill myself. Pick me up if you see me lying around London with one half of a handle bar in my hand yeah?

My old Peugeot - almost finished. Need attention to the little details . . .

Before

After

Welded in some horizontal drop-outs

Made some wooden bars - will prolly snap - look cool for now tho.

46:14 - 7 skid patches

Cheap - for those who don't want to build their own?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270437268357&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_500wt_1182

scratch mate

I have a old womens road bike for sale, has been converted to single speed. A few bits need attending to, but the bulk of the work i have done.

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j44/melia429/IMG_1266.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j44/melia429/IMG_1267-1.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j44/melia429/IMG_1269.jpg

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