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No dings or dents although some small wear to the paint where there are cables that rub - not very much and I'll send some pictures for you. Also a scuff to the back of the saddle but still some life left in it.

For the pedals they are double sided so SPD on one side and a flat platform for normal shoes on the other. I think I have some plastic platform pedals in a box somewhere which I could fit if you prefer.

I would think it would be about right. I'm selling on behalf of a friend who has moved house but he is about 5' 8". I'm 5' 11" and it's definitely too small on me.

Yes - currently fixed but a freewheel on the other side and has both brakes for if you are freewheeling.

Used for commuting for about 8 months but well looked after. Parts different from stock are:

Espresso deep section wheels in white with Vittoria zaffiro pro tyres (fixed/free)
Brooks white leather bar tape
Shimano PD-A530 double sided SPD pedals

Measurements are here.

Looking for £320. Collection from New Cross (SE14), more pictures on request.

Hi all. Sadly I'm now commuting from Kent which means a folder is probably the easiest way to get from the station to work.

I'm looking ideally for a second hand Dahon or similar and can pay up to about £100.

Cheers

A driver pulled across into Jeffreys road through queuing traffic this morning around 9am and didn't check to see no-one was coming along the cycle lane. As a result a guy on a roadie had no time to brake on his way down the CS7 towards Stockwell and went straight into the back passenger side door.

A few pedestrians stopped to help while I was on the phone to the ambulance/police, and helped to divert the traffic. The guy was clearly hurt - he didn't move from the road until the ambulance moved him and was taken to hospital with a neck brace on. I really hope he's ok, it looked pretty serious.

The impact was enough to snap the forks from the steerer, he was probably travelling at close to 20mph at the time (at a guess). I was really lucky to be a few metres behind him - far enough to go around the car.

The driver claimed that a car in the queuing traffic flashed him to go, though clearly neither car was aware of whether the cycle lane was clear at the time. Unsurprisingly the car that flashed (and must have seen what happened) didn't stop and I don't think anyone got the registration. The scary thing is that so many drivers think that they can tell another car when to go and when it's safe, you see it all the time.

Thoughts are with the guy, hoping he makes a full and speedy recovery.

Hi Varno, I ordered some black 30mm rims (machined front, radial spokes, unmachined back) with Miche hubs on saturday afternoon, will that have gone out yesterday for delivery? No rush just wondering if I'll have them for this weekend. Cheers mate. Luke

I think I have 3 invites left, pm me if you want one.

I got it working a few weeks ago. I think I used the foxyproxy addon in firefox, but sadly I can't remember which proxy I used.

Hadn't thought of that, thanks guys. I did think of filing out the dropouts slightly but then thought better of it!

Thanks for the responses!

I know it seems a bit odd to want to replace the fork over the brake, but it's a nice brake and cost £45 so I'd rather not get rid of it if I can help it. I was hoping to find second hand forks for £20-30 but haven't seen any yet. It's so frustrating because it's literally 1-2mm off fitting perfectly.

Thanks for the links to the cheaper chainset, I'll definitely go for the stronglight I think.

@jonseager Which adjustment screw? I thought it was just the allen adjustments on the sides of the caliper which changed the reach.

@fasih I don't really have a strict budget but want to get parts that will last hopefully.

My 09 SE Lager has been used to get to and from work for the last 2 years (60 miles a week) and needs quite a lot of work, namely:

• new wheels
  
• new forks
  
• new chainring
  
• new cranks
  
  

I'm fairly sure I'm going to get new wheels built at www.v-sprint.com but I'm not so sure about the others.

I don't mind the forks I have at the moment, but a year or so ago I bought a Shimano Ultegra front brake but the reach isn't quite long enough for the forks. It's only very slightly off, but the result is that the pads rub on the tyre very slightly, meaning I need a new front tyre every few months. I've been looking online to find some fairly basic cr-mo black forks with 1-1/8" steerer suitable for short drop calipers but I'm struggling a bit. I stumbled across these fuji fc-440 carbon forks looked like they could fit the bill, but I'm not sure whether my headset would fit (the 'integrated' bit put me off). Is there any way to be sure? Can anyone recommend a cheap pair of 1-1/8" threadless forks that might suit a short drop caliper? I'm not averse to second hand but most of the forks I see coming up in the classifieds are 1" threaded.

For a chainset, I really like the look of the Stronglight Track 2000 chainset on Velosolo but it seems a lot cheaper that some of the other ones? Any idea why? Anyone think it's a good idea or bad idea?

Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to offer!

Got mine today, put them on as soon as I got home. Feel great!

Thanks for meeting me Rik!

tomorrow, lunes, from 5:30 to 6pm opposite the Tea Building under the bridge

Sorry, not sure where you mean, is this near the polo court?

Great job mate, glad to hear you got them all done.

Woop just switched my old dmr v8s off my old mountain bike in preparation :)

still available?

Perhaps an updated list could be posted (by Jol if he's got time?) to confirm how many are en route and who they are for. Also people can start paying if they know they're getting straps :)

Another climber here! Well more of a boulderer, I'm at the Arch (near London Bridge station) 2-3 times a week, usually monday, friday, Sunday and at the Castle on wednesday afternoons.

Fixies seem to be pretty popular among climbers, seems to be a deluge of them around 5-6pm at the castle on weds.

Don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but in the most recent issue of WIRED magazine (on p51), theres a pic of a fixie with JOL straps on! The bike is an 'Ozello TK' apparently, which yields no search results in google.

1 Rod Munch(?)
2 JonoMarshall(Done)
3 aufbruch(Done)
4 Buddha Fingaz(Done)
5 Dracula(Done)
6 porter7474
7 Vinylvillain(Done)
8 (Done)
9 Timmy2wheels
10 BleakReference
11 Casp
12 The_BMX-KId
13 Sol
14 oval (2 pairs, and far, far away from London)
15 Befixed
16 Loop
17 Marc_77 (Newcastle)
18 Sammy
19 nikuls
20 Stein(need postage)
21 Edmundro
22 MonkeyDXIII
23 can_i_have_a_p_please_bob
24 overandout
25 jv
26 hmmbutterscotch
27 Wannabe
28 nikT (possibly 3 pairs and not close to london at all)
29 Velonoir
30 ctznsmith
31 Davey Mayhem (requested a bit ago)
32 niels.
33 twelve.
34 PISSED_UP_PISTA
35 roryeaglestone (in manchester)
36 Scrapper
37 nooms
38 PeteScotch
39 koai
40 mo-nochromatic
41 saffa
42 LdnGrrl (after stupidly pulling out on the 4th place) Black's fine.
43 MagnumPI
44 Subsist
45 fred
46 Fujiboy (Anychance of white)
47 Rob
48 313
49 MacB - will need posting to Farnborough, Hampshire
50 billynomates247 (pm's ages ago but just to be sure)
51 Udon
52 Beanpie. Black's fine, thanks - Pickup from London
53 Kearnj - need to post to the U.S. Black is good. I think I did this right.
54 drunken - need posting to Bristol please. Whenever Royal Mail sort their shit out
55 Arnie
56 Madebysofia (black would be perfect, thanks
57 Rolphy - no posting needed, i can pick them up :)
58 someday (black - can pick up in london)
59 CasaSteve - Black/red and posted to UK (Coventry) please :)
60 arantrek - 2 PAIRS PLEASE!! Black, posted to UK (London) Can pick up London PMd
61 nogoodnames - Black plz, posted.
62 Ricochet - 2 pairs blackpls, can pick up
63 Noorkoiv - Black PM on route
64 SpiceRack - London pick up
65 erictheking - Black Please - can pick up in London, Cheers.
66 sebastian.gone.archi - Black Please, Also, Postage to Reading.
67 neu - Black plz, London pick up.
68 nukeluc
69 L-bear. Black/grey, London pick up
70 DoYouBlaze? Black please. London pick up
71 PinkPanther - Black, pick up from london
72 Henryb- postage to bristol. Holla
73 The_What - London pick up
74 haro - london pick up - all black
75 Markky - london pickup/black
76 SHEK - london pick up
77 Maxtm- London pick up in White???
78 BMXCONAN - Postage to Aberdeen
79 kattiep - black, london pick up
80 - Rossy - London, pick up
81 Johnny Boy - London Pick Up - Black
82 - pojo! - London pick up - black
83 jaw - London pick up - black
84 - andyfallsoff, London pick up - Black
85 - lookseehear - pickup from london/postage from Oz :)

Hoping to sneak in at the end :D

All seems fine at the moment, I don't want to give you the impression I'm really eager to spend money, its just that I can imagine with most OTP bikes (especially the cheaper ones) there are gonna be some components that are probably fairly basic. The question was maybe a bit too open ended i guess!

As a newcomer I was just basically wondering if there's anywhere that manufacturers tend to use sub standard componentry. That might be too general a question too i guess!

Just got my new OTP SE lager 2009, my first ss/fixie, rode it to work today and seems pretty quick, handles nicely.

I'm not looking to do a lot to it at the moment but does anyone know of any cheap upgrades? Or maybe what I should be prioritising in terms of upgrades?

I wonder whether someone high up there has had a look at what people are saying about them on the internet. Maybe they've realised that customer service is actually fairly important?

I just wanted to add my 2p. I had read this (and other) thread(s) about Winstanley before buying my 2009 SE lager, but I thought I'd just go for it anyway as it was £35 cheaper than evans. I placed my order at 11pm on thursday night and recieved my bike yesterday (monday) morning. It was the right model, right size etc, exactly as I was expecting.

My only gripe really is that the bike didn't come even part assembled. I think wiggle and other bike distributors send their online orders out with minimal assembly required, I think just attaching the front wheel or something along those lines, whereas I had to measure, cut and route the brake cables, fit the stem, bars, peddles etc. I haven't done it before and didn't find it too difficult but I can imagine that some people wouldn't be so sure. It did amuse me that on the top of the box it said in big bold letters "THIS BIKE MUST BE FULLY ASSEMBLED AT DEALER".

Ok their communication might not be as good as some of the other companies (no "your order has been despatched" email) but I'm very satisfied overall, I think that some self assembly was well worth the £35 I saved.