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You plonk it on a plain (not micro-adjust) seat post and it gives you mad layback

Ridgeback Velocity. £400, all shimano parts, all good.

Tall biker and BMX bandit completing the fuck out of the Dunwich Dynamo, a right pair of epic winners

Just as I scrolled down to this, the track I'm listening to featured a sample of a guy shouting 'TIMBEERRR!'. I consider that an epic win, but then I'm sad as fuck.

i picked up this Geoffrey Butler touring frame last week. it has a row of braze-ons running down the non-drive side of the bike. they start before the shifter braze-on and run to the dropout. same diameter as a brake or gear cable. any clues?

Dynamo -> rear lamp wiring. along the chain stay, up the rack leg, down the mudguard

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(I also always wondered about his tandems why he didn't have the drive chain from the rear chainring directly, like on a lot of tandems... Jack Taylor tandems have that detail too...)

shifting under power (especially with rudimentary '40s dérailleur) is better with longer chain, most noticeable on a tandem where it's very tricky to synchronise easing up on the pedals to change gear.

unfortunately this one benefit is a bit outweighed by the 4-foot chain dancing about like a motherfucker every time you shift/hit a pothole

1. Zebra cyclist
   
2. Too Tall Tim
   
3. Hairnetnic
   
4. Croft
   
5. Indra
   
6. Toastyoneuk
   
7. Fahrgestell
   
8. Hefty
   
9. Paramounted
   
10. conker
    
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12. jakemcree
    
13. Cazakstan
    
14. Dan W
    
15. mattioats
    
16. WilliamJohn
    
17. PQR
    
18. Kompute
    
19. Hanuman
    
20. +3 or so from work
    21 . Wobboy
    
21. JB - riding back
    
22. cjmiska
    
23. Nigel182
    
24. ZenDawg
    
25. Nabz95
    
26. Vanneau
    
27. jdp
    29.Seven04
    30.Glover
    31.Glbrother
    
28. Jonmundy
    
29. Hovis + Mrs Hovis on the Tandem
    
30. Husy
    
31. hugothenord01
    
32. Lemon83
    
33. vunugu
    
34. Sacredhart (single speed to the beach. After that shingle speed)
    
35. OLC
    
36. Blue6
    
37. Parryman
    
38. Apollo
    
39. Toto
    
40. LukeG
    
41. shambolic
    
42. Hoke (will be on gears...)
    
43. rotten_prims
    
44. jadias
    
45. Yukirin
    
46. Mule
    
47. ChainBreaker
    
48. fasih
    
49. Cadence Clearwater
    
50. Eyebrows (+ at least 1) (maybe even fixed- shocking) (maybe ride back)
    
51. StitchMartyn
    
52. Bundo
    
53. Stern (With a +1,Unfortunately on Gears,also my first time :))
    
54. Jammy (there and back)
    
55. Arlecchino
    
56. Rawrrrr
    
57. Stephen F.
    
58. bilaltoumi
    
59. Charlotte83 +5
    
60. Clockwise
    
61. Bombadil (prob gears this year as last year was fixed and I fancy a change)
    
62. Digger
    
63. Miss T
    
64. Joseph (fixed)
    
65. Mel
    
66. msutton30
    
67. PorterPearson +1 (there and back)
    
68. JaRyder
    
69. RedKen
    
70. 3speed_abbots +1
    

I guess you could chop it and just use a regular seat clamp? should be fine

Making fun of Chinese accents is just razy lacism.

I think probably not, looks like it has two adjustable cups for fine chain line adjustment? /maybetalkingoutmyarse

Argos (who ought to know) said that, to respray mine, they'd blast and paint it with the stem and front hinges in place (they suggested I remove and refit the swing arm hinge). They said they've done it that way before, and the paint still gets all up inside the hinge crevices effectively.

I've owned an M.Steel Diabolo touring MTB and a Joe Waugh road racer, they were both brilliant. My old boss claimed to have commissioned the first Yates tagalong and given him the idea to market them... /bullshit

Regrettably I'm selling my Singular Osprey - I've rebuilt it with a mix of new and lightly-used components (mostly Tiagra 4600), including a new pair of handbuilt wheels. Since the rebuild, the bike's only done a five mile test ride, it's serviced and ready to go. The frame will take full guards and front and rear racks for commuting or a bit of light touring, but as it is it's a very capable road bike. Weight as shown in pictures is 10.88kg / 24lb.

http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=2941&pictureid=17340

Frame details / sizing here: http://www.singularcycles.com/shop/index.php/frames/singular-osprey.html

More pics in my album here: http://www.lfgss.com/album.php?albumid=2941

I'm asking £800 collected from Bristol, the bike is at my work (BikeUK in Clifton), test rides welcome, we're open 7 days. Many thanks for looking,
Ben

**Build is as follows:
**
Singular Osprey lugged steel road frame - Medium (54cm ctt) - Used
90s Campagnolo Veloce Headset - used
Post Moderne seatpost - used
Dia-Compe ENE quill stem - lightly used
Bontrager H2 Saddle - lightly used
Bontrager SSR VR-C Handlebars - lightly used
Bontrager Gel Bar Tape - new
Blackburn Stainless-Steel Bottle Cage - lightly used

Transmission:
Shimano Tiagra 4600 10-speed STI shifters - lightly used
Shimano Tiagra 4600 50/34 Compact Chainset - new
Shimano Tiagra 4600 Bottom Bracket - new
Shimano Tiagra 4600 rear derailleur - lightly used
Shimano Tiagra 4600 front derailleur - new
Shimano Tiagra 4600 12-28 cassette - new
Shimano 105 chain - new
Tektro R539 Brakes - lightly used
Shimano cables and housing - new
Shimano A530 SPD pedals - used

Handbuilt Wheels:
Shimano 105 rear hub - lightly used
Shimano Ultegra front hub - lightly used
Mavic Open Sport rims - new
DTSwiss Double-Butted Stainless spokes - new
Continental Ultra Sport Tyres - 23c - new
Continental Inner Tubes - new

Sliding dropouts? Fixed transmission and mudguards in perfect harmony...

Up to London yesterday from the friendly backwater that is Bristol, lock beater in Shoreditch high street, coffee in LMNH, Brooks stolen. Back to LMNH at 5 ish, workshop very closed, explain plight, they happily fetched me a new saddle, lent me tools to fit it, didn't mock me for West Country trustworthiness fail. Such service, much impressed. Wow.

Looks like one, maybe an M500?

^Repped

Moulton Bicycle Club, 2nd hand wheel should be cheap as.

EvilDMP: Yes. Super easy.

The 'classic' will-a-bus-tip-over test was done with sacks of cement in all the top deck seats and none on the lower deck.

It's an Osgear (or copy thereof)
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/designs/osgear-hs.html

Bump for beautiful bike and tidy price.

gotta be Chipping Norton, either that or Leighton Buzzard

I'm almost ashamed to admit I'm from Chipping Norton, it's not exactly a rough manor but it's pretty hilly and full of Cotswold Cunts in range rovers blasting down country lanes, and the nearest LBS is 90 minutes ride away, I'd say it deserves a place in the 'riding fixed here is a bit daft' hall of fame.

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/mks-chromed-steel-toe-clips-prod7915/

These come in Small, I'm guessing they don't make Small double clips cos there wouldn't be enough room for the extra strap. Could always use Power Grip style straps if you need them super strong?

If you get the shift eeeeever so slightly wrong the gear will slip, which will cause you to shart yourself as well as potentially damaging the pawls/dog clutch in the hub. Tried, shart, bought the right shifter.