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I had some Topeak versions of those and the threaded element sheared off whilst I was down some Welsh country lane miles from anywhere. Despite having a spare valve extension, I could not pump the tyre up anymore initially until I managed to get the broken bit out of the head of the pump. Found that the neck of the extender is wafer thin and it was little wonder that it had sheared off.

I am the sort of person who will test their spare tyre and pump with a dummy run at home to try a foresee any potential problems out on the road, but this was not a problem I had expected and it was to cut short a cycling weekend away. Despite my likeness for the Topeak brand, I am looking for an alternative when it comes to valve extensions.

Looks to be a Panasonic Isostar livery from the mid eighties.

Nice frame and with a stunning paint job. Not sure which livery it is. Unfortunately too big for me anyway. Good luck with the sale.

I've defo seen it before... with a gear hanger... or evidence of one. Someone suggested it may of been added on after original build, then later removed... anyway... thats as much as I remember...

There was another one and I commented on it in contribution number 56238 on page 1125 of this thread. It had been butchered quite a bit by someone converting it to use as a road bike.

This is the link to the photobucket profile:-

http://s305.photobucket.com/user/iheartmybeard/media/Nov2011ebay224.jpg.html

Here are the pictures of the above wheels.

Hi. I have sorted a number of wheels for sale. All are straight and true.

• MAVIC MA40’s 36 hole, 700C clincher rims on Shimano 600 HB-6207 hubs. The OLNis currently 128mm but this can readily be reduced to 126mm by removing aspacer. Rims are like new with no wear to the brake surfaces and the rear isfitted with a 14-28 tooth cassette. Double butted stainless steel spokes andcomes with tyres and inner tubes. A beautiful pair of strong robust wheels for £90.00;

• NISI HR22 32 hole, 700C clincher rims on Campagnolo Athena hubs. The OLN is126mm and is fitted with a 13-21 six speed block. Rims have barely any brakewear on them and they are built with plain gauge spokes and they come completewith Hutchinson HP22 tyres and inner tubes. A solid pair of wheels for £90.00.

Both pairs of wheels are in very good condition.

Please PM to reserve rather than just dibs. Collection preferred fromWolverhampton but can ship for£17.50 to the UK. Ifabroad please contact for a quote. Payment by cashon collection or cheque is preffered over PayPal fordomestic buyers. Please note that I do not provide free shipping.

Pictures to follow.

theres one of these frames hanging up in fitzrovia bikes, £225 59cm if you're serious about owning one! awful pink n purple paint though. I have been tempted myself

Fitzrovia bikes is always worth a visit just to see the eclectic collection of frames hanging from the ceiling.

If your were to take the stresses and the positions of them literally, maybe. But I was thinking more generally as a paint scheme and what it represents.

Just out of interest... what makes you think the pedals are 'wrong' and the stem too 'long'? As for the wheels, have you ever looked at late eighties / early nineties track bikes? :-)

+1. Whilst it is unclear whether it is a fake Pinarello - difficult to tell without provenance, frame number, etc. - it certainly looks to be bang on the money for late 80's/ early 90's with the wheels, pedals and stem.

I think the paint job is a real hoot myself. It is a vivid reminder of what you are doing to the frame everytime you get out of the saddle and sprint for the '30' sign on the Sunday club run. Also with the orange and red flecks it is certainly more colourful than if you did the same on a monoque frame(see attachment).

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Aston Martin's first foray into bicycle manufacture was the 1994 Aston Martin pursuit bike built for Tony Doyle to do a series of demonstration rides in North America to promote the DB9. It was essentially a Chas Roberts frame shrouded in carbon fibre to give teardrop sections to the downtube and seat stays. The rear of the seat tube was also profiled to wrap around the rear wheel. In addition it had a monobladed front fork and a bespoke aero section seatpost and stem. The wheels were Specialized DuPont tri spokes.

In my honest opinion, its modern counterpart is certainly a bit of a let down in comparison.

Gorgeous and in fantastic condition; however the brakes are no earlier than 1988, which doesn't tie-in with it not being used since 1981.

The handlebars look like Italmanubri(ITM) to me which I believe were the first dedicated low profile handlebars in commercial production and would have been introduced around 1985. Prior to that upturned and cut-off Cinelli's were used.

Very badly listed 'stack of spokes in a cabinet'

By the looks of it, around 500 spokes and a cabinet to hold them.

Could be a good deal for the wheelbuilder willing to pick...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/stack-of-spokes-and-display-cabinet-/221128833969?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item337c4e3bb1http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?pub=5574889051&toolid=10001&campid=5336525415&mpt=9455866http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?ff3=2&pub=5574889051&toolid=10001&campid=5336525415&item=221128833969&mpt=2042702

Have you seen the rest of the overpriced crap he has got as well. Almost looks like one of the houses that would feature on 'Grimebusters'.

Aluminum though bruv ;)

Being sold on ebay now: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fixed-Gear-Fixie-RoadToPista-track-dropout-adaptor-Road2Pista?item=271047431835&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC.NPJS%26itu%3DI%252BUA%26otn%3D12%26pmod%3D300784202608%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D2314389168583528734http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?pub=5574889051&toolid=10001&campid=5336525415&mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?ff3=2&pub=5574889051&toolid=10001&campid=5336525415&item=271047431835&mpt=2270119

Italian engineering! Nuff said. Does not tell you that you can not use a rear brake unless you make a drop plate adaptor.

^ you fuckin' kiddin me?

+1. It is a Heath Robinson job and a dangerous one at that. Also a repost.

It looks to me like the frame builber has cut the fork blades too short so he has filed off the necessary clearance from the underside of the fork crown. No allowance for any grit that may be picked up by the tyre, fitting of different size tyres or for any flexing of the wheel. I would want at least a couple of millimetres clearance. For me this is needs to go into anti.

Nice use of depth of field on the photography. Like the detailing for the rear brake cluster and nice to see it showcasing a Gipiemme groupset.

The nose is different to my supercorsa's.
I'd say it's a suede kashimax aero......

The branding would appear to confirm this. On the Kashimax Aero there is two lines of text, on the Concor San Marco Supercorsa there is three lines of smaller size font.

+1

Also retro_vélo repped because your forum name looks like Elton John wearing some crazy specs or those 2004 style glasses people wear on New Years.

Never thought of that to be honest. Perhaps someone with photoshopping skills might recreate the vision you have in mind and if it is good enough I could use it as my avatar. My photoshopping skills are zero.

posting it in 4 threads to push his ebay-auction. can someone please delete him.

He should be banned for thinking that something so fugly is porn worthy, let alone for his multiple contributions highlighting that there is one - presumably his - currently for sale on eBay. Given his complete lack of taste I can not imagine that he will make any valid contribution to the forum anyway.

Prefer the PUCH Mistral with the original forks rather than carbon blades. Also think it would look better with aluminium self colour brakes rather than black imho. I would upload a picture of my own PUCH Mistral in comparison but I know that it is frowned upon, so I wont.

(still trying very hard to make out model of that saddle)

Could be a fi'zi:k pave saddle. Seem to recognise the chromed plastic fender pieces on the rear corners with the 'v' shape in the middle.

Love the Chorus groupset in Graphite finish which complements the Rossin perfectly. The Graphite finish was always susceptible to blistering and flaking of the paint finish when the aluminium corroded and also to chipping. The brake levers and gear levers would often have the tell tale signs of the bike being leaned against a wall, whilst the chainset would show marks from the chain unshipping and of course road rash on the rear mech, so this particular groupset would appear to be lightly used.

However, if I was to be picky - which I guess is what the Porn thread is about - then I would suggest that the components could do with a proper de-grease, which would get rid of the grime which collects around the brake pivots, etc. I would also consider using acid gel on the hardware to remove the traces of surface rust or possibly even get hold of a ordinary Chorus groupset without any blemishes on the hardware and swap the hardware over.

The owner has obviously gone to some effort to produce good quality pictures in a studio setting and has also mastered the technique of using a short focal range to highlight the components. So a good effort.

Road grime does also indicate that it does at least get used on the road too, just a pity is was not cleaned off for the shoot.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Eddy-Merckx-Corsa-Extra-Bike-Frame-56-cm-and-case-2-Deep-V-wheels-bags-/170874795841?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item27c8ee7741#ht_500wt_1202

This bike was left behind in my garage be someone who didn't want it.

Lucky swine.

Looks to me to be stolen perhaps by a baggage handler. After all, who would go to the trouble of buying a travel case for their beloved bike and then leave it in someone's garage with the bike inside. More likely it has been stolen in transit, the bag broken into - hence 'combination lock key locks also - but locks missing' - and then listed for a quick buck. More of a thieving bastard than a lucky swine.

Very suspicious!!!

Don't forget the DiaCompe AGC300 calipers - they had a reach so short that you pretty much had to build the frame to fit them.

Although M71 and Systeme 3 were of the period, I don't think either sold very well. Most people went straight from clips and straps to Look, bypassing the weird precursor clipless designs. Ofmega Sintesi would be nice on that bike, to keep up the plastic theme of the brake levers.

Forgot to mention the AGC300’s tbh and the commen tregarding building the frame around the brake callipers is true enough. I have a Telfer frame that I was struggling to build with the correct wheel and brake combination. However, once I had deduced from the routing of the brake cable on the rear i.e. it went to the right of the seat post and not the usual left, then I tried the AGC300’s and the wheels lined up perfectly.

The M71’s predated the original offering from Look by a few years, but because it was necessary to push a release lever by hand,they were never a practical proposition for massed start races - earned the nickname of ‘suicide pedals’ - and hence never caught on. I never saw the Adidas Systeme 3 pedals ever used, but I have since managed to get a NOS pair which will be going on a NOS Ilkeston Raleigh frame I have. I recall that the Look pedals began to be used by a few riders in 1986, became widespread in 1987, and by 1988 clips and straps had virtually become obsolete in the bunch.

Keeping with the plastic theme, the rear mech could be replaced by the plastic bodied Ofmega Mistral, preferably in black. Also match the levers with the Modolo Kronos calipers, although these are notoriously regarded as speed modulators and not brakes in the truest sense of the function.