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Sorry to hear this - how was it locked? The Kenton is a bit of a bike theft hotspot. Not helped by the fact that you can't see your bike from inside.

I did a stupid thing and used my cable lock instead of my d-lock.

I didn't know it was a theft hot spot, but I can kind of see why. The Kenton's only external camera faces away from where most of the bikes get locked up, the tower blocks nearby don't have any cameras visible and its not exactly a thoroughfare with lots of foot traffic, lots of tower blocks nearby too so lots of cunts looking to take other people's stuff. The Kenton really should allow people to take their bikes into the beer garden. They've lost me as a customer when I'm on the bike.

I'm still blown away that my bike got nicked and I was able to find it and nick it back, only losing my wheels (which I'm still on the look out for).
Is it worth going to Brick Lane to look for wheels rather than a whole bike?

Some dirty thieving scrote nicked my bike from outside the Kenton pub in Hackney on friday night.https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr...a=ltm&t=m&z=18

I ride (or more correctly, rode) a Raleigh Record Ace which I converted to fg and the front wheel was a Mavic Aksium with eight reflective stickers on the rim and the rear was a black 40mm deep rim bought from Varno. Both wheels had Maxxis Detonators.

The reason I'm focussing on the wheels is because I found the bike locked up and I nicked it back!
When I came out of the pub and saw the lamppost where I locked it devoid of my bike, I charged off down the road looking for it. there must have been some kind of subliminal homing signal because I walked past three tower blocks and onto a big estate about 200 metres away, where I found my bike locked outside a tower block, minus the wheels (and, strangely, the water bottle holder).
I've looked for them on ebay and gumtree but without any joy. I'd love to get the wheels back and would appreciate you guys keeping an eye out for anyone selling them.

tl:dr
Some cunt nicked my wheels.
Front wheel was a Mavic Aksium with eight reflective stickers on the rim and the rear was a black 40mm deep rim bought from Varno. Both wheels had Maxxis Detonator tyres. Keep an eye out for anyone selling them and let me know.

Some dirty thieving scrote nicked my bike from outside the Kenton pub in Hackney on friday night.https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=Bentham+Rd&daddr=Hartlake+Rd&hl=en&sll=51.54426,-0.042336&sspn=0.003857,0.009645&geocode=FX6AEgMde1H__w%3BFSyAEgMdj1z__w&dirflg=w&mra=ltm&t=m&z=18

I ride (or more correctly, rode) a Raleigh Record Ace which I converted to fg and the front wheel was a Mavic Aksium with eight reflective stickers on the rim and the rear was a black 40mm deep rim bought from Varno. Both wheels had Maxxis Detonators.

The reason I'm focussing on the wheels is because I found the bike locked up and I nicked it back!
When I came out of the pub and saw the lamppost where I locked it devoid of my bike, I charged off down the road looking for it. there must have been some kind of subliminal homing signal because I walked past three tower blocks and onto a big estate about 200 metres away, where I found my bike locked outside a tower block, minus the wheels (and, strangely, the water bottle holder).
I've looked for them on ebay and gumtree but without any joy. I'd love to get the wheels back and would appreciate you guys keeping an eye out for anyone selling them.

tl:dr
Some cunt nicked my wheels.
Front wheel was a Mavic Aksium with eight reflective stickers on the rim and the rear was a black 40mm deep rim bought from Varno. Both wheels had Maxxis Detonator tyres. Keep an eye out for anyone selling them and let me know.

Does anyone know if bursaries are still available?

With that Tiger lock, did the guy attack the thin axis of the strip with the fuck off bolt cutters, or just the thick axis? I saw that he attacked the thin axis with tin snips but not the big boys that he had.

If the strip survived that, I'd be much more interested.

Sorry to hear that he got away with it. Did you get all of the registration? That could lead to an address and that could lead to a civil case.

Or something else...

RIP
I'll try to make it down on friday.

Racist, you wouldn't have said that if all the white parts were black.

That does look so much better, in a Tron kinda way.

So, if you knew anything about the history of TT bikes, your objection would be a couple of square inches of sticky tape?

I admit that I know bugger all about TT other than that it stands for Top Trumps.
I just think that the shifters would mess up the aerodynamics and the forks look wrong (to my modern eyes). If my only valid objection is the lack of a couple of square inches of sticky tape, so be it.
I do like the front brake behind the fork though. I have wondered why that isn't the standard position for them on all bikes. I've also seen bikes with the rear brake mounted on the chain stay rather than the seat stay and that looks very clean.

This ride is between the Italian and Singapore Grands Prix, so I should be able to make it.

1. |³|MA3K
   
2. ian (conker)
   
3. smifffffffff
   
4. superjoe (maybe)
   
5. rab
   
6. Fox
   
7. middleofnowhere
   
8. Deluka
   
9. laner
   10.Nigel182
   
10. TartareSwine
    
11. bodieanddoyle + Mrs b&d
    
12. pootsmanuva
    
13. Cafewanda
    
14. ms.chris
    
15. tom k&e
    
16. T4
    
17. EKE
    

For a bike that is so obviously trying to be aero, why has it got downtube shifters and why isn't the valve hole covered? The stem and forks look wrong too.

what is the meaning of life?

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I'm guessing you can't take the crank/spindle off of the frame so putting the crank in the freezer may be a bit difficult (unless you has a MASSIVE freezer) so try a freeze spray or, if you're feeling reckless, a carbon dioxide fire extinuisher.

I would have thought that using a blowtorch would make the crank expand (thus making the hole smaller) and make the spindle expand which would make the two even harder to separate.
I would try freezing it so that the hole gets bigger and the spindle smaller.

Don't try to hammer it if you do though as the metal will be more brittle.

Pity I couldn't make it. I really want this cold to fuck right off!

Screw the battery life, just found them on fleabay, 4 for £50 with next day delivery!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290354290869&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Frvr_id%3D216012381938%26satitle%3D290354290869%26fvi%3D1

Thanks for the advice.

Cheers, leaning strongly towards the padlock. Whats the battery life like?

C'mon lock guru, what alarmed disc lock has the LFGSS vote of confidence?
I have an under locked bike and a credit card below its limit!

I'm looking for an alarm chainring lock.
I've looked at the Xena XZZ6 (oversensitive,, weak keys?), Kabrus XL802 (battery muncher) and some of the other disc locks (Oxford and ebay Chinese clones).
I've also looked at the Kabrus XL505 alarmed padlock.
I'm kinda leaning towards the XZZ6, but the key situation is a big negative for me.

What is the current recommendation for an alarmed lock?

I am both in London and Hertfordshire.
London Borough of Barnet, County of Hertfordshire.

I have a total of about 500 metres of riding fixed, but I am a bottom bracket away from completing my fixie build (damn you, cheap Ofmega crank off fleabay), but when that is sorted, I will (attempt to) head out into the sticks.

Probably sticking near to the train line into Kings Cross because a) Its flatter (I hope) and b) It gives me a bail out option.

I ordered my wheels on Wednesday and received them on Saturday. Absolutely blinding service.

Can't recommend Varno highly enough!

PM sent.

A mate just had his 08 Giant Bowery nicked from near Bethnal Green station. Guess its time to trawl Gumtree in the hope of spotting it, or a trip to Brick Lane on Sunday.
What time to the cunts arrive to do their dodgy deals?

I'm going to make a purchase from Varno sometime soon, so its good to know he has a good reputation.

Even if he is 'breaking the rules' (I don't know if he is), the service he provides is a benefit to the site

Grave robbers back in the day, illegally robbed graves and without them, we wouldn't have hot dogs today.

Varno, I'm after a pair of 700c wheels with black rims, black spokes, a black hub, tyres & tubes.
The rear to be fixed/fixed, ideally with 16t and 19t sprockets and having a non-machined braking surface.

Can you do the above on a 40mm rim?
What price can you do delivered?

Also, do you build the wheels yourself? If you do, can I choose the spoke pattern?

I would pm, but I'm a newbie and all that.