London Fixed-gear and Single-speed

Envy, loath, and love on that Merckx. I want those RIMS!

I have them. NOS, still wrapped. :D
Omega19

fk the rims!
I WANT A MERCKX FRAME!

and campi dustcaps

nothing beats MA40s

woo i have ma40s

Where is this bike?

Me too. 36h, well used. Got them from Fitzrovia Cycles. Tempted to buy new anodised Open Pro's for my Merckx and sell my MA40s.

Aren't MA40s just MA2s anodized black?

mine have a shiny red and a shiny gold sticker.

Hardware looks like Honjo: high profile bolts at the rear of the fender and metal clips to hold the stays. Berthoud uses a flattened stay at the fender and black plastic clips at the braze-ons. Sorry for the late rejoinder, my hours are different than most of you.

I never thought I'd says this, but it's just a fucking mudguard!

*Awaits the opening of parallel universe*

that bike just went to anti for those horrible weinman brakes

Wanna sell?

First, the speed of light is broken. Now this!

I don't know what to believe anymore...

^ ha! Repped.

not really.
:)

Here comes my final missive on this thing, and I fully accept any accusations of being a dilettante with O/C issues.
Not having access to (nor the skills to derive) the original flickr stream, I did not know that the fenders were by VO, though in my defence I just said that the hardware looks like Honjo's and so it should since that is who VO was copying in the first place. Secondly, Somerville says that the fenders are "smooth" polish by VO, with no reference to stainless. In VO's catalogue, none of their stainless sets are called "smooth" and in fact are prefaced by the word 'stainless'. I contend that they are aluminum.
One love,
OJAW

Midget...

something very satisfying about this...

Gold/Cobalto

Vicini track bike 43cm c-c. 24" wheels..

and it is a Fixie....

Super cool for the kids.

I can't find it again on flickr, where it might say, if I do I'll post.

Detail shots are on his flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/4956114...7627610943071/

.... naaahhhhhhh

I'll pay in goatcheese and virgins.

^ Epic stem, could probably do with a frame one size bigger

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Open 4 CD ?

that golden groupset is kind of wank/anti

Very nice Raleigh Dyna Tech Pro with Campagnolo Chorus groupset in the rarer graphite finish. No marks on the crank arms from the chain unshipping too, so possibly NOS/nearly NOS components as the graphite finish had a reputation for chipping readily from normal usage. Campagnolo did also do the levers in graphite finish so I have to assume the owner has not been able to source them as yet or is unaware they were produced.

Matching handlebar tape too with the pebble dash paint finish.

The only things I would change is the angle of the saddle and possibly the pedals which do not look to be contemporaneous with the bike. I say 'possibly', because I can not quite tell what they are, but they do look to be about 10 years newer than the rest of the build.

Otherwise a very nice build which is a credit to the owner, using Raleigh frame technology which is frequently overlooked in favour of the gems that were produced by the SBDU at Ilkeston.

Frames too small, stems too long, ergos are always fugly, blue ano!... but somehow it all works and is just simply awesome.

yeap =)) but still

Repost from 2 days ago.

+ 50

7 virgins then. And 5kg of Goatscheese.
That'll do.

Doesn't that say KEO on the side?

Ewww look at the cross chaining action on that, Big/Big is anti.

It's a repost but I'll never get bored of it.

Are those the euro bottle 750ml big mouth version?

I'll never get bored of looking at those either.