London Fixed-gear and Single-speed SJS Cycles

i'ma looking online and i can't find anywhere that does them? were they that limited?

email trackstar in NY. they had the Zaffiro Pro's which were WAY better than the originals a week or so ago when i went. I think i got the last few but may have had more hiding or restocked them. $30 too so a pretty good price compared to a few months ago!

Pistanator has one for sale - PM him.

Pipwish may still have one or two - PM him too !

beware which you get though. The first lot of Zaffiro were terrible quality, Zaffiro Pro not amazing but still better!!

There's one about to close on ebay, but with postage, its not cheap.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA:IT&ih=020

And they're not exactly white either.

Ben's has the Zaff pros

oops.

Where is Ben's ??

How can you differentiate ?

done

done.


already watching that, reckon it's gonna go for loads.

Benscycle.net.
Zaffiro Pro's and GranCompe SS.

Good people and no tax.

i got done on a set of cranks from them :(

Milwaukee.

Cheers.

Useless. :)

AIDS ?

That's a shame.
They're usually on top of things.

They've sent me some stuff a few times and never a prob. Copy of COG mag included too.

How much did you have to pay?

£35, i think :(

hence i don't get stuff from states unless absolutely necessary!

Ouch!

Like when I bought some 2nd hand tubular wheels and the guy forgot to write Gift!
£97!!!Tax. That was double the price I paid.
Couldn't get money back so had to pay up.

I guess it's hit or miss.

I heard the other day that cycling/cycling parts are non taxable and you can claim tax back!
The guy who told me said he'd claimed tax back on all bits he'd ever bought...from anywhere and everywhere!

Is that true? If so why are shops charging VAT?
Books have no tax.

Nor do 'samples'

If possible I get stuff from the US labeled 'SAMPLE/no Monterey value'

Of course your screwed insurance wise if anything is lost.

no Monterey value?


I mean its nice and all, but no use as a currency.

if they just say 'zaffiro' they are 26tpi and shit. If they say zaffiro pro they are about 60tpi i think and a bit better.

that was Otis's best recorded gig!

Yeah, they look shit don't they...

http://www.pedalmafia.com/bike_ups_img/153_1.jpg

Never said they look shit, just that the tpi is so low they are shit!

hey Conan how was New York!?

Yeah rad thanks man. Definatly need to take a bike next time though!

hey xsheepx
try freshtripe bikes £25.00 a tyre but dont run on tha back on fronts only..randonneur 28mm on rear only if your brakeless ,is my street choice or your own choice of rear stopper
i think theyre away at mo but they did have them i got mine from pipwish..

ttp://www.freshtripe.co.uk/Freshtripe/Blog/9589E740-C6FC-4FF2-B1BB-6B5BC516A5C7.html

Like Conan said, if you can, go for the Pro's to make them last that tiny bit longer.
They'll be bringing out all white Rubino's soon.

i think i have a set i don't need, i'll check tomorrow for you..

:D !!

good good, see you around!

ok I have a pair of Vittoria Zaffiro race tyres. 26 tpi and 700x 23 is that what your after??? they are all white!
Surplus to needs! let me know

Ha, Joe, have you gone off the white tyres then?

yeah went black and white for the time being!!!!

White rubino pros now available in japan

http://www.ingsendai.com/?pid=7498547

^^^^^ Nice

so by all accounts the rubino's are gonna be a waaay bettter tyre? anyone know the TPI? i will have a scout....

ok rubino pro's are 120 TPI... which means i shall now be looking for a pair of them!

Where can I get them from then? It tried navigating that Japanese website but got stuck after about 10 seconds!

You and me both ! :(

Some white Rubinos on ebay, from the US...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VITTORIA-RUBIN....c81.m63.l1177

Looks like they have a black line down them tho :S

They're mostly black actually. Black sidewalls, black stripe.

You can get the black/ white ones anywhere pretty much. Id give it a few weeks and i bet US sops like trackstar n king kog will start having them online.

Patience is not a virtue I was blessed with! I want them now dammit! *Stamps feet in child like manner*

get a japanese friend to help you?

You can also 'buy' a friend via proxy services like http://www.Celga.com

I've used them for years for buying stuff from Yahoo Japan auctions and the Rakuten online shops.

You email them the URL of the stuff you want and paypal them a 50% deposit, they purchase it get it shipped to their office in Japan then forward to you and charge $10 per 10000 yen for the service. They send it EMS to you in 3 days or so and will mark as Gift etc. anything you like.

As an example a pair of them there tires would cost

8200 yen @ 100 yen= $1 (includes Paypal fees) = $82
Domestic shipping in Japan say $8
Celga fee $10
Shipping EMS to UK up to 750g $22

Total $122 = approx £63