London Fixed-gear and Single-speed

So is this.
Had my Carlton seen by a Carlton Expert : )
It's a FLYER MADISON... Fully Chromed, and hopefully will turn out to be like this:

So does that panasonic.
Horses for courses.

Personally i'd choose a crashed panasonic over a shitly made carbon wheel glued to a generic rim and hub....


Less arguing, more pics:

Girlfriend bike mkII - HHSBarbie™
Not a fan of puppy killing frames, even cheap carbolite mixtes so shoot me if you will but what the lady wants the lady gets!
Armourtex ral 4007 - heather rose with sparkles aka lipgloss
Nos belleri porteur bars
Atax pegeuot stem
Lasco cranks
Formula on open sport
White randos
etc.



Still need to find a suitable basket/front rack and fit hammered honjos. Rides pretty nicely for a bike that doesn't even remotely fit me

very nice, is it fixed or free?

That's no way to talk about Edmundo's girlfriend.

you pig

Fixed/free
I took it for a spin on the fixed side last night to test it out after the (awful) zlda straps arrived.
Liz will probably ride it free for the time being at least although the comment 'It's just like spin class but in traffic' implies she'll be fixie skidding with the best of us soon enough.

I would never let my GF go free, imagine flip-flop.... tsst tsst

Almost there...

shweet!!

Thanks unky joe for rerailing the thread away from comments about Liz's reputation from these sex starved jokers.

Lovely bike for an old man with a bad back ;)

Such a rad build. I just love attention to detail like this.

Indeed! lookin good old man :)

ffs I got a pair of these on the way. Are they really that bad?

Shit quality velcro strips that don't hold very well, after some adjusting i managed to get the damn things to stay popped up(initially took about 200m to get my 2nd foot in). Maybe they just need breaking in a bit to get the shape right. The cordura used on the wide strap is off piss poor quality.
Just feel cheap all over, poor imitation of jols product. Bought as a stop gap til my gurneys eventually arrive and so Liz could try foot retention while still being able to ride in ridiculous shoes on kids pedals ;)
That said, the free stickers were nice.

My Kingston! Took you a while but finally finished then. Looks good - If you want any decals, get in contact here - http://rotraxcycles.wordpress.com/about/

that's exactly why I ordered mine, I'm waiting on jol too, ah well they will do for now

Would it be puppy genocide to do that to this Bromwich?

;)

Almost where exactly?

Just kill it, but just if you are sure that it fits the rider with the saddle in the right position. Why spending time, energy and money on a bike that doesn't fit well (and always looks poor) ?
I suggest (what I would do, but you can follow your own ideas) to change the colour scheme: mainly white with pink (or red) accents (tyres or rims, grips, saddle, decals, ...).
In future I will do the same with a mixte frame for my wife, but first I need a nice frame in the right size and a Selle Italia Lady saddle with roses design.

Personally i think that looks almost ready to go. I wouldnt bother repainting it as the paintjob looks in pretty good nick, just replace the saddle, put some nice sweeping bars on it, remove those hideous lights, tidy up the cable routing and possibly replace the mudguards and your good to go (depending on condition of the wheels/cranks etc of course)

It's almost in the hall... Cheeky fucker... ;P
I'm knackered tonight, gonna finish building it in the morning and take it out on its maiden roll...

'finish building' as in, put a chain on it? you lazy fucker! ;)

Not sure it needs a paintjob or new decals? Contact points will all get revamp for sure.

Yeah, that's kinda my thinking. Rear wheel is a 3 speed dyno-hub thingy, heavy as owt, so that'd get swapped out also, might be collectable and sellable with the lights?

Looks nice Joe. What bars are you using?

(snowy's flickr. he snuck in and paparazzi'd it)

Lots of tandems turning up on the forum at the mo. Maybe i've only just noticed since i got mine though.
Best purchase ever.
Tandem ride soon?

I'd like to know a bit more about them before I start attacking that!

It's mtb, I think, haven't measured anything or put in wheels yet, quite fancy making it fixed whatever, cost and simplicity.

did not realise the conotations of my post, repped both

Tamden = cargo bike?

might have a crack at finding an old tandem and get weldin'.

Sorted... Rides like a dream... I feel like a proper old duffer on it... :]

Mama mia, what rims are they Joe? Looks fookin' lush.

Joe, you could have made that into the perfect path bike it is crying out to become (much like skullys JRJ see below) rather than the circus bike that it is.

I'm disapointed but not surprised:-(

Shinyyyyyyyy, are you getting mudguards?

Circus bike?!? Pfff!!! It's a rad-dad's runabout, thank you very much...
The rims are my Jalco 27s, got some Campag Pistas waiting to be built onto old Mavic MA2 27s for the Mercian... Lushness...
Might get mudguards, not sure yet... I keep getting outbid on the ones I like...

this is terrific, perfect build. glad you went with the black grips.

It looks like a frightened bunny being chased by a fox.

very nice BTW.

that carlton is lovely. i like the clearance at the back and the fact that it could even be closer to the seat tube if desired.
hope yours turns out similarly.

Just got these in the post :)
need to get them laced up and on my bike...will make a change from the rather heavy/ not so nice looking rims i have now.

Nice, join the Omega V club :-)

Ah you got them so quick,
who you gonna get to lace them up.

There's a club? I've been missing out :(

Yeah, we have weekly drinks and a monthly ride

I knew it. You bastards.

look brilliant mate, can't wait to finish mine up.

trying to decided whether I should get 700c or 27" rims for it, with rear coaster hubs and front dynamo lighting.

Don't worry about it, just get out there and ride, man.



















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Instead of deciding which wheel size I need, I should just go out and ride? what a brilliant notion that is!

I´m on the same boat with the Carlton. 27" rims don´t come abundant anymore, manage to track down some rigida NOS for chips, so now I´m sorted. (I posted some 27" SUN rims a few pages back, don´t think they´re worth it). If I could get my hands on some 40h NOS track hubs I would get tandem 27"s, but thats rarer than rocking horseshit.

There was a guy at Herne Hill last year selling a set of lightly used 32/40 Campag Pista hubs for £120... They are out there, you gotta keep looking! He also had some NOS boxed 36h for £130... Alas, I was skint... That was a fucking shit day (bargain-wise)...

^^^On epay right now, saw them yesterday!!^^^ (32/40)

I've got a set of record hubs 40/32h the rear is built into a MA40 rim that was NOS when built and has never been ridden the 32h is yet to be built but I have a open 4cd tim that was NOS that is waiting to go on it (this now has a scuff on the top of the side wall from some idiot where I used to work).
Both hubs are in very good condition.
I could be tempted to sell these.







Joe your bike is still a dogs dinner!