Greasemonkey

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• Custom framework

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• Stolen Bike Trip to BL

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• Stolen Bike Trip to BL

  in Bikes & Bits • 16 years, 1 month

  

  A lot of people have fought long and hard in this World for freedom of speech and to live in an environment free from suppressive forces towards other individuals in a society.

  No one should be in any position to either reverse their hard work or dictate their views on others no matter how demotratic they think they are.

  Your freedom and rights in the country, that you no doubt cherish, were not given to you without the sacrifice of many many people and you should respect what they did for you.

  If you wish to post a non-threatening reply think adout it first for a while and try not to put any Google Safe Search images in it - Ta...

• Stolen Bike Trip to BL

  in Bikes & Bits • 16 years, 1 month

  

  FYI

  Viz Issue 44 (October 1990)
  One of the first issues of Viz I ever read at my friend Chesh’s house and without a doubt the strip that stuck most with us was the tongue-in-cheek “*The Thieving Gypsy Bastards*” – a tale of stereotypical Romany types which despite pleading from John Brown was published in issue 44 (on page 3 no less.) The team knew they were probably in for a bit of stick with it and thus included a slightly shorter three panel strip on the following page entitled “*The Nice Honest Gypsies*”. The tact didn’t work (although the Viz office only received four complaints) and the comic was soon contacted by the President of the Romany Union in Texas to accuse them of inciting racial hatred and demanding a retraction. Still, it was a really very funny strip…
  

• Stolen Bike Trip to BL

  in Bikes & Bits • 16 years, 1 month

  

  Well I've been busy buying another bike on ebay (£45 buyers collects) and you will all be pleased to know that the ShopperX will rise again like a thingy from the whatsit!

  Just watch the share price of Raleigh rocket when this beast hits the streets.

  Thums for you to drool over inc. suspect #1

  I'm thinking of a dark powder blue this time with gold wheels and black everything else or maybe just blue frame n forks with black wheels and components. The mudguards are going to be 'powdercoated' in the garden when it stops raining - which will be about June so I won't need them anyway.

  Note the Kryptonite NYFU. I can now sleep happily at work knowing it's safe from thieving gypsy bastards and other romany types.

  Thanks for looking out for the old one if you have. Aparently you never stop looking for your own stolen bike and thus remain like a love lost soul for ever. And thanks for the comedy posts.

  I'll update the progress if you like.

  Oh and in case you were wondering yes i have sprayed my white walls black - they were just too gay!

• Stolen Bike Trip to BL

  in Bikes & Bits • 16 years, 1 month

  

  Ha dee ha ha very funny - now go out NOW and start looking for my frickin' bike!

• Stolen Bike Trip to BL

  in Bikes & Bits • 16 years, 1 month

  

  Thanks but you're supposed to be looking at the bike!

• Stolen Bike Trip to BL

  in Bikes & Bits • 16 years, 1 month

  

  the vid is now on youtube search for 'shopper bike vid' it is the first one. ignore the tiny cats on the stairs.

  or try this URL http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=US0TSE4N9uE

  The wheels are now all black and not chrome as in the video.

  Here's hoping, fingers crossed for one of you guys to see it somewhere.

• Custom framework

  in Announcements, Help & Testing • 16 years, 1 month

  

  I'm starting a new bike from stratch, quite a commitment i know.

  Anyone got any advise or experience with carefully filling down the frame welds and filling them with chemical metal for the super smooth monocoque look before spraying up the frame.

  Does it eventually crack with use and ruin a new paint job?

  I've only ever seen this done by over welding on motor bikes, i don't weld/braze myself and nor can i afford some one to over braze the frame for me.

  Or has some one tryed already and it looks shit?

  Any thoughts on that or other things you can do with a blank canvas?

• Stripping paint and refinishing/repainting/powdercoating a bike

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 16 years, 1 month

  

  I'm not going to do it but was wondering out of curiousity, what would happen if you sprayed straight over a frames existing paint job and clear coated it? Would the paint just flake off in no time at all?

  You are right it would chip and fall off REALLY easily (we're talking fingernail here) so you'll have to key the frame for the new paint or it won't stick ie. wire wool. If you clear coated a new paint job without keying it in properly it would just BLISTER up where it looses adhesion to the orignal paint. Ergo it will look shit and be a waste of your time!