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Cats cradle of zip ties works fine, and if you're concerned about the aesthetics it's pretty discreet.
I think I did one round each chainstay, one linking them, and one round the 'bridge' going through a hole in the guard.
P-clip and zip ties might feel more secure or elegant, not sure it would have many practical benefits though.
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I'll take 'em if motoko doesn't and amey's proxy dibs fall through.
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Got one in SE7 if not too late or too far.
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I need to send a bike frame to Ireland
Try http://www.ipostparcels.com
I've sent a full bike to Spain for under £20 with them - looks like the online booking for Ireland is a bit funny about max parcel size, but their general limit is 120x80x80cm.
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Anyone ever managed to successfully fill a hole in a tile (white and shiny)? I have a few holes from where a previous owner has taken some fittings.
How big are the holes? If they're just where fixing screws have been removed, silicone.
Obviously it's a bodge, but it works and is surprisingly discreet.
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Cable stops/barrel adjusters
(Don't know if there's a special single one for mounting on the top of the tube rather than the sides. Don't think I've seen one though, and you'd want the cable to run to the side to avoid the pump peg anyway.)
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Greenwich Cycle Workshop, on Woolwich Road would be his nearest. They are good people, and deserve local support. Also worth looking up the workshop at London Velo, Deptford, who can also make a half decent cup of coffee.
Agreed with both of those - good people all.
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To all the people who have sent me messages though the site, I've tried replying to say send me an email on richiescamper@gmail.com but they have been returned by the LFGSS server.
EMAIL!!!!!!!!!!
You need to reply via PM here, not to the email notification.
However, if you're advertising here, surely it's basic courtesy to adapt your own behaviour to the ecosystem here - ie use PMs - rather than expect everyone else to adapt to you.
(The other factor with PMs is that they keep everything on record here, which can be useful in case of disputes.)
Might have been me. It's perfectly doable on fixed (64" and 24" for me), I just ran out of inclination about 200km in, and faced with the choice of another hundred hilly km, or 6km downhill on an A road to a station decided I'd get the train, then head to the arrivee and pretend to help serve stew while really drinking beer.
But if I ride it this year I'll have a full set of gears - was only doing it on fixed because I hadn't been arsed to rebuild my geared bike after breaking it earlier in the year.