Vince

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• Cargo Bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 day, 10 hours

  

  I see! Makes more sense now!

  I will look into it in more details.

• Cargo Bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 day, 11 hours

  

  Thank you for the screenshot.

  For the business use I'd imagine it'd be closer to £38 than £18.
  £38 x 12 = £456 which is the number I was quoted.

  They want to promote cycling, reduce congestion, improve air quality then they charge you more than a car for insurance.

  Makes no sense but makes them money!

  I will keep taking the risk and have no insurance against theft (I already have personal insurance via British Cycling and goods in transit with my business insurance).

• Cargo Bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 day, 12 hours

  

  I'd be interested in knowing how much your insurance is.

  When I tried to get my Douze e-Cargo bike which was around £4,500 new, all insurance companies hit me with a £450 annual premium + £250 compulsory excess.

  It is a mental amount as it is more than my car, motorbike and house insurance put together (all in Zone 2 London).

  Fingers crossed, three years on, I still have my bike and I have saved £1,350 on insurance...

• 27.2mm seatpost - my black one (modern) for your silver one (ideally classic)

  in Wanted Adverts • 1 day, 17 hours

  

  All sorted now.

  Thank you @pastry_bot (who lives 3 streets away from me!)
  and
  @Dammit the very generous #buyer / #parthoarder

• 27.2mm seatpost - my black one (modern) for your silver one (ideally classic)

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• Tandems of the forum

  in Bikes & Bits • 2 days, 10 hours

  

  My brother just picked up this Motobecane tandem in France for me to bring it back to London.

  Looks like it needs work so will be asking questions soon!

• Wanted: 2x10 flat bar shifters

  in Wanted Adverts • 2 days, 16 hours

  

  Best value compromise.

  Glad to hear the bike user is happy!

• Any question answered...

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 days, 11 hours

  

  Thank you -I spotted it on eBay but I don't think it will work as there are no tab/notch in the fseatpost bolt hole to hold it in place

  I think what I need is more one like this:
  https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Pete-­Matthews-seatpost-bolt/163628349525

  with an external part that can be held with a spanner while the allen part bolts through.

  Ceeway has some serrated ones that could work too:
  https://www.framebuilding.com/Sundry-Com­ponents.htm

• 27.2mm seatpost - my black one (modern) for your silver one (ideally classic)

  in Wanted Adverts • 3 days, 11 hours

  

  I think the shiny one would work best as the clamping system looks thinner and should allow fitment of "vintage" saddles.

  PM coming for pick up and I will freecycle mine too.

• 27.2mm seatpost - my black one (modern) for your silver one (ideally classic)

  in Wanted Adverts • 3 days, 12 hours

  

  Hi all,

  I am looking to swap seatposts, purely for cosmetic reasons.

  The bike has late 80's / early 90's Columbus SLX New steel frame so would like something more classic looking.

  Currently fitted with an inline 27.2mm Promax alloy one with minimum setback. Quite a large clamping area so will not fit classic saddles with "hidden" rails (like San Marco Rolls or Selle Italia Turbo) but works fine with saddles with rails on show.

  Looking for something silver with some seatback which isn't too battered. Ideal situation would be a 3ttt that matches the stem / bars.

  Happy to meet around town to swap.