jeff80

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• Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

  in Bikes & Bits • 6 days, 17 hours

  

  reminds me of aqua fresh striped toothpaste

• Eurosport Player promotion 1 year = £20

  in Rides & Races • 6 days, 23 hours

  

  Just to check before I commit to anything, is the GCN app offer mentioned on the previous page by amey is the best bet for race coverage etc? (And it works fine on MAC OS which is what i watch on.)

• bdhu

  in Bikes & Bits • 6 days, 23 hours

  

  I mean, that's awful in all sorts of ways, never mind the bdhu issues

• For Sale: 57cm Rondinella track bike/fixed commuter

  in Complete bikes and frame & forks • 1 week

  

  can't believe this never sold. My Rondinella is by far the best and nicest bike I've ever had. Too big for me and I need to sell stuff at the moment, but GLWS

• eBay and Craigslist finds

  in Classifieds • 1 week, 6 days

  

  Condor 853 £70 odd with 3 hours left. Lovely winter/wet weather frame

  https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266151791407?­

• 1950 (ish) Carlton Flyer

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• 1950 (ish) Carlton Flyer

  in Current Projects • 3 weeks, 4 days

  

  I did resolve the question and fitted the double Chater Lea but I was never happy with the build or the bike as it was and in the end I sold it on. The simplex kept slipping, I think one the the springs in it was too weak to hold it in position. I've now got no Flyers, having had 2 before.

  Your right though, the weight on a double CL was rather a lot to say the least.!

• Pre 1950s rides of LFGSS: old bikes, vintage rats, classic lightweights

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 month, 2 weeks

  

  Any older hub should have that OLD. I had some Airlite's (all be it double fixed) built into Kinlin's ADHN 700c's in Silver and they ride nicely and the rims themselves aren't too costly. Only issue was finding the 40 hole drilling rim, (it was in the middle of all those supply issues last few years) but I think you can get the again now. Hubjub sells them I think, as do others.

  They're not the lightest rim, but then on bikes this age that's not generally the main consideration. Lovely bike by the way. I had a 30's Russ in the past, rode like a tractor but was certainly an enjoyable experience and was a lovely frame , just too small sadly. (The frame angles were so relaxed you had to think about turning a corner about 50 feet in before you actually got to it, else you'd never get round it!)

• The Mercian appreciation society

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 month, 2 weeks

  

  I think it's a 56 seat tube at least. I'd need to measure it really. Have to work out the price for the full build and get some more recent photos, but I'll post it here first when that is done

• The Mercian appreciation society

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 month, 2 weeks

  

  unexpected house renovations may well dictate that I have to sell something in order to cough up my share of the cash, (and I don't think I can bear to sell my Rondinella) so this may well be up for sale at some point soonish . Currently needs a clean and is fitted with PDW mudguards as it's done wet weather/commuting duties on and off for a few years , but with a bit of a clean and a polish think I can get it back looking like this or there abouts.

  Thought I'd mention it here incase anyone is after a pro lugless with polished Campag (10 speed Centaur-the Ultratorque type)