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Acetone, usually. But it will take a bit of soaking.
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Stronglight 2000 + Stronglight JP400 / 110.5mm JIS + Miche Primato + V-sprint cog with 1mm spacer = 43.5mm chainline Levitz
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As for Tokyo outside Ueno market:
I picked up some nice selvedge jeans from Pure Blue Japan (purebluejapan.jp/about-us/location), they have an awesome deep indigo colour, the thread used to stitch it is also indigo-dyed so you can't really see it.
Also a pair from Kapital (kapital.jp/shop/detail/4.html), who do a heavy and rough old-fashioned denim.
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I just ordered the black 40mm rear from V-sprint 2 weeks ago, it's unmachined.
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I had those Specialized stix lights. By far the smallest lights ever, yet plenty bright to be seen (but not see on country lanes). Only downside was that the battery is also the smallest ever: charges in 20 mins, discharges in...about the same? I lost both of them somewhere before I could return them to Evans for "repair"...
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We used to have a bike coop on Newmarket Rd that would have been the ticket...sadly it's now being developed into luxury apartments (you'll notice this is a theme in Cambridge).
If makespace doesn't do it for you, post what tools you're after and maybe someone on here can help you out! In terms of shops, bicycleambulance.com/ is the place most geared towards fixies as far as I know.
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Grrr, so tempted! It'd be the coolest beater.
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Find the right job and your boss will do the visa work for you.
Friend of mine works for Intel in the aforementioned Portland, they got him a green card. I did an internship for Xerox in Palo Alto a long time ago and they were similar: if they hire you, they arrange a visa for you.
On the grease transfer front: I originally used grease for the locking mechanism, but my key would pick up the grease+dirt every time I locked/unlocked it, and so my hands and jeans pockets would get dirty. I now use graphite powder and have never had any issues with it going anywhere.
I can also confirm that the OnGuard Brute does need lubing, or it will lock your bike safely and securely against your will one cold winter day, and hold it ransom until you bring a lube sacrifice (happened to, eh, a friend of mine?).