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your a clever man kelvin. lol.

get some Pics on the go, i would love to see the matt black finish close up. and thanks for remembering to return to the thread. Good effort VinylVillain. Nice one ! :D

i was more on the slant of actually threading the bar into the tube itself rather than wrap it around. For me it just looks minimal. Just the kinda thing i like.

P.S is that an EMERGENCY pull cord hanging from your bike :D:D:D ??

http://www.cambridgebicycle.com/blog/index.php?number=63

Full article in above link

ever seen that done before ? i haven't for sure. lol.

I saw somewhere that someone used innertube as their bar grips.

IMHO i think this is a great idea and im goona try it. Thought i'd pass it on.

share and share alike i say.

matt is easily soiled cos stuff sticks to it easily. which is why its used for blackboards. satin as BillB pointed out is slightly shiny and far less rough and dirt sticks to it less. satin is the way forward, unless you want your bike to write notes on with a chalk pen lol

plonk the transmitter in the top tube.
use the frame as an earth connected to the device [as is done in cars, motorbike and so on] and run an insulated terminal to a point in the frame that will enable you to charge it. good place is to use one of your bottle holders attachment hole or cable hanger braze on.

the device would also have expanding sides and will be installed just like "stents" are in patients with coronary constrictions. a relatively simple thing to do.

to install you would slide the device into a tube to compact it so you could squeeze it into nocks and crannies by sliding the containing tube into the frame in a place of your choice. push the device out, it expands and becomes static and unmovable.

the big ask is the size of the device. it has to be small. smaller than your average GPS unit, but they are made with controls to be hand operational and a screen. If you slimlined the device and chucked all the non necessaries away i can see that it would be a great deal smaller.

then to simplify things further you would create a sister program that would constantly monitor and save the movements of the bike to a remote server and log up to the owners choice a said time frame of data. this would prevent the actual unit from having to do anything else but sending a signal, thus enhancing battery life. the satellite would send the coordinates to the remote server, not the GPS unit as is what usually happens.

I cant see any other "proper way" to make this actually useful. This i can see would be expensive, needing online data space, unless there would be a way to make your computer the remote server which is probably out of reach of the average person that this product would be aimed at.

I also cant see the use of having manually operated GPS that only works at the owners will. tracking the bike would then rely on the person continually asking for coordinates instead of it being automatic as i suggested.

eccentric hubs boycotts the rear brakes, and they are way waaaaaay out of order at the price that they are.
you can easily buy a horizontal drop-out frame for the price of such a hub. thats my rant over!

stopping and starting with greater than 80 gear inches just wastes you away, especially here in London where you have to stop and start all the time. its the starting again thats so energy sapping.

i find, as Hippy already said low 70's gear inches is spot on [i use 72.5 gear inches] and i can ride all day with that.

if your pro, 90+ gear inches is the order of the day as Jan Ullrich used. its a beast of a gear. i think my legs would fall off after the second traffic lights. :O

nah, new pedals me thinks, unless you have a super duper metal turning machine that can do it and shave off the surface.

http://www.schwalbe.co.uk/c1-1016-racing.html

the "stelvio plus" is what i use and it looks good too with white writing on the side wall. I had the same phenomenon where i had 3 punctures during a week on my way to uni. massive letdown when your late etc. cos a
of a friggin tyre.

since these tyres, not one puncture or even a hint of one. happy days.

found it!!

any link to that thread asm ?

shit man i live 2 mins away from cavendish cycles. how the hell did i miss that. anyway that brilliant.

cool im gonna check them out...... My experience in Velorution just hacked me off so i look forward to a pleasant surprise :D

aww man !!!! tracking system for the bike is answer to all !!! friggin hell, that is definitely the way to go. it boycotts everything else in this thread by miles. thanks for that. it never occurred to me that you could make them that small now days. anyway, with something like that you could check your bike, say if you went to a restaurant without moving a muscle. awesome!

awesome guys ! remember about those pics. yea, i only want the fork and frame powder coated. nothing else. so £45..... hmmmm. At the moment i cant since i really need my bike for work.... but in the summer i will do it, after June.

im pretty new to London, only been here about 6 months now. However in every city i've lived in iv'e always had a bike shop that i like to go to coz i know they can always help me in one way or another with any bike problems i have for a decent price...

a good one is an independent one, where the people are helpful and youur not made to feel like a pain in the ass when you ask questions.

i've tried a few, but i like to stay away from Evans, and Velorution is as piss poor as any i've seen, just a bunch of wankers in there to be honest.

so the question is....

what are the best London bike shops ???

in my experience exhaust paint isnt heard wearing .. it kinda powdery since its primarily designed for extreme heat changes rather than being durable....

anyway ive sent an e mail to the eyebrows recommendation. see what happens

ok, im in london so any you chapps know a good powder coating firm, coz £40 seems like a bargain to be honest. if that includes the sand blasting all in.

cheers

only joking guys, the halfords spray seems spot on. i shall buy me thinks and rattle can my old beasty. Does anyone here have anything against Dawes Super Galaxy, coz that what i got ??

ok, i dont have anywhere i can rattle can my bike and secondly im looking for the stealth number yes. The stealth look is EXACTLY what im looking for. like i said, i want paint that wont chip, cos its annoying pain in the ass. where can i buy stealth paint :D ??

cheers, i will

i want to paint my bike matt black, but the only thing i can think of using is black undercoat.

can anyone tell me of a good matt black paint to use that wont chip and that i can brush on so i can get a thicker coat.

thanks

the ultimate anti theft device.... awesome

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/tesla-antitheft-device-eye-of-sauron-237663.php