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Also keen on the slim chance everyone else falls through. Based in Amersham.

Buy my old rubbish.

Cosina 16-35mm f3.5-4.5 EF mount lens (black, not silver): this was a gallant commercial attempt in the 1980s to get wide-range lens technology down to an affordable price for the hobby photographer. Fun, but not terribly high quality. But it is one of the few ways to get 16mm on a full frame SLR for less than £100, albeit with pretty harsh distortion. Looks better at 35 end. No profiles present on PS/Lightroom to correct automatically AFAIK but have achieved satisfactory corrections manually. Optics are fine, focus works ok but slightly loose in the hand. Not particularly sharp wide open but improves stopped down. Got this from Camera World in High Chelmer on Boxing Day in 2011 for 100 gold coins.. receipt long gone unless I do magically find it. Would suggest a little research into the quality of this lens and the images it produces before you jump. Have upgraded to the altogether better Canon 16-35 f2.8! Both caps, no box, £60

Canon EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS kit lens. Focus motor is well on its way out, often hunts like mad. Works fine in manual though. Optics clean and healthy, IS still works, structure of lens is good. May or may not prove an economical repair, brought topic up at Aperture on Rathbone Pl a few days ago and the chap there seemed to think not. You may consider otherwise. Procured from a trusted forumenger two or three years ago (Howard?) , provenance otherwise unknown. Unboxed but with both caps. £60

Canon 52mm lens cap. Leftover from the destruction of an old 50mm f1.8. £2/beer

Photos on request/will put up later. Collection/viewing N15 6RS or will drop to you if nearby. No posting at this point, sorry. Cash/paypal gift.

All gone

Frames have now gone Just been down with an old 26" wheel and some beater 700c chrome mudguards & other sundry beater bits in a bag. That's the lot. If anyone off here got them then enjoy.

Wheels have gone - just been down with the frames.

Not sure if this is in the spirit of the forum or not but I've had a few bottle of ikeja and I'm on an urgent cleaning spree so.. I've had to get a few old bike bits out of the flat, five or six knackered wheels - hubs on the fronts are ok, rims on the rears likewise, but vice versa elements are done in. Also an old Revolution Courier frame (26in wheels)/bb/cranks/forks and a 55cm 700c frame/forks/stem/bb which will function adequately as a beater with cranks/bars/wheels.

If anyone local wants them they are at the bottom of the big 5-storey redbrick block of flats behind the warehouses on Overbury Road (2-240 Tiverton) where the silver entry door/bin shed is. Sorry, I've got no time to dispense them to anyone interested. Will post back late tomorrow morning as to what's left, if anyone is mega mega keen I can bring something back upstairs if I know they're coming for it - message me directly if so.

Gah, would have bitten your hand off for this if I had seen it sooner.

Thanks for your detailed reply, it covers all of the points I could think of. The idea of having to wrestle the bag on/off for 30-40 separate pu/drops a day is the one thing holding me back at the moment but it's probably just a matter of getting used to it. Suspect all the additional body contact area and perspiration will be an issue come high summer, might hold onto my pac and press it back into use then.

Please post back re how you get on with your holder issues. To date I've just gone with the radio unprotected in inner tubes supplemented with a shopping bag when it rains. I've seen a few couriers heat-treat their radio antennas so they point off at an angle away from the face but your company might not be too happy at that idea! Another option would be to place the radio in the holder upside down - again, I've seen a few couriers do this and it doesn't seem to affect the signal.

In the interim you could just go with a couple of bits of cut-n-tied inner tube to hold the radio/case to the strap. Hasn't failed me in all my time on the job.

I'm also looking at getting one of these for work.. how do you find two straps vs one?

Built-in Display: 15.4" Widescreen Native Resolution: 1440x900
Details: By default, this model has a 15.4" color widescreen LED-backlit TFT active-matrix "glossy" display with a 1440 by 900 native resolution.

It isn't. For those not au fait with the jargon, a retina display would have a higher resolution.

So nice. GLWS.

280k isn't unrealistic for a professional's workhorse - a lot more likely than 28k, I'd wager. A day's heavy shooting can nudge four figures on it's own. And they can and do last that long if they are looked after.

All that said.. anyone giving these serious thought would need to take into account the cost of a shutter replacement for it sooner or later (in the area of £200).

!!! PM incoming for Dominators and Truks.

Dibs trousers, PM en route.

Had a long conversation with a gent a couple of years ago who was doing all the knowledge runs on a bicycle. He wasn't the youngest or fittest looking person I've ever seen and he made it sound pretty easy. Don't see why you shouldn't be able to.

New pair of Northwave Celsius Artics in my possession and awaiting cleats for the first really cold day of work. I have pretty poor circulation and last winter was particularly hard, so I have high hopes. Contrary to some advice I've seen knocking around I went a size up (43>44) and they fit fine, if slightly generously, with a pair of sealskinz on - tight lacing makes them a-ok. Should leave room for an extra pair of liner socks or a single pair of really thick hiking socks if needs be.

I too have done the gaffer taping of mesh vents - they'll give you another 2-3c of leeway but I find even with a pair of hench sealskinz and MT500 overshoes, below 0c/after a couple of hours they might as well not be there. They'll stop the wind from chilling the feet, but the eventual creep of chilling is unstoppable. Fine for commuting though.

Morning bump for courier in distress.

Pages from Ceefax.

Can be done. PM me add & working hours and it's yours.

Owner of a blackburn flea? Lost the bit that goes into the computer to charge it? I have that part free to a good home after the actual light fell into the Thames trying to tether my steed to the railings on the south bank. 15 minutes later and the tide would have been out...

Collection N15 6RS or can drop it by your zone 1 workplace during the day.

I've done a 107-miler in jeans. You do notice the seams towards the end.

Inadvertently put 25.4 in the title, the clamp size I'm after is actually 26.0mm.

Preferably with minimal branding, nothing too fancy as it's going on a hack. 90 degree or something very close to it.

Can collect in N/E London, or postage OK otherwise.

Cheers!

PM en route.

Gonna throw my hat into the ring for this, PM coming.

A fine vintage this one, new shittyskint logo on a pac. A ton works out at £50 for the bag and £50 for the smell it'll give off when it's wet. Recommended buy.

Undibs, seller did not specify that it was the Tyne model rather than Newcastle-under-Lyme, holding out for one of the latter. Apologies.