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Nice one, thanks! I was hoping I could donate it to a good cause/good shop but a few emails have gone unanswered and I don’t want to walk a bunch of bike leftovers down the street for nothing haha

As seen in photos, a mix of everything, carbon handle bars, seat post, cinelli handle parts, new 10speed cassette, very lightly used 9speed chain and cassette, campagnolo break (1 only), various fixings, mudguards, a couple 7speed groups etc etc

Keen to get rid of it in one go as I’m leaving the country, please make an offer, pickup by 28th Jan at hoxton overground London E2

WhatsApp 07799161759

Recently picked this up of Ebay, intention was for a town basher, any info on dayton bikes or ideas!

First question is how to find a fork to fit it...

For anyone interested in the "end" result. Few adjustments to come but pretty happy with the result so far. Steering feels abit stiff, not sure what that is... might be the headset as the only think I opted not to replace. But very light, speedy, and most of all comfortable!

I've probably spent £500 ... £600 if I count the wrong parts or money that didnt need to be spent! The "good" condition ultegra shifters are a great example of buying off ebay. Brand new alex rims vs GP5000 was the hardest task, and ended up getting the LBS to help me solve that riddle!

can you make it a 54cm frame? :(

https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/cannondale-supersixevo-carbon-racer/1394443526

selling for 480, I sent him a text to ask for frame size and he rung me straight away saying hes willing to drop the price and could drop it of tonight. The balls on this guy...

Other than the size was it a good layer for winter riding?

I’d take the seat post too!

Is it bad etiquette to order some obsecure components from aliexpress in the mean time?

Did you take the plunge Micky? seems to be the only component options until the Bword shitshow calms down

Skülly

FWIW I've never seen a good rattlecan paintjob.

Not when you're apartment living at least!

Thanks for the info on the headset, I think I'll keep the forks/stem vintage to help strike the balance with old and new... and I have to go back to work tomorrow so will lose all the time I'm currrenly wasting trawling websites and youtube videos haha

yea just scrub with a wire brush but to be honest I got bored of it and went and got some heavy grit sand paper... which just made me realise a) how deep the rust goes and B) how surface rust does nothing to compromise integrity of the frame... so I feel like I'm chasing a rabbit hole. just started priming cus if I took off anymore paint I'll have to walk it round to armourtex for powdercoating!

I’m going to try the “bad parts” approach first, wish me luck haha

This is the kind of motivation I came here for... although definitely at that point of regret not paying someone to paint this... but you’re right, lockdown, time is the 1 thing I have right now!

Everything starts with watching “RJ the bike guy” on YouTube of course, but ended up just getting whatever was off the shelf in laylands. Soaked the BB in the one on the left and then painted the one on the right a couple times. Painting it on makes a noticeable difference everytime but it was time consuming!

How dare you, You're a monster.

Were you riding it SS before? If so, do you like the way it rides? If not convert it back to SS and ride it first. If you do like it, then proceed.

I was riding it single speed, and F&%king hated it.. cus I knew it wasnt doing it justice! haha

Anyone have experience with this kind of place?

I’m fairly certain I bought my girlfriends bike from him when I knew a lot, lot less “works great, fully serviced” kinda bullshit but I had to learn a lot fixing that thing to a usable state by the time we got it home.

I remember questioning him and he gave me some dodgy answer about police auctions, which I apparently bought into, but it’s really just a storage warehouse full of bikes by a guy with zero bike knowledge, claiming to be a mechanic but is just all talk. Apologies if this particular ad is real/a different guy... but.... I doubt it.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/g-100s-bikes-in-stockhybrid-dutch-city-roadmountain-bikes-fully-serviced/1394037255?utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_ios&utm_medium=social&utm_source=ios_social

Phew, £250 pedals will get my projects back on track!

I would take Torquay hotel room over london apartment full of bike projects...

Anyone else bored of browsing Wiggle and Chainreaction for everything to be out of stock, to find it all on Bike24, but they're not shipping anything to UK?

I'm not going to mention the B word or the C word, but when will the madness end?

Did you find any more information? I've gone round in circles trying to find a frame building course to keep from going covid crazy!

Awesome! Currently decided for a bath-tub rust treatment and a can of spray paint as a cheap option. Will see how it looks and decide on powdercoating after that!

Nice one thanks. I did end up stripping the headset apart this morning, I had decided against it after the nightmate of the crank and BB removal, but figured it couldnt get worse than those! Any ideas of a good frame builder in london? I'm also looking out for a frame building course/workshop

To revive a 3 year old thread, is there any chance someone knows of a frame building course around london to avoid going covid crazy? cheers