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Not Wiggle but surprised to read Isla Bikes are shutting up shop:
Although, would be surprised if anyone buys them new nowadays, which must hurt sales
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eBay delivering a hot mess of bdhu, bodged tape, an unusual stem and the brake levers open
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Yes I caved and bought a pair of 28mm tanwall Veloflex from the Cycle Clinic while they had them today to avoid FOMO. The pair of Roubaix on my bike have been on for a few years and I had a sudden jolt to make sure I had spares - they're coming apart at the base tape.
Does seem that you'll always get some tubs, but not necessarily your choice of size or sidewall. Thanks for the input - I had a look around and found the Schwalbe's for £28 on eBay:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186016406084
Rolling resistance is pretty poor for tubs somehow though!
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Bumping this thread following a minor panic - noticed a few shops (Merlin in particular) who used to have good stock of tubular tyres now don't. Totally understandable in this day an age, but I have tubular wheels on two bikes and don't want them to be mothballed!
Are you hoarding tyres, or have confidence they will always be available, albeit at a cost or difficulty to get hold of?
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Had this exact discussion with a friend and created this rogue's gallery a while back:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/35Cpmig2gSGASizc7pB8j5?si=78abfb6bb2b347e5
Who signs off on this shit?
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I can't cedar pictures in detail, but sounds terrible
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Red Kona Kapu, 56cm, 853
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9.9/10, mad. Full marks would've been old Giant font, but I'm being picky
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1997 Kona Cinder Cone with Pace fork - £100 starting bid and postage available, looks great:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225820737529 -
Wow, that's amazing! Double Flites look cool as hell
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Ha, that's good to know though, thanks for sharing.
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I tell myself it was, but unlikely! It came with a circular sticker with a 3 on it, so I'm guessing spare bike. Fair few scratches and dings so it's had some use but no idea when or where.
@greeno - 5-arm Campag remains, but 11-speed Chorus, black saddle and tape too. Record 10-speed went on a Merckx Strada - posted earlier in this thread somewhere. Apologies in advance for spamming this thread with modernity and the shite photo quality:
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White Shit 2
Sidi x Old School Dogshit collab?
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Did this when I was naive and tasteless: 2018 Ridley Fenix (Tiesj Benoot's) with 10 speed Record from 09/10 ish. Saddle, bar tape and chain length aside, it didn't look too daft
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Flite Alpes in decent condition, starting at £27 plus postage
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Need to start a "Matching levers and fork" thread for that Pinarello, awesome build
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I had a plan to mod some 7900 downtube shifters to 11-speed and run 9000 like on this bike:
https://www.cxmagazine.com/breadwinner-cyclocross-builds-nahbs-2014
However, haven't seen a chainset come up with numbers outside the recall. It would be pretty daft to buy used cranks with serial numbers affected by the recall wouldn't it? Be interested to know what others make of the situation, as it writes off second hand groupsets of that vintage
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Late to the party but I did not know the original lyrics (Boom Boom Boom was a big school disco hit for me). Revisited it months ago and fell down a wormhole. Their album 1 Polish, 3 Biscuits and a Fish Sandwich is WILD, highly reccomend
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Black 1 1/8" CK Sotto Voce headset £125
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This bike is provisionally sold pending collection - thanks for the interest along the way.
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No problem, thanks for the interest.
@Eejit, no problem. Have a price in mind for all of it so as/when the time comes will give you first dibs.
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That's exciting, the prospect of him racing for GC at the Tour (and hopefully avoiding decking it) is massive
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And final detail. No bump without a drop, so £660 or £615 collected. Ta
LFGSS
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of fixed gear and single-speed cyclists.
Bloody lovely refurb. Not sure if it is on your radar, but I found the Argos paint finish quite soft/delicate so perhaps helicopter tape the downtube/fork legs before building up?