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last night a hairy male pedestrian down Ridley rd market telling me to do a skid. who are you?

I did one, and it felt a bit odd, and the chain felt funny. This morning i found that i'd managed to crack the power link in half on one side... close shave.

Shall not be drunkenly responding to 'do a skid' geeers in the near future.

Sorry, I actually just remembered doing this when some 'do a skid'ed me on Kingsland Road a minute ago. I thought I'd come and check there hadn't been a serious mishap. If I hazily remember rightly it made an awful enough sound for me to immediately shout an apology. Well sorry again.

God though, cracking a chain link!

I'm pretty sure the sugino BB only comes in eng thread but any JIS (shimano et al) 103mm BB will do I believe. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

I'll take the record seatpost + stuck saddle so long as it isn't in too bad shape. I wouldn't mind a pic. I'll PM now.

now it's finished!

Practically perfect, can't think of anything I'd do differently. Jealous.

was that free locked?

Nope, and locked to a street light so no chance of getting lifted off either. Must have been picked or cut. F knows, I can hardly believe it myself, still we're gonna go to the lane of Bricks on Sunday. I'd be amazed if it turns up there though. Surely someone with the ability to break that lock in that time will be pretty pro and so it'll be dismantled and sold on ebay.
It is pretty shit that there can be no lesson learned from the situation though, I mean really what could you do more safely? Two locks in that situation wouldn't have faired much better I suspect. And of course the lock always goes so you can't see how it was cracked.

F'in' Cs

My mate just got his bike stolen from outside Fresh and Wild in Stoke Newington about half an hour ago. He just went in to buy a pizza, said he wasn't gone more that ten minutes. And he had a Kryptonite New York Chain on it!
Just in case it ends up on the Gumtree, it's a black/green singlespeed Ridley with Colnago forks and Belleri porteur bars. A month old Tour de Ville special no less.

Yeah, I'm interested. I thought they only came in 210mm though which is too short for me.
If it is long enough then if you could send me a pic it'd be great.
Thanks

I've got a one week old 27.2 410mm Thomson post in silver currently on my bike but I'd like a bit more lay back. Does anyone have anything of similar quality that'll fit the bill. I only need it to be about 250mm but longer is fine. Doesn't have to be another thomson but it does have to be silver.

Cheers then.

D

Can I have the crosstop if it is 26?

Thanks

D.
I'll send a PM now

Do anyone know where I can get the Noah's Arc or alternative in England? I'm after those.

Ed am I your new favourite person? £7.99 BIN

Cinelli Popes were actually called Valencia

They're lovely and have somewhat come back into fashion so Cinelli decided to reissue them. Great.
Of course now they only come in black (for that retro look?) and with a OS 31.8 clamp. For F's sake.

Oh to complete the crazy trans generation look they also do a leather tape - £70!
Which, as you can see, even they weren't stupid enough to put on black bars. No, on the silver ones they don't do anymore. Great, thanks cinelli.

I think Mosquito and BLB both carry Soma stuff. If they don't have them in I'm sure they can get them.

Ahh, I remember his frame is 126mm, is there much thread on the axle? Enough to space it out?

Hey up,

My mate was after a wheel for his SS. I'll try and give him a bell and get back too you. Is dibs too much? Anyway, I'll try him now.

Cheers,
D

For a second I thought the rep guy had some crazy bald, shaved sided, bunches/ponytail haircut. I wish he had.

I'm afraid, though glad, the bike has gone to some one of more average stature.

Gina can have my place on the wheels list. (bows out gracefully)

Just PM'd too re wheels, Who won the race?

Or indeed imperial. Old bikes FTW!

Provisionally gone.
Will let everyone know if it falls through.

Cheers all

Bump and reduction to £55

Well the buyer has fallen through on this, so it is up for grabs again.
But just for today and tomorrow. If no one wants it it goes back to Scotland.

Sorry no dibs. Cold hard cash after a firm yes.

Ta.

Jimalex Pm'd you, let me know.
PaulR cool pass it on, let me know too.
Yebo, I agree :)

Cheers Skully, if it had been been bigger I'd have been pretty pleased with myself I reckon.

It did 'cos it's a hassle. And disappointing.

Nice of him to offer a refund though.

Indeed. It was a good deal, so I'll see if I can pass it on, if not it'll go back at the end of the week when I have another day off.

That rapping music is haunting. Beautiful. Thankyou. Why must he cry I wonder, perhaps some sort of bike related disappointment.