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Hey there,

I have a "cool" pannier and bike rack, it only uses the seatpost for support, hence doesnt look bad. It is great for commuting (your back will thank you), and is brand new. I just moved houses, so the commute is really short and I dont need it.

Its small and fairly light, topeak RX, it costs £75 new for the pannier and rack. I am looking for about £50 as it is actually brand new.

I can meet in Kilburn this evening, paypal and send, or oxford circus tomorrow.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/EmilBielski/DropBox#5384975667958785602

Emil

This http://www.londonfgss.com/thread21524.html?

Thanks, that seems really cool, and we are in kilburn too. This is the stuff I need, I remember eyeing it up when I was looking for a bike. Unfortunately the max budget is £400, so if you could do that, we could pop down tonight to have a look.

Emil

Poor emilio.

Not yet able to crack the interwebz? I feel that way sometimes too.
So, your looking for a solid bike, you want an otp, you've looked at the otp list AND you've browsed through the classified section...and you are still confused enough to start a new thread?

I feel for you mate. Sometimes I don't know whether to leave my flat by the door or the 3rd floor window. Life is hard.

NHAtt, I have looked at all the classified ads on the forum, done gumtree, marketplatz, and eBay (I am always on those sites). And there were none that were the right size/type/not stolen. I don't want to hear you opinions on bikes, which I know are vast and deep, I'm just asking people on the forum if they are planning on selling one in that price range. This is the WANTED thread afterall, and it is being spammed by people inflicted with the strange & vicious herd mentality that seems to rear it's head on this forum. Which always striked me as odd, considering how the acts of kindness/solidarity are really special, & all the people I have met have been well nice.
Perhaps the two are linked somehow, who knows? I love my pop psychology.

But please get on with your clearly productive/fun filled days and evenings and let my thread in peace. Amen

Absolute budget: £400

Fujji track £399, but no brakes
Genesis flyer:£500
Charge plug: £460-500
Lagster; £450- 500

So 2nd hand is the way to go it seems, anyone got any of the above for sale in a 56-58 ( and yes, I know they are different types of bike/geometry)

really, I'm not looking for advice from the oracle that is lfgss, and I have read and seen the otp thread, so well done on getting in there quick.
I don't see the problem of asking if people are selling bikes on here? People are often selling bikes, this is posted in the wanted thread after all?
Go back to the "baby blue thread" to release whatever pent up frustrations you may have over the keirin certified calipers that you just can't source.

So, I am looking for a nice, reliable SS commuter bike for my housemate so he can come on rides with my other housemate and I. Was thinking of something OTP like charge/langster/fuji (ideally a condor pista). This to me equals low hassle. I put together a bike for another mate, and it was nice, but I wish i was the one riding it after all the effort put in.

However if someone has something else interesting, which is no more than £400, and between a 56-58 please let me know.

Cheers,
Emil

my friend bought a paganini. They are hand built by a husband and wife team up north. Seems a nice bike, some respected people rate them/use as trainers.

It is none of the above, it is my secret langster, haha, I reckon we could run a cord from somewhere Ma3k, you got a good power tool?

been there for ages, it is a d-lock. No one is coming for it, I can recon the type of lock exactly when I am back down west.

Its a langster, been totally stripped, apart from back wheel and frame.
Its in west london, the council have given me authority and a reference number so I can take it.

Need someone to join me on a merry jape who can provide an angle grinder or a massive jaws of life type thing.

Will provide beer.

Thanks,
Emil

Hey, you can buy dura ace sprockets for £11, seems a bit crazy selling them used for more!

Buying my own in a bit, but could I borrow one for an evening.
Will buy a pint at west drinks when I make it down.

I can meet west or central.

Cheers,
Emil

Possibly called "grand prix", link http://www.gumtree.com/london/44/41815444.html

Should I go for it?

Cheers,
Emil

acquired taste but the dealers outside KFC in Brixton seem to love it

they really like my dolan too, like thats the kind of inconspicuous bike you buy drugs on!

new obviously!

a fiver

Alternatively, the Navy is widely touted as a good place for meeting your fellow man.

I hear that if you go West, you can too meet fellow men,

So the issue isn't really with the frame more the incorrect installation of unsuitable parts?
I would like to see a picture of the inch-out chainline.

It seems this thread has only been given sense by the hijacking..

"1) Dont sell bikes you have half built and which have no way of being built up right
2) Dont put cheap sh*t unipack components on bikes, if you do, tell people they are cheap sh*t unipack components."

I think my open message clarified what the thread was about/leading to.
I never complained about the frame, nothing wrong with the frame. Or otherwise I would have been really pissed.

I think the internet can sap concentation when one is confronted with a large block of what could admittedly be better written text.

Anyways, as I conclude, learnt something, met people, and now have a decent bike.(though after a lot of stress & $$$)

ps: will get the ridiculous chainline from my phone.

I once ate a bike like that.. Gave me indigestion for days..

That's what this bike felt like, but I've grown attached to it, we've been through a lot together, my heart burns when we are apart.

Sorry to hear about the problems with the bike. How much did it cost to start with and how much have you spent on it since?

I am always wary of buying from someone I can't go round and visit if need be, when things turn sour.

Or someone bigger than me.

I spent £300 on it, the frame was nice though, but if I had done the maths I would have realised there must have been no money left for anything else!

wheres the racism? im confused, is there more to the story that hasnt been told in this thread? i dont get whether the bike was custom built or not.

sounds to me like you made a lot of bad componant choices. which is only really your fault.

dude, i dont think there is any racism, there may be some odd humour. Anyways I didn't choose any of the components, the bike was sold fully built, which I thought was clear, as was the banter.

Would you be so critical of this guy if he was white ?

You relentless sarcasm and racism towards this bloke is pretty much uncalled for ("respected builder" - "douchebag" - "tell people they are cheap sh*t")

There are many many people on this forum who work hard to keep this kind of racism off the forum - and all it takes is one post like this to undermine so much good work.

I will pray for you.

I had an issue with him turning my bike "stealth" which is just another word for black.

So I bought a bike from a respected builder I thought, it turned into one hell of an adventure: both dangerous, disappointing, frustrating, yet also educational.

The story begins after I sold my road bike and finally settled on a fixed gear that I liked, it arrived and looked the dogs bollocks, ah how appearances can be deceptive! (note unipack)

The seller had suggested making the bike "stealth", I agreed

Due to new components being ordered the bike did not arrive with a chainring, and I was told this would be "no problem", and the seller sent me a link from where to buy one. (I actually bought it as a favour as he said he had spent extra on the cranks)

When putting it together, for some reason the chain would not stay on for love or money, I tensed it so much that it finally did, however I knew something was wrong.

I took it to my local LBS, they couldnt believe how tight it was, and realised that the chainline was nearly an inch out!! (I have pics) They spent ages trying to fix it, had to get a new BB specially ordered, and shedloads of spacers/filing, MTB cranks dont work well on some bikes.(now on KhorKnight's polo bike)

The seller only agreed to pay for the BB, not the work. Not sure how as a novice I was to fix a BB? (he did offer my money back, I should have listened!)

However the LBS also said the chainring was dangerous, LFGSS community laughed at me when I asked, I listened to collective wisdom, and this is what happened: http://www.londonfgss.com/thread22240.html
I like it when my chainring melts on Shaftesbury avenue.

After that I bought proper track cranks, job done, problems over, so I thought.

Riding home my chain snaps by Mi6, clearly a piece of cr*p or the abuse of being on a bad chainline shafted it. A new chain improved my life so much.

That wasn't it.

Then the wheels: the lockring went after it had been tightened by my LBS (it had orignially been sold loose),
This is what happened even after tightening http://www.londonfgss.com/thread24287.html#post799419

I showed it to JD who saw the tiny amount of thread on there, not suitable for commuting & weak he said, unipack was the suggestion, the front wheel was a 16 spoke road one.

To add insult to injury, the spoke went on the front on my ride back from JD and the front wheel got mashed, it was a nice walk carrying my bike.

(I shifted these as SS/pub bike wheels and explained their history)

All in all a learning curve. chainline, BB, chainring, cranks,chain, wheels. All fun and within a couple of months!

For the seller who may not be a bad guy, but hasnt replied to my last few messages about the BB and refunding the money for it (I did call him a douchebag)

1) Dont sell bikes you have half built and which have no way of being built up right
2) Dont put cheap sh*t unipack components on bikes, if you do, tell people they are cheap sh*t unipack components.
3) Apologise properly if you have f*cked up

To noobs buying

1) all that shines is not gold
2) components are important
3) test it first, do your research

On a positive note, I have now rebuilt my bike to my specs (only the brake calipers, headset & frame remain from the original!) I have also learnt a lot, got some good banter/abuse, and met lots of forumers.

700x28-35, schrader valves.(One plastic cap missing)

Pick up in oxford circus.

£6

Happy days,
Emil

Read this on engadget> http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/trimble-outdoors-app-will-make-an-adventurer-out-of-your-t-mobil/

Could be a good way to get GPS for not much money, I will buy and keep you posted

it is the 1/8, £9 seemed ridiculously cheap!