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Feels solid, I'll keep a close eye.

How much does the plastic cup actually do? It always seemed strange to me to have plastic anywhere near one of the hardest working components!

I've recently but a bike together using mismatched old parts and although i'm very happy with the ride, I've got a safety issue.

The bb i used is a Shimano sealed cartridge 130mm. It's threaded in nicely on the drive side, but the plastic cup on the passive side has about half a cm of thread showing. Obviously the bb is intended for a larger shell but the chainline is very nice and I'm hesitant to mess with it now that it's all smooth and lovely.

So... Is this going to fail catastrophically and rip the bb thread out?
Is it a risk to my safety - I run brakeless with 77" (I'm getting a brake soon)

Thanks in advance
Tim

What kind of gear do you use for track? Are we talking 90+?

Could we do our own? Get a polo team or two together and ride the slipstream for a few laps.

Yeah, Josh tried to ride it pissed without SPD's and got scared apparently. Then it ended up at another mate's house. It had fun...

i singlehandedly defeated australia and great britain on the track.

this is the internet. your words mean fuck all.

Beating 3 unfit smoking students is better than nothing....

However, the fact of the matter is that the gear works for me.

fuck brakeless spinning that gear! get a brake and a bigger chain ring, when you got the dollar, you will be far happier on it

How could you possibly know what gear I'm running?

It's a 40-14 which is 77" the standard 48-18 is 72"

Also in Brighton the higher cadence makes it easier to climb the hills on my way to work.
It's not spinny at all and I wiped the floor with a group of riders on a track the other day.

Would love to if I had the money for the registration fee...

It'd be cool to do a taster session though.

2min ago, guy on a nice deep red bike going up Ashton rise, you pushed mid-way you lousy hipster.

Could it have been my bike Cedric?

I got back from a week away to find out my bike had been on a bit of an adventure without me....

To jog your memory

Waffles 30p, spinach 15p

Birdseye or supermarket brand?

Approximate valuation anyone?

Elvis, I can't remember if i mentioned, I met your colleague at a Lewes road bike train meeting the other day.

Also we've nearly finished getting the bike kits ready to go into halls!

You have enough frozen stuff to last you 3 weeks?!

I have enough frozen stuff to last me until tomorrow. I'll start worrying about it then..

Looks nice, but I'd swap the lights for some bartape, dark brown or black.

Yeah, I reckon dark brown if I can get a colour which matches the saddle. I've just maxed out my student overdraft and am living on the frozen stuff left in the fridge - potato waffes and spinach for lunch. So no bar tape untill student loan time (only 3 weeks to go..)

Just want to do a role call to see if anyone is around atm?

My two mates Josh and Josh are both away and the only way it seemed to be reliable before was when we were all around. Would still like a game at some point.

Who's in town and interested in Polo?

If I'm in town I'm there with bells on.

I doubt this. It hardly looks modern, though I know what you mean.

I think it's more likely that it was just one too many patterns. They had new ownership a few years ago who presumably had to make some decisions about which saddles to keep going on with. Maybe this one was too niche. I think the old tourers and long distance riders preferred them, they have lots more leather around the skirts and completely cover the front wishbone/bolt assembly.

I got some stick at my LBS when I said i was doing a long tour on it. They thought I was trying too hard to be masculine by sitting on a hunk of leather when modern alternatives are available.

Aesthetics aside I think leather saddles make for a really good ride, now that it's properly worn in I feel like it was tailor made for my arse.

I was only joking when i said you ripped him off :)

He suffered from cancer shortly afterwards so a fat of good it would have done him anyway, he spent all his time lying in bed. Lazy twat.

I concur. I reckon Brooks are trying to hold onto their vintage image, the Colt is quite modern looking and almost looks like those padded saddles with rivets you can get.

That might be why it's not made anymore.

+1

so you ripped off your mate when you got it for £5 :)

Not really ripped off.....

I didn't know it's value and nor did he. He's not really a cyclist and it was either gonna be a gift or the price of a pint or two....

Better I got a serious amount of use out of it instead of sitting in a cupboard.

looks like the ideal standard failed to make the grade

It's the name on my toilet, that might explain something.

life is complicated. deal with it.

Witty.

so where's this thingamajigga whot deletes this thread?

I've copied the info, I'll try and delete this one now.....

Why are forums so complicated.

I've just finished my first fixed build - I've been riding on mismatched beater for 6 months or so, but this is the first bike I'm reasonably satisfied to call finished.

Pictures here

The spec is:
Mike Mullet road frame - purchased from Hilarystone (front fork not original)
On one hubs laced to Open Pro rims
Surly 14t rear sprocket with Surly lockring
Unknown vintage cranks
Shimano sealed cartridge bb
Campagnolo headset
knackered old custom stem
knackered old road bars
knackered old seatpost

Saddle - Anyone got any idea what this is? My mate found it in a skip in Bristol an I payed him a fiver for it. Don't think it's a Brooks but it's lovely, rode a 1k mile trip over summer on it and it felt great.

As you might be able to tell, I ran out of money half way through, the upshot of it is that it cost me relatively little - about £180 in total.

How much would you estimate it to be worth as a complete bike?